Advice to Foreign investors

It all depends on what you are doing/planning to do in Morocco. Whatever you think the budget is, double it, to plan for the worst, and plan for delays.

There is plenty of money to be made in Morocco, but you have to be careful, like you would in any country in the world.

Make sure you learn and understand what is happening, there's no point in paying someone to do it for you, and not learning from what is going on, if you want to be self reliant.

I've learnt a lot, and lost a lot in Morocco, but it's part of the experience, and part of the naivety arriving somewhere, thinking you can do better, but Nader was correct, the system does hold you back, and prevent a lot of growth; however, if you can survive that, get the business running, and start making money, it's all worthwhile.

For those looking to invest, and think they can setup, and run the business remotely, you might as well burn the money you're thinking to invest.

Morocco requires work, daily work to succeed, any business which handles money, if you hadn't noticed, has one person sitting on the till, and one person only handling the money with good reason.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

If you can survive the first year, and you have a sound business plan, where you are the key person to the business it will flourish. Choose a business where anyone can do it; prepare to have it copied and be undercut as soon as you 'seem' to be profitable.

As for prison... keep one simple rule... don't write a cheque if you don't have the money, if you dont have the money, don't bother to begin. Simple.

Good Luck!