African countries need models that value their material and immaterial capital and their cultural diversity, allowing the realization of the key principles of well-being, cohesion, preservation of resources, attractiveness and resilience, and capable of carrying out projects that generate jobs and prosperity, noted the speakers at a conference under the theme "management in tomorrow's Africa : towards resilient and united development models", initiated by the Network of National Schools of Business and management in Morocco.

The participants were unanimous in emphasizing that African countries need balanced and equitable development more than ever, insisting that they have all the necessary assets to transform crises into opportunities, through an ecosystem vision on projects and with integrated strategies, taking advantage of digitalization and the potential of African youth.

Africa is being built and can no longer be managed accoding to models based on aid, debt and the export of primary products, they continued, stressing the need to reinvent these development models and initiate a real economic, social and ecological transition.

Speaking on this occasion, the director of the ENCG school of Marrakech, Fatima Arib, stressed that this multidisciplinary international dialogue is intended to be a space for debate and sharing of research results and experiences, in order to enrich the ongoing work on new development models and their relevance in Africa.

Mrs. Arib, who is also president of the scientific committee of this conference, noted that this meeting aims to formulate recommendations which are likely to contribute to promoting a new management in Africa and directing the collective action of decision-makers, in order to raise the challenges facing African economies, further weakened by the Covid-19 crisis, and meet the expectations of populations, which have become more demanding.

She also stressed that this dialogue will serve as a collective contribution of the ENCG Morocco network and its partners to the debate on African development models which will allow researchers to set up an interface linking them to other researchers from Moroccan and African establishments to compare the results of their research on a responsible and inclusive management of tomorrow.

For his part, Aziz Sair, director of ENCG Dakhla, said that this event will only be the beginning of a strong, solid and lasting partnership between the different ENCG in  Morocco, with the involvement of all their local, national and international partners on societal themes.

This scientific meeting is an opportunity to exchange and share experiences and carry out concrete actions and recommendations, whether for public institutions, companies or civil society, explained Mr. Sair.

This two-day event brings together several researchers, academics, presidents and deans of universities and experts to discuss development models in Africa.