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The fourth edition of GITEX Africa 2026 has opened in Marrakech on Tuesday, bringing together more than 1,800 startups and innovators from over 130 countries under the patronage of King Mohammed VI.

Footage shows visitors moving through exhibition halls and pavilions, engaging with digital innovations, vehicle displays and startup showcases, while officials and industry figures lead panel discussions.

Amal Al-Fallah Al-Saghrushni, Morocco’s Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, said the event offers local startups direct access to global investors and a platform to present projects focused on artificial intelligence and digitalisation.

“This exhibition, hosting over 150,000 participants, along with 400 investors and $350 billion in active capital, brings together many young people and more than 360 Moroccan startups," the minister said.

Abd Al-Nasser Mashoul, Secretary-General of Nigeria’s Ministry of Communication, said the country was participating for the second time.

"We have brought twenty companies representing Niger. We support them seasonally to showcase their products, meet partners, and sign contracts," he added.

Meanwhile, Alexei Andreyev, Russia’s trade representative in Morocco, described the exhibition as a key gateway for companies seeking to build partnerships and expand their presence across African markets.

"Russian companies are participating for the fourth time in this event, and this year the Russian Exhibition Centre is participating under the slogan 'Made in Russia' along with the government of Saint Petersburg. Of course, small contacts turn into major contracts and real revenue," he said.

Organisers say the event has become the continent’s largest startup-focused technology gathering, facilitating deal-making and cross-border collaboration.

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00:00.
00:28It's about 50.000 participants.
00:32It's more than 400 investors with 350 billion dollars in capital active.
00:39It's a lot of youth, it's more than 300 start-ups marocaines.
00:43It's a very beautiful edition, it's a very beautiful edition,
00:46which will be a real exchange, sharing ideas, best practices,
00:53and also sharing, you know, the visit cards, the réseautage, etc.
00:59to develop a numérique and an artificial level of development
01:04on the continent and, of course, internationally.
01:21In fact, the Niger, it's our first participation.
01:24And in 2015, we were here in Marrakech with a dozen start-ups.
01:31And this year, in the fourth edition, we came with a dozen start-ups
01:37who are there in the Niger,
01:39so that the delegation of Niger has accompanied
01:42to come to an exhibition,
01:44to have a meeting with partners
01:47and to sign, if possible, a contract.
01:59Today, the capitalization, first of all,
02:03will be able to initiate strategic partnerships with ecosystems.
02:11Today, we have France, Italy,
02:14we have Korea, today, who are there,
02:17with which we are going to know
02:18a strategic partnership
02:20to be able to exchange the procedures
02:23in terms of innovation,
02:25but also exchange,
02:26to be able to do ways
02:30to make our ecosystem
02:33to be able to evolve,
02:36to be able to strengthen
02:37and to be able to inspire
02:38the more mature ecosystems
02:40today.
02:41We can say a lot of things
02:43about the security
02:43and we don't have the only context
02:47and we don't have a lot of things.
02:49We need to say...
02:57This is a very good event
02:58to demonstrate all the opportunities
03:00for all companies.
03:02And the Russian companies
03:04have participated in this
03:05in a four-year time.
03:06In this year,
03:08the Russian expert center
03:10made in Russia
03:11and the government
03:13of Sankt Petersburg.
03:14It is so,
03:16that simple contacts
03:17are already crystallized
03:19in contracts,
03:20in real income,
03:21in real exchange
03:22with real cooperation
03:25with startups.
03:25We hope the other
03:29will take place
03:29in real running
03:31in a street.
03:34Payers
03:49is
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