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The DXC CDG DXC COE Excellence Center (AI COE) was inaugurated on Thursday in Salé, as a strategic innovation center, in line with Morocco’s ambitions to be a key AI player.
The AI COE of DXC CDG, which is part of the national strategy “Morocco Digital 2030”, aims to develop and deploy managed, secure and efficient IA solutions, bearers of confidence, resilience and sovereignty.
Through this center, DXC CDG offers an integrated IA offer from start to finish, combining technological robustness, data security and practical cyber with the best standards, guarantors of resilience and sovereignty thanks to a trusted AI.
Speaking on this occasion, the Minister of Economic Integration, Small Enterprise, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri, estimated that centers of excellence, like the AI COE of DXC CDG , play a key role in terms of providing service platforms and upgrading local players.
These initiatives must be part of a broader vision, which opens on society in order to create the conditions of a dynamic and inclusive ecosystem, he added, noting that Morocco is called to invest more in the Training and skills development to better enjoy the challenges of AI.
For her part, the Minister Delegate responsible for the Digital Transition and the Reform of the Administration, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, highlighted the economic importance of the AI, which now represents 15% of world GDP and constitutes a A major financial and economic issue, with global impacts on employment, society, health and agriculture.
In Morocco, AI continues to assert itself with initiatives such as the international artificial intelligence center “AI Movement”, noted from the UM6P, she observed, adding that the kingdom is also positioned as A key player in Africa with initiatives such as Rabat consensus and the artificial intelligence council in Africa.
For his part, the Director General of Information Systems Security (DGSS), General El Mostafa Rabii, said that the development of AI represents a major advance, nevertheless highlighting the significant risks of this technology in cybersecurity.
In this sense, he has warned of the danger of deterioration of learning data, which could distort the results of the models and compromise their reliability, noting the imperative to rely on expertise companies capable of Detect these attacks and re-training the models if necessary.
He also highlighted the importance of protecting the data used by AI, as they are often sensitive and vulnerable to cyber attacks, advocating, in this sense, rigorous encryption, strict access controls and the implementation of committees of AI within the different structures.
The Director General of the Caisse de Dépôt and Management (CDG), Khalid Safir, has stressed that this strategic initiative in favor of innovation, excellence and digital sovereignty is an eloquent illustration of leading role of DXC CDG in the digital development of Morocco.
He added that this initiative is part of the CDG investments on “niches of very high added value” which aim to promote Morocco destination with foreign investors.
For the president of DXC Europe, Juan Parra, artificial intelligence represents a major economic revolution, with “winners and losers” according to their ability to adapt.
Thus, the inauguration of a center of excellence in technology in Morocco reflects a strategic vision aimed at positioning the country among the leaders of this transformation, he added, stressing that this center is not limited to the Technological innovation, but also generates employment opportunities, attracts talents and stimulates local economic growth and Morocco attractiveness for investors.
On this occasion, the DXC CDG unveiled the latest generation of its “Cyber Defense Command Center”, a device that integrates AI to protect critical systems against cyberrencies and guarantees secure and intelligent management of strategic and sensitive infrastructures.
