Morocco Tops Africa’s Industrialisation Index for First Time
- Morocco ranked first in Africa's industrialisation index for the first time, narrowly surpassing South Africa with scores of 0.8415 and 0.8396, respectively, according to the African Development Bank report.
- North Africa is the most industrialised region in Africa, with four Arab countries, including Morocco and Egypt, among the top six industrial economies on the continent.
- Africa's overall industrialisation progress is slow and uneven, hindered by weak regional integration, fragmented markets, and limited intra-African trade, which restrict production scale.
- The African Continental Free Trade Area offers potential to boost incomes and trade across Africa by enhancing regional integration and value chains.
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Twenty years after launching its sectoral strategies, the kingdom became the continent's first industrial economy, according to the African Development Bank (ADB), and also ahead of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.
Aerospace and automotive sectors put Morocco top of Africa's industrialisation index
Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa.
For the first time, the Cherifian kingdom became the most industrialized economy on the African continent in 2025. This is revealed by a report by the AfDB, the African Development Bank. Morocco certainly takes advantage of the South African decline, but it is also the result of a pro-industry political strategy launched twenty years ago.
Morocco outshines South Africa to become Africa’s Most Industrialized Country AfDB Industrialization Index 2025 Report
NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Kwabena Adu Koranteng, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/morocco-outshines-south-africa-to-become-africas-most-industrialized-country-afdb-industrialization-index-2025-report/Morocco has now established itself as the leading industrial economy on the African continent. This is one of the main takeaways from the 2025 edition of the African Industrialisation Index published by the African Developmen…
Morocco Leads Africa in Industrial Growth and Output, AfDB Reports
Industrialization: Morocco is the leading industrial economy on the African continent, according to the African Development Bank Morocco now ranks first among Africa’s industrial nations. This is according to the Africa Industrialization Index (AII) 2025, published by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the sidelines of its Annual Meetings. For the first time since the index was launched in 2010, the Kingdom has overtaken South Africa. This a…
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