 The Moroccanization of the economy affected thousands of businesses and the proportion of industrial businesses in Morocco that were Moroccan-owned immediately increased from 18% to 55%.Current relations between France and Morocco have been characterized as neocolonial.As a francophone former colony (that nominally kept its independence) of France, Morocco falls into the cadre of "Françafrique", a term used to refer to often neocolonial relations between France and its former colonies in Africa.