AI made in Morocco is on the move

In Rabat, on Monday, January 12, 2026 , ministers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and technology experts gathered to sign an agreement marking a concrete step towards action. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Minister of Digital Transition, has clearly stated her ambition: to establish Morocco as a leading country in artificial intelligence and to aim for a place in the world’s top 50 by 2030.
Morocco aims to play a transformative role regionally while establishing a lasting presence on the international stage. For several years, the country has been undertaking a series of major infrastructure projects, often carried out at a rapid pace and with high standards. Artificial intelligence is now ushering in a new, even more critical phase, as it directly impacts the Kingdom’s strategic maturity. The stakes are primarily global. Artificial intelligence has become a central lever of economic and technological power. For Morocco, the question is no longer whether to pursue it, but how. Local production, guiding its use, and maintaining strategic decision-making capacity are becoming priorities. The strategy rests on a few key choices : training locally, organizing the innovation ecosystem, and integrating artificial intelligence into the heart of public policy.
The first effects are beginning to appear. In one year, Morocco has climbed 14 places in the 2025 edition of the Government AI Readiness Index , which measures states’ capacity to integrate AI into their public policies. Within this momentum, the launch of the Al Jazari Institutes marks an operational turning point.
These centers of excellence dedicated to artificial intelligence have a specific mission: to train, test, produce, and support the adoption of these technologies by government agencies, businesses, and startups. They now constitute the main lever for structuring the national effort. The network is based on a distributed approach, with strong local roots. Each institute works closely with universities, economic stakeholders, and local government agencies, while remaining connected to a national framework. The goal is clear: to accelerate applied research, enhance skills, and rapidly move from experimentation to concrete applications.
The launch of Jazari Root in Rabat, the central hub of the system, marks a key step in structuring the national strategy on artificial intelligence.
This structure ensures national coordination of research and development work, the pooling of resources and the integration of technological partnerships, thus becoming the point of junction between public strategy, engineering, and innovation. o
Amine BOUSHABA