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Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech

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Africa’s Largest Tech & Startup Show Expands, Introducing Industry-Defining Innovations, Global Exhibitors, and Cutting-Edge Digital Initiatives

RABAT, Morocco, March 17, 2025/APO Group/ –Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God Assist Him, the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, in partnership with the Digital Development Agency (ADD) and KAOUN International, has officially announced the much-anticipated third edition of GITEX Africa Morocco (www.GITEXAfrica.com), set to take place from April 14 to 16, 2025, in the vibrant city of Marrakech. As Africa’s largest and most influential technology and startup event, GITEX Africa Morocco stands as a beacon of innovation, fostering investment, technological breakthroughs, and economic transformation across the continent.

 

With the resounding success of previous editions, GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 is poised to be bigger, bolder, and more transformative than ever before. This year’s event will feature specialized industry summits, exclusive creative industry activations, and high-impact networking forums, all meticulously designed to connect government officials, industry pioneers, investors, and entrepreneurs in groundbreaking discussions and collaborations. With a reinforced focus on Africa’s digital public infrastructure, emerging AI ecosystems, and cutting-edge technological advancements, this edition will further establish Africa as a key player in the global tech landscape.

Key features of GITEX Africa Morocco 2025

Pioneering industry-centric initiatives

Among the most highly anticipated additions to GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 is the Africa Future Connectivity Summit, an exclusive assembly for leaders in telecommunications, cloud computing, and data centers. This summit will delve into the far-reaching impact of broadband expansion, 5G deployment, and cloud-driven advancements, fostering strategic public-private partnerships that will shape Africa’s digital future.

Bridging global African innovation

Another key addition to GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 is the Diaspora Studio, a dedicated hub designed to unite African innovators across the world. This initiative aims to unlock investment opportunities, cross-border partnerships, and knowledge-sharing between the African diaspora and local tech ecosystems. By engaging with venture capitalists, startup incubators, and leading research institutions, this platform will serve as a powerful conduit for advancing Africa’s technological leadership on the world stage.

Government leadership and global collaboration

The Moroccan government remains a steadfast advocate for GITEX Africa Morocco’s growth, reinforcing its vision of establishing Morocco as a premier digital hub in Africa, in line with the High Instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI who stressed the necessity for Africa to be actively engaged in the digital transformation the world is witnessing today. The event will host high-level government representatives, regulatory bodies, and technology industry leaders, driving pivotal conversations on AI governance, digital regulations, and the policies defining Africa’s innovation landscape.

H.E. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Minister Delegate in Charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, Government of Morocco, emphasized the government’s dedication to this mission, stating: “Following the success of the 2024 edition, Morocco is proud to host the 3rd edition of GITEX AFRICA, reaffirming its role as a key enabler of Africa’s digital transformation. Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, and with the strong commitment of the Moroccan Government, this edition will introduce strategic sectors such as EdTech, AgriTech, HealthTech, and SportsTech, reinforcing Africa’s position as a global hub for innovation. GITEX AFRICA 2025 will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers to foster high-impact collaborations and accelerate the continent’s integration into the global digital economy. Morocco remains committed to driving Africa’s technological future through innovation, investment, and strategic partnerships.”

In addition to strong government support, the private sector is also demonstrating its commitment to Africa’s economic growth, with notably the International Finance Corporation (IFC) joining GITEX Africa as the Economic Development Partner. IFC’s involvement underscores its dedication to fostering sustainable investment and driving the continent’s digital transformation.

GITEX Africa’s momentum is advancing as new partnerships are forged and new industry sectors are explored to broaden the impact on the Africa’s digital landscape

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make a landmark appearance at GITEX Africa 2025, highlighting the intersection of global investment, technology, and entrepreneurship. A keynote from IFC’s Managing Director, Makhtar Diop, will address Africa’s economic evolution and the role of tech-driven growth. This engagement underscores the continent’s rising digital economy and the drive for scalable innovation in fintech and agribusiness.

