Casablanca – The Technopark Morocco board appointed Driss Lemjaouri director general on September 18, according to the organization. The decision came under the chairmanship of Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, minister delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform.
Before taking the new post, Lemjaouri served as director of digital ecosystems and entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform. The government appointed him to that position in February 2024, after he had spent a year as a mission officer at the same ministry.
His move into the digital sector followed a long career in financial and regulatory institutions. Lemjaouri joined the Caisse Centrale de Garantie, now known as Tamwilcom, as a financial executive in 2005. He later joined the Moroccan Capital Market Authority, where he worked as an internal auditor from 2008 to 2013, then as head of department from 2013 to 2021. He served as a mission officer attached to the authority’s presidency between 2021 and 2023.
His academic background spans finance, management and organizational studies, with degrees from ENCG Settat, Mohammed V University and the International University of Rabat. He also holds certificates in work and organizational psychology and IRCA auditing.
At the ministry, Lemjaouri worked on issues directly connected to the ecosystem he will now oversee. In 2026, he represented the ministry in discussions around DigiTPME, a network designed to coordinate initiatives supporting the digital transformation of very small, small, and medium-sized businesses. He said the program should improve access to digital solutions, share good practices, and track the impact of support through indicators and reliable data.
Lemjaouri also took part in international and industry events focused on startups and digital transformation. In 2025, he spoke at GITEX Africa about digital transformation and governance, arguing that digital strategies need to respond to local needs and that startups face challenges including financing, market access, and the need for suitable legal and fiscal frameworks.
Lemjaouri has also been involved in international cooperation around innovation and digital infrastructure. During a meeting with a Smart Africa delegation representing 11 African countries, he discussed ways to strengthen innovation ecosystems, accelerate the digitalization of smaller businesses and exchange practices.
Now at Technopark, Lemjaouri is taking charge of a network that the organization says operates six sites, including five Technoparks and the Cité de l’innovation Souss-Massa. The network says it has supported 3,000 innovative startups, including 1,400 directly through MITC, and contributed to more than 15,000 direct and indirect jobs.
In his first message as director general, Lemjaouri said he wants Technopark to move beyond providing workspace and become a broader platform offering incubation, acceleration, access to financing and talent, connections with large companies, market access and internationalization.
