“He forgets his age. He should not be reminded of it,” says one of Othman Benjelloun’s lieutenants. At 91, the second richest man in Morocco, according to Forbes, continues to preside over the destiny of the Bank of Africa group (BOA, formerly BMCE BOA), which unveiled a solid performance for 2021 at the end of March.
With a net result of some 2bn MAD ($199m), up 47% compared to 2020, his group even boasts of a “record level never reached”, as regards results excluding subsidiaries, which represented 1.5bn MAD in 2021.
