GITEX Africa 2026 delivered Morocco’s Maroc Digital 2030 strategy and its AI Made in Morocco initiative, a cybersecurity diagnosis from MTN’s CISO, and the Supernova Challenge startup competition. BETAR.africa assesses which signals from Marrakech are load-bearing and which are noise.
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GITEX Africa Day 2: MTN’s CISO on Why Africa Is Building Faster Than It Can Secure
The STAR Summit put Africa’s cybersecurity readiness gap on the main stage for the first time. MTN Group CISO Justin Williams delivered the diagnosis. GITEX Africa’s fintech track wrestled with who governs digital money across 54 countries.
GITEX Africa Day 1: AI Governance Takes Centre Stage in Marrakech
Morocco’s Maroc Digital 2030 strategy, hyperscale data centre commitments, and 800 startups competing in the Supernova Challenge headline the first day of GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech.
GITEX Africa 2026: What to Watch at Marrakech This April
GITEX Africa returns to Marrakech on April 7–9 with 55,000+ attendees, 400 VCs managing $350 billion, and a dominant AI agenda. Here is what matters for African tech.