Additionally, SheWins Africa, an IFC initiative will be featured, reinforcing its mission to empower women-led startups and drive inclusive economic growth across the continent.

Expanding sustainability and digital impact

As GITEX Impact continues to grow, the 2025 edition will expand beyond its traditional focus on agritech, climate, and water technologies to encompass energy transition, mobility, edutech, and sports technologies. These pivotal sectors are instrumental in shaping Africa’s sustainable economic development, reinforcing GITEX Africa Morocco’s commitment to utilizing technology as a force for social and economic transformation.

Mr. Mohammed Drissi Melyani, Director General of ADD said “GITEX Africa Morocco has become the continent’s foremost platform for digital transformation, facilitating the exchange of expertise and best practices in technological innovation while strengthening the global competitiveness of Africa’s public and private ecosystems.

This third edition arrives at a crucial juncture, aligning with the worldwide acceleration of digital transition. GITEX Africa Morocco will address key challenges related to the resilience of the digital economy by showcasing strategic sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, IoT, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Edutech, Agritech, Health Tech, Smart Cities, and E-Government, all in full alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals. As a global technology gathering, its overarching mission is to explore the boundless potential of digital innovation and its transformative impact, paving the way for a more inclusive and responsible future.”

With an expanded presence of over 1,400 exhibitors from 130+ countries, GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 is expected to attract thousands of technology professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors, providing unparalleled opportunities for networking, deal-making, and knowledge exchange. The event will serve as the foremost platform for showcasing breakthrough innovations across AI, fintech, cybersecurity, health tech, smart cities, and digital transformation.

KAOUN International, the overseas events company of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and organiser of GITEX events globally, is spearheading the event’s evolution as a world-class technology showcase. Trixie LohMirmand, CEO of KAOUN International, underscored the significance of this year’s edition, stating, “GITEX Africa’s momentum is advancing as new partnerships are forged and new industry sectors are explored to broaden the impact on the Africa’s digital landscape.

To harness the positive outcomes from these initiatives, necessitate commitment and resilience from private and public stakeholders. We are confident GITEX AFRICA shall play a significant role in actuating and fast tracking the leverage of tech and adoption of AI in these vital sectors of economies.”

Seizing the future of Africa’s digital revolution

As Africa’s digital economy surges—projected to contribute $712 billion to the continent’s GDP by 2050—GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 presents a historic opportunity to engage with the continent’s brightest innovators, industry leaders, and global stakeholders. With Africa’s startup ecosystem poised to attract over $5 billion in venture capital investments, coupled with an expanding tech-savvy workforce, the continent is primed for rapid technological acceleration.

GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 is the stage where the future of Africa’s digital economy takes shape. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this transformative event. Register now to attend or exhibit at www.GITEXAfrica.com, and secure your position at the center of Africa’s most influential technology gathering.

Join us in Marrakech from April 14 to 16, 2025, as we chart the next chapter of Africa’s digital revolution and redefine the continent’s role in the global AI economy.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of GITEX Africa.

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China’s digital hub Hangzhou hosts conference on AI, OPC

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HANGZHOU, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 June 2026 – The inaugural AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference was held from June 29 to 30 in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Centered on one-person company (OPC), a new form of smart economy in the AI era, the conference program comprised one opening ceremony and two parallel breakout sessions.

It gathered around 400 delegates from government departments, industry associations, financial institutions, AI enterprises and OPC startup operators across the country. Participants exchanged insights on AI innovation pathways and cross-industry integration strategies, injecting strong impetus into Hangzhou’s ambition to develop a national benchmark hub for AI+OPC entrepreneurship.

A series of key launches and milestone ceremonies took place during the opening segment. Official releases included the 2026 national OPC development observation report, Hangzhou’s 2026–2028 action plan and supporting policies to build a national AI+OPC entrepreneurship hub, and a catalog of actionable AI+OPC application scenarios. Attendees also received an in-depth interpretation of the specifications for AI-enabled OPC community services and evaluation.

