Morocco Sets Sights on AI Leadership in Africa Ahead of 2030 World Cup – French Outlet
Rabat - Morocco aims to lead African AI landscape as it prepares for the 2030 World Cup, Writes French Weekly Challenges.
“Morocco boasts several key assets, including 23 data centers, among them the largest in Africa,” highlights the magazine in an article titled “Why Not a Moroccan Unicorn? AI at the Heart of the Kingdom’s Entrepreneurial Bet.”
The Kingdom aims to fast-track its digital strategy in the lead-up to the 2030 World Cup, the article notes, adding that this acceleration is part of the Digital Morocco 2030 program. With a total budget of MAD 11 billion, the initiative seeks to position Morocco as a regional digital hub.
The program also envisions centralizing all administrative procedures through a single digital platform, alongside the large-scale rollout of fiber-optic infrastructure.
“In short, a comprehensive modernization of infrastructure,” writes Challenges, emphasizing that “the country is well positioned on the African continent.”
The magazine adds that Morocco can also rely on a “forward-thinking youth,” especially in scientific disciplines. Several of the country’s preparatory programs are internationally recognized, and in France, Moroccans represent 21% of foreign students in engineering schools.
Challenges also highlights the planned opening of a Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) branch in Paris in January 2024. “The real challenge is bringing talent back,” the article notes.
Located just a few kilometers from Rabat, UM6P spans several hectares and features ultramodern buildings, soccer fields, and amphitheaters. “Excellence is the watchword here,” the article states.
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