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Laayoune: business support through the CCIS

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This dossier tracks the resources and services of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services and their results for local businesses.

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Aerial view of central Laayoune.
Laayoune, Moroccan Sahara, July 2023. Archive; not the inaugurated headquarters. Zakaria Taberkant / Commune of Laayoune, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; resized. — Zakaria Taberkant / Commune of Laayoune, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 30 juillet 2023, redimensionnement uniquement.

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On 6 November 2026, Ryad Mezzour inaugurated the new headquarters in Laayoune. Its economic effects remain to be measured.

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Laayoune: Mezzour inaugurates Chamber of Commerce headquarters

Ryad Mezzour inaugurated the new headquarters of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services in the Moroccan Sahara on 6 November 2026. Reports place the opening during the Green March’s 51st anniversary.

Aerial view of central Laayoune.
Laayoune, Moroccan Sahara, July 2023. Archive; not the inaugurated headquarters. Zakaria Taberkant / Commune of Laayoune, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; resized. — Zakaria Taberkant / Commune of Laayoune, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 30 juillet 2023, redimensionnement uniquement.

The chamber represents and supports the region’s traders, industrial firms and service businesses. Its president, Khalil Ould Errachid, presents the building as a means of improving support for their projects.

The minister met chamber representatives to discuss business difficulties and prospects. Sahara24 describes the rehabilitation of a building previously used by the regional investment centre. The sources provide no quantified assessment of the new services or the investment they might generate.

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