Gitex Africa

Accelerating the Future of Learning, Skills & Work Across Africa

7-9 APRIL 2026

FLEX - Edutech and Future of Work

SCALING DIGITAL LEARNING

EdTech is Africa’s fastest-growing education sector, valued at $10B in 2025 and projected to reach $19.8B by 2034.

AI tutors, immersive classrooms, and mobile-first platforms are equipping Africa’s young population with digital and STEM skills. At GITEX AFRICA, global leaders present platforms transforming how Africa learns and works.

The platform shaping Africa’s next-generation learning and workforce economy — powered by Morocco’s digital transformation.

FLEX by GITEX AFRICA is the continent’s central marketplace where education leaders, workforce strategists, digital talent builders, and AI innovators advance the systems shaping tomorrow’s talent economy.

  • Anchored in Morocco, one of Africa’s fastest-moving digital and education reform markets.
  • Empowered by Africa’s demographic boom and continental digitalisation.
  • Built on the global footprint of GITEX AFRICA — Africa’s largest tech and startup event.
  • Designed for buyers, policymakers, multinationals, development partners, and innovators.

This is where policy, investment, innovation, and talent infrastructure converge.

Africa is accelerating. Morocco is setting the pace.

Africa is on the fast track to becoming a global tech powerhouse:

By 2030, the digital economy will hit $180B, powered by 1.1 billion young Africans, the world’s largest workforce. 70M+ professionals need digital upskilling, creating massive opportunities for innovation and investment. EdTech is booming at 16–18% annually — the fastest growth globally — while AI adoption could inject $1.5T into Africa’s GDP by 2035.

The demand is clear: 80% of jobs in the next decade will require digital skills, with huge gaps in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data science, and green tech.

Morocco: Africa’s Digital Anchor

Morocco is leading the charge with vision and infrastructure:

  • Digital Strategy 2030: cloud-first governance, smart education, connected public services
  • 12,000+ schools already equipped with digital tools
  • UM6P & AI Institute: North Africa’s largest AI R&D hub
  • 93% 4G coverage and operational 5G networks, plus ongoing fibre expansion
  • $1.3B+ government investment in digital transformation

With Morocco ranked #1 in North Africa for digital readiness, a top 3 stable African economy, and Casablanca emerging as Africa’s fastest-growing financial hub, the country is the perfect springboard for tech innovation across the continent — amplified by strong EU–Morocco collaboration.

Africa’s digital future is now. Are you ready to lead?

20,000+

Attendees

60+

Countries

300+

Exhibitors & startups

200

speakers

including ministers, global tech leaders & learning experts

Who Exhibits?

  • EdTech & digital learning platforms
  • Workforce tech, HR tech, productivity AI
  • AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and automation tech
  • Universities & research institutes (Morocco + Africa + global)
  • Development partners (World Bank, AFD, UNESCO, UNICEF, USAID, GIZ)
  • Startup ecosystems from Casablanca, Rabat, Benguerir, Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, Kigali

Why Exhibitors Benefit in Morocco:

  • Direct access to 36M population with rapid digital adoption.
  • One of Africa’s most reform-forward education systems.
  • Strong public procurement momentum around education, digital skills & AI governance.
  • Gateway positioning: Europe ↔ Africa ↔ MENA.

Who Visits? The buyers shaping Africa’s talent, learning and work transformation.

Government

  • Morocco: Ministry of Digital Transition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Employment
  • Africa: Education, Digital Economy, Labour, ICT, Innovation ministries from 30+ countries

Education

  • Moroccan universities: UM6P, Al Akhawayn, Hassan II, Mohammed V
  • African universities, school groups, TVET institutions, procurement heads

Development Partners

  • UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, AFD, USAID, GIZ, African Development Bank

Investors

  • UM6P Ventures, Maroc Numeric Fund, Flat6Labs, Pan-African VCs, global funds

Corporate

  • Telecoms: Maroc Telecom, Orange Morocco, Inwi
  • Banking & finance: Attijariwafa Bank, BCP, CFG Bank
  • Logistics, automotive, energy, aerospace
  • Enterprise L&D, HR and digital transformation buyers

Turning policy, innovation and demand into real commercial outcomes

  • Morocco-focused government–solution matchmaking
  • Pan-African buyer programs
  • Enterprise procurement meetings
  • EdTech, workforce tech & talent-tech investor–startup sessions
  • Hundreds of verified, curated engagements across three days