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· The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Achraf Tarsim, a Tunisian as the country manager for Morocco at the bank’s regional office in Rabat. Morocco is one the key partners of AfDB
· Tarsim has been associated with AfDB since 2009. He held several positions in the Bank including divisional manager for North Africa, looking after energy, infrastructure and financial sector
· He supervised over 20 initiatives of the Bank which entailed a total exposure of US$ 2.2 billion
· Those were projects implemented in countries like Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Mauritania
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Achraf Tarsim, a Tunisian as the country manager for Morocco at the bank’s regional office in Rabat. Morocco is one the key partners of AfDB.
Tarsim has been associated with AfDB since 2009. He held several positions in the Bank including divisional manager for North Africa, looking after the energy, infrastructure and financial sector. He supervised over 20 initiatives of the Bank which entailed a total exposure of US$ 2.2 billion. Those were projects implemented in countries like Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Mauritania.
Some of the important projects supervised by Tarsim in Morocco included industrialization, extension of Rabat airport and energy related projects, such as extension of transmission lines, capacity building etc.
AfDB’s main operations in Morocco include energy (31.5%), transportation (19.5), water and sanitation (15.5%) and social development projects (12.7%)