The ceremony featured multiple landmark initiatives: plaque awarding for Hangzhou’s priority AI+OPC incubation communities and dedicated observation sites, the official launch of the AI+OPC Community Alliance initiative, and a kickoff marking the official construction of the national AI+OPC entrepreneurship hub.

The open forum session featured keynote speeches from distinguished industry and academic leaders. Speakers included Pan Yunhe, former executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at Zhejiang University; Liang Gui, former executive vice governor of Jiangxi Province and ex-director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and Zou Ling, head of Hong Hub, Shangcheng District’s single-member unicorn startup acceleration community, who shared cutting-edge insights from varied perspectives.

A panel dialogue followed, bringing together representatives from Moshu OPC Community (Beijing E-Town), the School of Future Science and Engineering at Soochow University, Qingju Hub · Future Digital Intelligence Port (Shangcheng District), and Puhua Capital for in-depth industry exchanges.

Complementary concurrent events held throughout the conference included an OPC capital-industry matchmaking salon, a symposium on industry-education integration for AI-powered OPC sectors, and a national exchange forum for AI+OPC community practitioners.

OPC has emerged as a vibrant new engine driving economic vitality and underpinning high-quality development. Against the backdrop of a new development era, the inaugural Hangzhou AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference unites OPC innovators nationwide.

Drawing on the creative energy of millions of independent super-individual operators, the event delivers sustained digital momentum to fuel Hangzhou’s super-individual economy, while rolling out replicable local practices and actionable Hangzhou solutions to advance high-quality growth of smart economies nationwide.

 

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Hainan FTP marks 6-month milestone of special customs operations, signs deals during Hong Kong visit

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 June 2026 – As the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) marked the six-month milestone since the launch of its full special customs operations, a Hainan provincial delegation wrapped up a three-day visit to Hong Kong. During the visit, the delegation signed deepened cooperation agreements with several major local chambers of commerce and promoted the latest policies introduced since the island-wide special customs operations took effect.

According to data released by Hainan Province during the visit, Hainan’s foreign trade has surged since the launch of special customs operations. As of June 17, the province’s total goods imports and exports reached RMB 173.98 billion (approximately US$24 billion), up 54.6% year on year. Imports of zero-tariff goods hit RMB 2.645 billion, a 120% jump that generated tariff savings of RMB 440 million. A total of 172,100 new market entities were registered—a 61% increase—including 1,240 foreign-invested enterprises. Zero-tariff items now account for 74% of all tariff lines, benefiting more than 12,000 market entities.

During the Hong Kong visit, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hainan Provincial Committee (CCPIT Hainan) signed separate deepened cooperation MOUs with the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Under the MOUs, the parties will establish a regular liaison mechanism for the periodic exchange of economic and trade information, and will promote collaboration in areas including professional services, green finance, the digital economy, supply chain management, and cultural tourism. Mutual enterprise service desks will be set up to provide consulting services regarding policies and projects. The parties will leverage their complementary strengths to help Chinese mainland enterprises access overseas markets via Hong Kong, while facilitating Hong Kong companies’ entry into the Chinese mainland through Hainan.

The delegation also held talks with the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, exploring ways for British and American businesses to leverage Hainan’s value-added processing tariff exemptions and multifunctional free trade accounts to position themselves in regional supply chains and cross-border investment and financing. HSBC, De Beers, and other British firms are already active in Hainan, and the UK served as the Guest of Honor country at the 2025 China International Consumer Products Expo.

According to industry analysts, amid the shifting international trade landscape, Hainan is leveraging Hong Kong’s “super-connector” role to accelerate its integration with global capital and business networks, while simultaneously offering the Hong Kong business community a policy testing ground for entering the Chinese mainland market.

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Africa’s Grid Constraints Come into Focus as Regional Markets Push Toward Integration

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Regional power pools are advancing and renewable pipelines are growing, but the regulatory and financial architecture needed to connect them remains the continent’s most critical infrastructure gap – an issue central to the Power Africa Today conference at AEW 2026

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 25, 2026/APO Group/ –Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291 TWh by 2050, requiring an estimated $30 billion in transmission and grid infrastructure investment to unlock and integrate new generation capacity. Yet across the continent, grid systems are struggling to keep pace with rapidly expanding supply pipelines and rising demand.

