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Morocco – GCC – Africa

Building Africa's Next Industrial Champions

What we publish today, others will discover tomorrow.

Strategic Advisory | M&A Execution | Investment Vehicles. Baseline Solving partners with investors to capture Africa's $2.3Tn industrial opportunity.

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Why Africa. Why Now.

Morocco's Industrial Surge

€10Bn+ FDI pipeline positioning Morocco as Europe's manufacturing gateway.

Critical Minerals Rush

Africa holds 40% of global cobalt. The race for supply chain access is on.

Energy Transition

$200Bn renewable investment needed. Solar and green hydrogen scaling fast.

TRUSTED PARTNER FOR LEADING INSTITUTIONS

What We Architect

Economic systems designed to hold under constraint.

Sovereign AI & Compute

System-level architectures for deployment. Data center strategy, compute corridors, and governance.

Energy & Critical Infrastructure

Energy–water–compute integrated architectures. Infrastructure is treated as a system, not a set of assets.

Morocco–GCC Corridors

Beyond trade narratives. Industrial chain architecture and execution sequencing across jurisdictions.

Public–Private Governance

Mandate structures and decision rights. Governance is not a legal detail, it is a core system component.

Executive Decision

Strategic briefings, system stress-tests, and long-term scenario architectures for irreversible choices.

The Moment Before Irreversibility

The Reality

Most strategic projects do not fail because of a lack of capital or technology. They fail because the wrong trajectory was locked in too early.

Once certain decisions are made, the project continues. But it can no longer be corrected.

The three irreversible locks

  • 1. Institutional lock
    Regulatory, political or diplomatic frameworks fixed before real constraints are understood.
  • 2. Tech-energy lock
    Technical or energy architectures chosen without alignment with local realities and resources.
  • 3. Capital lock
    Capital committed before systemic, operational and geopolitical risks are properly assessed.

Once these locks are in place, the project moves forward. In the wrong direction.

The Baseline Solving Moment

Baseline Solving intervenes before these points of no return. When a project is still reconfigurable, yet mature enough for serious analysis.

Not too early. Not too late.

This is for you if...

  • You are at a critical juncture before decision lock-in
  • The project requires operational execution, not just narrative
  • You seek strategic challenge, not just validation

A conversation now is an investment in trajectory.

About Baseline Solving

Baseline Solving is a Moroccan strategic firm specializing in project structuring, sovereign analysis, economic intelligence, and next-generation digital architectures. We support governments, investment funds, industrial groups, and regional actors in major AI–Compute–Infrastructure transitions, with a focus on Africa–GCC corridors.

Baseline Solving intervenes in areas requiring rigor, vision, and execution: digital sovereignty, industrial chains, national AI strategies, compute–cloud integration, transcontinental corridors, and strategic due diligence.

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Our Expertise

20+ years of experience in executive management and industrial transformation

Multi-sector project structuring

Strategic consulting for public and private decision-makers

Geo-economic analysis of Africa–GCC flows

Compute strategy, digital backbone, AI, and infrastructure

High-value executive support

Morocco-GCC Strategic Corridors

Our Mission

Baseline Solving operates at the intersection of industrial transformation, capital structuring, and institutional intelligence. We bridge sovereign vision with operational execution across the Morocco-GCC-Europe-Africa corridor.

"Africa doesn't need AI as an application. It needs AI as industrial infrastructure."

From green hydrogen to sovereign data centers, from energy infrastructure to cognitive computing — we structure the frameworks that connect capital, credibility, and execution.

Our work is discrete, institutional, and data-driven. Because influence is built on trust, not noise.

Baseline System Architecture Method™

System architecture for constrained economic environments.

1. Systems under constraint
We start from real constraints: energy, water, capital. Architectures ignoring constraints are theoretical.

2. Long-horizon thinking
We design architectures meant to survive political, economic and technological cycles.

3. Capital–Energy–AI Alignment
These blocks cannot be treated separately. They must function as one integrated system.

4. Governance & Decision
The key question is not 'what to do', but who decides, when, and with which levers.

5. Execution before narrative
Narrative follows structure, never the reverse.

Track Record

Two decades structuring industrial transformation and capital deployment across Africa and MENA

$800M+
Operations Leadership
Led SINAM Group (9 subsidiaries) across Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa. Steel, heavy industry, cross-border execution.
$90M
Investment Framework
Structured 900M MAD convention with Moroccan government for industrial development and strategic investment.
20+ Years
Cross-Border Execution
Morocco, francophone Africa, MENA, Europe. Industrial transformation, M&A, capital structuring, institutional navigation.
AfDB + CITIC
Institutional Partnerships
Structured large-scale financing with African Development Bank, CITIC Bank (China), and Moroccan government entities.
898B MAD
Industrial & Energy Context – Morocco
Morocco’s industrial ecosystem generated approximately MAD 898 billion in revenues (latest available official figures), reflecting the scale at which capital allocation, energy availability, and infrastructure governance now determine competitiveness.

Source: Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Trade (official data)
€50B+
Green Transition Command
Morocco positioning as Africa's green hydrogen hub. Strategic alignment with UAE, EU, and institutional capital.

Figures represent aggregated value of mandates, strategic frameworks, and industrial scope.

SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Shaping industrial transformation across sovereign and corporate mandates

Engagement details modified to preserve client confidentiality. Baseline Solving operates under strict institutional discretion protocols.

