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Global Growth Conference to be held in Rabat on May 20 and 21
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The Global Growth Conference GGC 2026 will take place on May 20 and 21 in Rabat, continuing King Mohammed VI's vision to establish Morocco as an international platform for dialogue, investment, and cooperation. The Amadeus Institute stated that the conference is set against a backdrop of geopolitical fragmentation, trade rivalries, and rapidly reconfiguring value chains, alongside Middle East tensions, all of which are profoundly transforming global economic balances. These developments are reshaping investment flows, weakening supply chains, increasing pressure on energy markets, and necessitating a renewed focus on growth models. For Africa and the "Global South," the objective is to structure sustainable, productive, and sovereign growth trajectories that can strengthen value chains, support industrialization, and generate job-creating growth. The GGC 2026 will host over 100 high-level speakers and more than 1,000 participants from 50 countries, including public decision-makers, leaders of international financial institutions, investors, and major economic players. This edition aims to build on the momentum of GGC 2025, which led to the adoption of the "Rabat Roadmap on Financing Growth and Energy Transition." This roadmap, developed through discussions among international decision-makers, serves as a reference framework for structuring concrete growth trajectories, particularly in Africa. The event seeks to foster high-level economic dialogue on strategic priorities such
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