Anas Sefrioui

Recognition

Achievements & recognition

Only recognition that can be traced to a named publisher appears on this page. No award, honour, prize or distinction has been invented, inferred or embellished — and where the record is thinner than a profile page would like, it is left thin.

What this page does and does not contain

Anas Sefrioui’s public recognition consists principally of appearances on business rankings compiled by Forbes and its regional editions, together with documented corporate milestones and third-party financing decisions. Those are listed below with their publisher and date.

No decorations, honorary degrees, industry prizes or civic awards are listed, because none could be verified in a reliable source. Their absence here is a statement about the available record, not about the subject.

Rankings

Recorded by Forbes and its editions

Net-worth valuations are estimates produced by the publisher. They move with the Addoha share price and should be read as of their stated date.

Anas Sefrioui attending a business conference in Morocco
Anas Sefrioui at a Moroccan business gathering. Recognition of his position in the industry comes principally through business rankings and the scale of the company he founded.
Forbes · 2026

World’s Billionaires 2026

Listed on the 40th annual Forbes World’s Billionaires list at an estimated USD 1.3 billion, ranked #2,858 globally and #22 in Africa. One of three Moroccans on the list, alongside Othman Benjelloun and Aziz Akhannouch.

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Forbes · Sept 2026

Forbes real-time profile

Valued at USD 1.5 billion, ranked #2699 in the world as recorded on 8 September 2026. Listed as a Moroccan citizen resident in Casablanca, source of wealth “real estate, self-made”, and recorded as having appeared on 14 Forbes lists.

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Forbes Middle East · 2026

Most Impactful Real Estate Leaders 2026 — No. 57

Ranked 57th on the regional list of the most impactful real-estate leaders. The entry records a 64.8% stake in Groupe Addoha, over 26,000 units in production with about 30% in West Africa, and operations across five African nations.

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Forbes Middle East · 2026

The World’s Richest Arabs 2026

Included in Forbes Middle East’s annual ranking of the wealthiest Arab individuals and families.

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Forbes Africa · 2026

African Billionaires 2026

Listed among Africa’s billionaires, at #22 on the continent in the 2026 edition.

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Business press · April 2025

Reported as Morocco’s wealthiest individual

Coverage in April 2025 reported him surpassing Aziz Akhannouch and Othman Benjelloun to become Morocco’s wealthiest businessman. Later reporting recorded his estimated fortune falling by around USD 300 million after Addoha shares dropped more than 30% — an illustration of how volatile such rankings are.

Reported

Two different Forbes figures appear above because they are different instruments: the annual list is a snapshot taken at a fixed date, while the profile page is continuously updated. Neither is a company disclosure.

Business achievements

Documented milestones, not accolades

The most substantial record of achievement here is operational: what was built, listed, financed and delivered.

257,517 Units delivered in Morocco Across 148+ completed projects in 19 cities — company disclosure
1988 Company founded Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha, Casablanca
2006 Casablanca listing 35% of capital placed at MAD 585 per share
Eleven CIMAF cement markets West and Central Africa
2021

Development-finance endorsement of CIMAF

The International Finance Corporation, Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund arranged a €161.25 million financing package to expand CIMAF’s cement production in West Africa. Institutions of that kind conduct extensive due diligence before committing; the decision is a meaningful external validation of the business.

2025

IFC partnership in Côte d’Ivoire

The IFC announced a partnership with Addoha Côte d’Ivoire to boost affordable housing supply, reported as USD 27 million of financing supporting approximately 5,600 homes in Abidjan.

2025

Return to substantial profitability

Full-year net profit of MAD 516 million, up 70%, on revenue of MAD 2.7 billion — completing the recovery from the loss-making year recorded in 2021 and the restructuring that began in 2018.

2026

Selected for Ghana’s social housing programme

Groupe Addoha has been named among five operators selected for Ghana’s social housing programme — an extension of the model beyond francophone Africa.

Anas Sefrioui speaking at a Groupe Addoha event

Standard applied

Why some things are missing

Profile websites for prominent business figures frequently list honours that cannot be traced to any publisher, prizes awarded by organisations that cannot be identified, and quotations that appear in no interview. This page does none of that.

The test applied throughout is simple: an item appears only if a named, checkable source records it. Where a claim exists in circulation but could not be traced — including a general reference to recognition as one of Africa’s most powerful business leaders in 2012, which does not identify the awarding publication — it has been left out rather than presented as established fact.

Readers who wish to check any item on this page will find every source, with publisher and date, on the references page.

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