Casablanca – Morocco wants to accelerate its AI development and gain greater control over the infrastructure, data and computing power behind digital technologies, Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administrative Reform Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni said Thursday in Tangier.
Speaking at the eighth edition of the Assises of the Association of Information Systems Users in Morocco (AUSIM), the minister presented the government’s vision for building a national AI ecosystem under the “AI Made in Morocco” initiative.
During her keynote address, titled “AI Made in Morocco, the Race to Achieve Sovereignty Through Speed,” El Fallah Seghrouchni described digital sovereignty as an “invisible sovereignty” that has become a strategic issue for the country’s development.
She said digital technology now supports development across all sectors because of its cross-cutting role. Controlling infrastructure and the different layers of technology has become essential to building a digital state and supporting Morocco’s economic and social development.
The minister outlined progress in digital development and the government’s plans for AI, with a focus on building AI that is resource-efficient, inclusive and responsible. The goal is to develop technology in Morocco for Moroccan needs while keeping it open to international cooperation.
The strategy forms part of the “Morocco AI 2030” roadmap, which aims to contribute MAD 100 billion to Morocco’s gross domestic product by 2030.
The roadmap brings together several priorities, including sovereign infrastructure, national computing capacity, data, public platforms, a legal framework, innovation, talent development and international cooperation.
El Fallah Seghrouchni also called for faster action as investment in AI becomes increasingly concentrated worldwide and countries compete to control computing power and technological capabilities.
For Morocco and Africa, she said, moving quickly could help them benefit from a technological “leapfrog” effect. She identified four essential factors for achieving this, namely energy, computing capacity, data and talent.
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The minister outlined five priority areas for the next stage of the strategy. Morocco plans to put sovereign computing resources into service and make them accessible to researchers and startups, advance its legal and institutional framework for AI, and develop models in Arabic, Darija and Amazigh before expanding into African languages.
The government also wants to train and certify talent on a large scale and gradually move public services from digital systems toward agentic technology, which can carry out tasks through AI agents.
El Fallah Seghrouchni said “AI Made in Morocco” reflects the country’s ambition to design its own technology rather than simply use solutions developed elsewhere.
AUSIM President Mohamed Saad said Tangier’s selection as host city reflected the shift from AI experimentation toward implementation and industrialization.
He pointed to the city’s port and industrial infrastructure, its position between two seas and two continents, and its openness to different cultures. Saad described Tangier as a turning point between two worlds and said the city reflected Morocco’s ambition to become an AI hub in Africa.
He recalled that previous AUSIM meetings had addressed data, blockchain, machine learning and digital transformation. This year’s edition puts AI at the center of discussions as companies seek ways to integrate the technology into their operations and growth plans.
