Since October 2021, Nadia Fettah Alaoui has been at the helm of Morocco’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, steering the kingdom’s fiscal and financial policy. She is the first woman to hold this strategic position. Combining rigor and expertise, Nadia Fettah Alaoui has implemented numerous reforms and initiatives to promote the country’s economic and social development. This report highlights the journey of a pioneer of an impact-driven economy.
As Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Nadia Fettah Alaoui has been driving economic reforms, investment strategy, and overseeing the kingdom’s fiscal and financial policy since 2021. The first woman to hold this strategic position in Morocco’s history, she was named Best Finance Minister in 2025 in recognition of her efforts to strengthen economic stability and boost investment. At 55, Nadia Fettah has established herself as one of the leading figures in Morocco’s economic governance.
« Regarding Morocco, under the visionary leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, we move quickly, but never alone. Our national trajectory is inseparable from that of the continent. For over 20 years, our ambition has been clear: grow with Africa, invest with Africa, succeed with Africa. »
Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy and Finance – Morocco
In her role, the Minister of Economy emphasizes Morocco’s economic transformation. In 2023, hosting the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Marrakech—the first in Africa in fifty years—reinforced Morocco’s position as a strategic financial and diplomatic hub. With an estimated GDP growth of 3.7% in 2023, Morocco, Africa’s fifth-largest economy, aims for 5% growth by 2026. For Nadia Fettah Alaoui, it is also imperative to maintain the pace of long-term reforms and development projects in key sectors such as innovation and high value-added industries to enhance economic competitiveness.
« On the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, being held in Africa for the first time in 50 years, it seemed important to us to hold a high-level ministerial meeting on financing Africa’s emergence. It was an extremely fruitful and significant exchange, aimed at declaring loudly that Africa’s emergence is at the heart of every country’s strategy on the continent, and that regional integration and African cooperation are also central to our strategies, particularly in Morocco, under the enlightened vision of His Majesty. »
Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy and Finance – Morocco
Her leadership and structural reforms, such as the e-Finance platform and the “Finance for Her” program, have produced tangible impacts: over 500,000 online transactions and access to microcredit for 20,000 women entrepreneurs around 2024–2025, strengthening the country’s economic competitiveness and inclusion. Moreover, as former Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, and Air Transport, Morocco’s tourism sector under her leadership recorded a record 13 million arrivals in 2019, a 5.2% increase compared to 2018.
« We must mobilize more African capital, first to finance our African economies, with partners who respect our priorities, understand them, and support them. The future of the global economy will pass through this continent. Those who invest today will be the leaders of tomorrow. »
Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy and Finance – Morocco
With extensive experience in the private sector and as Director of the Moroccan Investment Fund, Nadia Fettah Alaoui exemplifies, through her career, the emergence of new profiles at the highest levels of government and a model of success on the continent.
