Through its Foundation, Orange Morocco will collaborate to help and train young people participating in the UPSHIFT program. Its employees will also contribute to the program at various phases in areas such as digital skills.

“Through this program, we offer big team that will act as account managers for those businesses and helps them in everything they need to set up their businesses, attract, train, and up-skill talents,” Hanandeh said.

According to the World Bank, in 2019, trade represented more than 60 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP). Data from The International Chamber of Shipping reveals that shipping plays by far the largest part in this, facilitating roughly 90 percent of the world’s trading. The ports of the world literally keep its goods flowing.

The partnership will support target nations to identify gaps in their own readiness and ability to utilize AI and data and develop their own AI policies for innovation and acceleration of AI based on sustainable development goals.