In Nigeria, repeated nationwide grid collapses as recently as February 2026 underscore the fragility of aging transmission infrastructure. In East Africa, tower failures along the 428 km Loiyangalani-Suswa line temporarily stranded output from Lake Turkana Wind Power – Africa’s largest wind installation. Meanwhile, demand growth pressures are accelerating across North Africa, where electricity consumption is expected to rise by around 50% by 2035, driven by urbanization, desalination projects, and climate-related temperature increases.

Despite these constraints, generation investment continues to accelerate across Africa, particularly in renewables, gas-to-power and hybrid systems. However, without equivalent investment in transmission and interconnection, much of this new capacity risks being underutilized or stranded. This growing imbalance between generation and grid capacity is driving a sharper focus on system-wide planning and regional market design – issues that will be central to the newly launched Power Africa Today conference at African Energy Week 2026. The platform will bring together policymakers, utilities, investors and developers to explore how regional interconnection, cross-border trading frameworks and financing structures can better align generation growth with grid expansion.

Power Markets Experiment with Reform

Alongside infrastructure challenges, Africa’s electricity sector is undergoing gradual – but uneven – market reform. Most countries still operate vertically integrated systems dominated by state utilities, but a growing number are introducing competitive frameworks to attract private capital and improve efficiency.

Zimbabwe opened its electricity market to full private participation across generation, transmission and distribution in 2025, targeting $9 billion in new investment. South Africa is advancing one of the continent’s most ambitious grid expansion programs, with plans for 14,500 km of new transmission lines and 133,000 MVA of transformer capacity by 2034, alongside mechanisms designed to crowd in private financing. Kenya, meanwhile, has introduced open access regulations enabling independent power producers to wheel electricity directly to multiple off-takers, reshaping how generation assets interface with the grid.

Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future

Regional Integration Remains Fragmented

Efforts to connect Africa’s fragmented power systems are progressing, though at different speeds across regions. In Southern Africa, the World Bank’s RETRADE SAPP program, approved in 2025, is deploying $12 million to strengthen renewable integration and transmission capacity across 12 member states. In East Africa, the Ethiopia–Kenya–Tanzania Electricity Highway is now in trial operations at up to 2,000 MW, marking a significant step toward a more interconnected regional grid.

West Africa is also moving toward deeper integration, with permanent synchronization of the West Africa Power Pool expected in 2026. Analysts, including the African Finance Corporation, argue that such synchronization is critical to unlocking large-scale hydropower potential and industrial demand across the region. Longer term, full synchronization between the Eastern and Southern African power pools – targeted for the end of 2026 – could create one of the world’s largest cross-border electricity trading corridors.

Building Bankable Financial Architectures

While interconnection is advancing, infrastructure alone is not enough to create investable electricity markets. Investors consistently cite the lack of standardized offtake structures, creditworthy counterparties, and cross-border payment guarantees as key barriers to scaling capital deployment.

New models are emerging to address these constraints. Africa GreenCo, operating across Zambia, Namibia and South Africa, is helping to aggregate independent power producers under a single creditworthy intermediary, standardizing power purchase agreements and reducing counterparty risk. At a broader level, AUDA-NEPAD estimates that Africa requires around $30 billion in additional investment to complete priority transmission corridors and establish three fully interconnected regional trading blocs by 2030.

“Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future,” said NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber. “The question at Africa Energy Week is not whether integration is possible – the evidence is already there. The question is which regulatory frameworks and financial structures will get projects to financial close, and which markets will be ready when capital is looking to move.”

The Power Africa Today conference will run alongside AEW 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Cape Town, and will focus on the regulatory, financial and infrastructural architecture needed to build interconnected electricity markets capable of attracting institutional capital and delivering reliable, cross-border power at scale.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Chamber.

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