Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni argues that technological power will be measured by the usefulness of culturally relevant models.
Morocco focuses on data sovereignty and localized AI rather than competing for frontier model dominance with US and China. This repositioning signals that emerging-market AI leadership will be defined by usefulness and autonomy, not computational scale.
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Innovation
Aug 11, 2026
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni
Rather than join the global race for computing power, Morocco has focused on building sovereignty over its data, talent, and uses of AI, because technological power will be measured by usefulness, not by domination. This strategy calls for the country to embrace innovation without ceding its identity to foreign models.
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