Morocco Unveils Ambitious ’Digital 2030’ Plan: 5G, Fiber, and Cloud Expansion

Achieve a 70% population coverage rate in 5G by 2030 with a mass market offering, create a sovereign Cloud and achieve 40 billion dirhams in exports and 270,000 jobs in outsourcing... These are Morocco’s big ambitions for the digital economy. The kingdom aims to generalize fiber optics: from 1.5 million eligible households in 2022 to 4.4 million in 2026 and 5.6 million in 2030, reports L’Économiste, specifying that the expansion, densification and acceleration of very high-speed broadband will be largely driven by 5G technology.

The Ministry of Digital Transition has set up the PNH2 (National Broadband Plan 2) program in order to achieve a 70% population coverage rate in 5G by 2030. In total, 1,800 localities with low or no connectivity have been identified by the ministry to be covered by 2026. Over the next two years, "6,300 public administrative urban sites will need to be equipped with fiber optic connections by 2026," the daily specifies.

Morocco will create a sovereign Cloud dedicated primarily to sensitive data from public administrations. Vital organizations will be managed by one or more Moroccan operators. On the employment side, jobs are expected to double by 2030 in offshoring, going from 130,000 to 190,000 in 2026, before reaching 270,000 in 2030. Export revenues will also increase from 15.8 billion dirhams to 25 billion in 2026, before reaching 40 billion dirhams in 2030.