Casablanca Technopark is an

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complex located at

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. It was inaugurated in October 2001.

Background

It is Morocco's first

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. The building was designed by Mourad Ben Embarek. The project is under the supervision of Ministry of Commerce, Industry and ICT and had

Omar Balafrej Omar Balafrej ( ar, عمر بلافريج; born 26 October 1973) is a Moroccan politician, member of the Moroccan parliament since 2016, representing his hometown Rabat, and one of two members of Unified Socialist Party sitting currently in the ...

as its

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. Its main specialties are

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and IT ventures.

Activities

The project has many main activities such as offering training

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as well as being a relay center between

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specialized in Information Technology and their subsidiaries. The project is a joint venture between: *

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- 35% of the capital * a

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of Moroccan private

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s (" La Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion", "

BMCE Bank Bank of Africa is a large commercial bank in Morocco, known until 2020 as Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE, (; "Moroccan Bank of Foreign Commerce"). According to the company's website, it operates over 697 branches A branch, s ...

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La Banque Centrale Populaire Banque Centrale Populaire is a major bank in Morocco. The bank maintains overseas offices in Germany, England, Canada, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Netherlands and Belgium. The bank's name is abbreviated to BCP. As of 2012, the bank's market share ...

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Banque Commerciale du Maroc Banque Commerciale du Maroc (BCM, ar, البنك التجاري المغربي, "Commercial Bank of Morocco") was a bank founded in 1911, shortly ahead of the establishment of the French protectorate in Morocco. The bank was initially controlled ...

" and " AttijariWafa Bank") - 65% , CT is hosting 132 companies divided into 55

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, 67 medium-sized companies, 4 big companies and 6 training centers.

Events

The fifth edition of "MED-IT 2006" was held in Casablanca Technopark from June 14 to June 15, 2006.

Notable Technopark companies

Al Akhawayn University Al Akhawayn University ( ar, جامعة الأخوين, Berber: ''Tasdawit En Wawmaten'') is an independent, public, not-for-profit, coeducational university located in Ifrane, Morocco, from the imperial city of Fez, in the Middle Atlas Mount ...

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Maroc *

Maroc Telecom Maroc Telecom (Acronym: IAM, ar, اتصالات المغرب) is the main telecommunications company in Morocco. Currently employing around 11,178 employees, it is the largest telecommunications network in the country with 8 regional delegations ...

* SAGEM *

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References

External links

Official website

Official blog

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