Services

From strategic framing to water–energy–network integration, we support institutional and industrial actors across the full project lifecycle.

Strategic Framing

  • Institutional dynamics
  • Weak-signal analysis
  • Sovereign alignment

Project Structuring

  • Early-stage architecture
  • Execution pathways
  • Operational models
  • Risk matrices

Investor & Operator Support

  • On-the-ground diagnostics
  • Operational due diligence
  • Protocol and governance review
  • Partner and capacity assessment

Corridor & Ecosystem Design

  • Africa–GCC–Europe corridor mapping
  • Industrial platforms and clusters
  • Multi-actor coordination and governance
  • Sovereign and institutional interfaces

AI / Datacenter Architecture Readiness

  • Water–energy constraints and resilience
  • Network topology and latency constraints
  • Deployment and operational risk control

Water–Energy–Network Integration

  • Multi-constraint environments
  • Industrial interdependence
  • Resource optimization

Investment Opportunities

Active Deal Pipeline (December 2024)

Sector Geography Size (€M) Stage
Fertilizers JV Morocco €120M Due Diligence
Solar IPP Senegal €85M Structuring
Mining Services DRC/Zambia €45M Early Stage
Manufacturing Platform Morocco €95M Early Stage

Core Expertise

Strategic intelligence and operational structuring for institutional clients and sovereign partners

Industrial Transformation

Green hydrogen, water-energy nexus, sovereign data infrastructure, advanced manufacturing. Translating vision into bankable frameworks.

M&A & Capital Structuring

Cross-border transactions, institutional financing, strategic partnerships. Bridging investors, family offices, and sovereign capital.

Strategic Intelligence

Operational due diligence, risk assessment, regulatory navigation. Intelligence that moves faster than capital.

What We Deliver

Our work focuses on structure, protocol clarity and operational reliability for high-impact projects across Africa, the Gulf and Europe.

Project Architecture

Early-stage design, operational models, risk pathways, regulatory preparation, water–energy–network constraints for AI and datacenter initiatives.

Protocol Alignment

Procedures, coordination, compliance preparation, cross-actor sequencing and due-diligence elements.

Technical Integration

AI and datacenter requirements, connectivity constraints, industrial logic and integration scenarios.

Operational Due-Diligence

On-the-ground reading, partner assessment, execution pathways and Africa–Gulf corridor preparation.

Corridors

Baseline Solving operates across Africa, the Gulf and Europe. Each region requires a specific reading of institutional logic and execution conditions.

Africa

Institutional dynamics, sector maturity, execution realities and multi-actor coordination.

Gulf

Capital discipline, protocol culture, sovereign expectations and reliability requirements.

Europe

Regulatory frameworks, industrial standards and infrastructure logics.

Founder – Younès Ouayouch

Younès Ouayouch

Younès Ouayouch combines technology, industry, logistics and international operations across Japan, France, Europe, Africa and the GCC.

Consulting & Industrial Experience

  • Functional consultant at Bull/Integris for Alstom, Schneider Electric and Toyota
  • Developed a methodology at Toyota Japan for Schneider Electric (later patented and used for turnkey industrial facilities)

IBM France – Export & Internet Director (Montpellier)

  • Led export operations and Internet subsidiaries
  • Launched epicuria.fr in 1998, one of the earliest European e-commerce platforms
  • Directed e-business strategies during the foundational years of online industry

Founder – Stanford International Logistics

A logistics company servicing high-precision sectors:

  • Luxury: L’Oréal, Lancôme, YSL, Chanel
  • Pharma: ABX Diagnostics, Laboratoires Chauvin, Bausch & Lomb
  • Sports & events: ASICS, Meeting Herculis Monaco, Paris Marathon, Lyon Grand Prix
  • International operations requiring strict reliability and protocol discipline

Executive Leadership

  • Secretary General and Group Commercial Director – SINAM Group (9 entities, 2,500 employees, multi-sector operations)
  • CEO – Stokvis Industries (revenues doubled under his leadership)

His expertise combines strategic clarity, industrial discipline and execution-driven thinking.

Strategic Insights

MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Insights from the Morocco-GCC-Africa industrial transformation

Morocco's Sovereign AI Bet: Why Rabat is Building Africa's Cognitive Infrastructure

January 2025

Morocco isn't joining the AI race. It's redefining it—building sovereign compute capacity while others debate regulation.

Read Analysis →

Green Hydrogen in the Maghreb: Capital Structure, Not Technology, is the Bottleneck

December 2024

The engineering is solved. The challenge? Aligning sovereign balance sheets and 20-year capital commitments.

Read Analysis →

GCC Capital Flows to Africa: Beyond the MoUs

November 2024

Gulf institutional capital is eyeing African infrastructure. Converting sovereign interest into bankable deals requires frameworks most advisors don't understand.

Read Analysis →

For decision-makers who want to design the future, not just analyze it.

INITIATE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE

We engage with institutional decision-makers navigating complex, high-stakes industrial transformations across Africa and the GCC.

ACCESS EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Morocco-GCC Industrial Corridor: 2025 Sovereign Opportunities

14-page executive briefing | Confidential market intelligence | Data-driven sector mapping

SCHEDULE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT

For institutional mandates requiring discrete, data-driven advisory across the Africa-GCC corridor.

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Pre-qualified engagements only. We operate with institutional discretion as a default.

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Book a direct strategic assessment with our team.

Contact

Location

Rabat, Morocco
Africa-GCC Corridor