Morocco is currently developing its human capital to become a global tech hub. To do so, it is partnering with various actors.
The Moroccan Ministry of Industry announced, Tuesday (November 2), two memorandums of understanding with international consulting agency Capgemini.
The memoranda aim to create the conditions required to train tech talents and develop the local engineering talent to make the country a leading destination for tech investments.
In a press statement, the government explained that the MoUs would help create 1,500 additional highly skilled jobs in the engineering sector by 2026. The “investment embodies the growing confidence in Moroccan skills and confirms the attractiveness of the Kingdom as a technological and engineering destination of choice for outsourcing,” added Minister of Industry Ryad Mezzour (photo, left).
According to a study financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Morocco is faced, for years now, with a shortage of engineers and technicians. To address the issue, the government has inked partnerships with several international companies to develop diversified skills and competencies in a range of innovative sectors. In April, the country signed four more MoUs for investment projects that are expected to create over 5, 000 jobs in the outsourcing sector.
CapGemini launched its Moroccan subsidiary in 2007. Since then, it has become the largest tech company in the country. According to Idriss Elasri (photo, right), Managing Director of Capgemini Engineering Morocco, the company hired 800 new staff in 2021 and 1,100 in 2022.
Samira Njoya