Morocco has formalized four “Jazari” institutes focused on artificial intelligence, education, industry, and smart cities as part of its broader digital transformation strategy.
Morocco has established four public-interest groups dedicated to artificial intelligence, education, industry, and smart cities, following the publication of joint decisions approving their constitutive agreements in the country’s Official Gazette.
Weiterlesen: Morocco Establishes Four Institutes to Drive AI, Industry, and Smart Cities
Benguerir’s forum confronted the uncomfortable truth and staged a rare, unflinching reckoning with the hardware deficit behind AI-powered urbanism.
The applause had barely settled from the opening ceremony when the third edition of the Smart Green City Benguerir-Africa Forum pivoted from pleasantries to provocation.
Convened at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) on Tuesday and moderated by Conference Chair Aawatif Hayar, the inaugural keynote session assembled four voices spanning techno-anthropology, semiconductor engineering, industrial systems integration, and live digital-twin deployment – all orbiting a single, disquieting proposition: that the entire smart city edifice rests on a foundation most countries neither own nor control.
Weiterlesen: MA: UM6P Forum: No Smart City Without Silicon Sovereignty
Both parties agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration and increase the exchange of expertise.
Ms. Amal Al-Falah Al-Sagroshny, Morocco’s Minister-Designate for Digital Transformation and Administration Reform, hosted David Almerol, Secretary of State for Electronic Management of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of the Philippines, along with an official delegation, at the ministry’s headquarters in Rabat on November 19, 2025. The visit was organized in coordination with Morocco’s National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data and forms part of ongoing bilateral cooperation in e-governance and digital transformation.
Weiterlesen: Morocco and Philippines Strengthen Ties in E-Governance and Digital Transformation
Benguerir’s forum crystallized a continental consensus: Africa’s smart city future hinges not on imported algorithms but on locally forged, socially anchored AI ecosystems steered by universities and territorial governance.
The third edition of the Smart Green City Benguerir-Africa Forum convened on Tuesday at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) campus, assembling diplomats, governors, tech executives, and academics from over a dozen countries to make the case that African cities must forge their own models of intelligent urbanism rather than import them wholesale from abroad.
Weiterlesen: MA: UM6P’s Smart Green City Forum Charts a New Course for AI-Driven Urbanism in Africa
The Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform and the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) signed a framework agreement on Friday in Rabat to advance e-government and expand the secure use of digital identity linked to the new electronic National Identity Card.
Signed by Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni and the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, the partnership aligns with the Royal High Directives and the «Digital Morocco 2030» strategy. It aims to improve citizens’ access to public services through strengthened institutional cooperation.
Weiterlesen: Morocco advances e-government with new digital identity agreement