Nearly 18 billion DH of investment in the region in 2017

Some 213 investment projects were approved in the Souss-Massa region during the year 2017 for a total amount of around 17.9 billion DH. These projects will allow the creation of nearly 12,793 job opportunities, indicates the Regional Investment Centre (CRI).Compared to 2016, the past year recorded a significant increase of 491% in terms of validated investment amount and nearly 4% regarding the number of projects that received a favourable opinion, notes the same source, which also reports an evolution of 153.7% in the number of jobs to be generated. The territorial distribution of the approved investments shows that the prefecture of Agadir Ida Outanane remains the main destination for investments at the regional level. During the past year, it thus concentrated 63% of the projects treated favourably with an investment envelope exceeding 11 billion DH, i.e., 62% of the investments inje…