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Study on Unlocking the Potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa August 2019 Study on Unlocking the Potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa Country case: Morocco www.technopolis-group.com Study on Unlocking the Potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa Country case: Morocco technopolis |group| August 2019 Karine Kouassi Lou, Francie Sadeski, Matthieu Lacave Table of Contents List of acronyms ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 2 Country presentation ............................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Economic, socio-demographic and industrial profile ................................................................................... 6 2.2 Broad policy objectives ................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 ICT policy objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Policies specific to 4IR technologies ............................................................................................................ 10 2.5 Level of readiness of the country for the 4IR ............................................................................................... 10 3 Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1 Presentation .................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 Rationale for supporting the adoption of 4IR technologies ........................................................................ 16 3.2.1 Potential applications and impacts .......................................................................................................... 16 3.2.2 Current use cases and level of technology take-up .................................................................................. 17 3.3 Drivers and challenges for the adoption of 4IR technologies ..................................................................... 19 4 Energy ................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Presentation ................................................................................................................................................. 20 4.2 Rationale for supporting the adoption of 4IR technologies ........................................................................ 22 4.2.1 Potential applications and impacts .......................................................................................................... 22 4.2.2 Current use cases and level of technology take-up .................................................................................. 23 4.3 Drivers and challenges specific to energy .................................................................................................... 25 5 Industrialisation ................................................................................................................................... 25 5.1 Presentation .................................................................................................................................................. 25 5.2 Rationale for supporting the adoption of 4IR technologies ....................................................................... 28 5.2.1 Potential applications and impacts ......................................................................................................... 28 5.2.2 Current use cases and level of technology take-up ................................................................................. 28 5.3 Drivers and challenges specific to industrialisation .................................................................................... 31 6 Regional integration ............................................................................................................................. 32 6.1 Presentation .................................................................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Rationale for supporting the adoption of 4IR technologies ........................................................................ 33 6.2.1 Potential applications and impacts .......................................................................................................... 33 6.2.2 Current use cases and level of technology take-up .................................................................................. 33 7 Well-being ............................................................................................................................................. 34 7.1 Presentation .................................................................................................................................................. 34 7.2 Rationale for supporting the adoption of 4IR technologies ........................................................................ 35 7.2.1 Potential applications and impacts .......................................................................................................... 35 1 7.2.2 Current use cases and level of technology take-up .................................................................................. 36 7.3 Drivers and challenges specific to smart cities ............................................................................................38 8 Overall conclusion for a business case in the country ........................................................................ 38 8.1 Is there a business case for 4IR technologies in Morocco? .........................................................................38 8.2 Overall SWOT................................................................................................................................................ 39 9 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................ 39 9.1 Recommendations at the national level ....................................................................................................... 39 9.2 Potential AfDB projects ............................................................................................................................... 40 List of stakeholders consulted for this case study ................................................................. 42 Figures Figure 1: WGI Morocco’s rank- Percentile rank 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) ............................................................... 11 Figure 2: Mobile cellular, fixed telephone and broadband use in Morocco ................................................................ 13 Figure 3: ITU’s ICT rankings for Morocco for different indicators ............................................................................. 13 Figure 4: Evolution of some energy indicators for Morocco ....................................................................................... 21 Tables Table 1: Top 10 exported and imported products, value in 2017, USD thousand ........................................................ 6 2 List of acronyms 4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution ADD Digital Development Agency AfDB African Development Bank AI Artificial Intelligence ANRT National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency AVR Augmented and Virtual Reality CPI Corruption Perception Index CNDP National Commission for the Control of the Protection of Personal Data DAS Data Acquisition Systems DER Distributed Energy Sources EESC Economic, Social and Environmental Council ETRI Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute EMR Energy Management System ESS Energy Storage System EV Electric Vehicles FDI Foreign Direct Investment FTAs Free Trade Agreements LNG Liquefied Natural Gas LTE Long Term Evolution GDP Gross Domestic Product GDPR General Data Protection Regulation GMP Green Morocco Plan HDI Human Development Index IAP Industrial Acceleration Plan 2014-2020 ICT Information and Communication Technologies IEEE3 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IIAG Ibrahim Index of African Governance IoT Internet of Things IP Intellectual Property IPR Intellectual Property Rights IRESEN Solar Energy and New Energies Research Institute IT Information Technology 3 NIA National Information Society Agency OCP Office Chérifien des Phosphates OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PCP Morocco Programme for Country Partnership for Morocco R&D Research and Development SECRETS Sustainable Energy Clusters Realised Through Smart Grids SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprise STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UM6P University Mohammed VI Polytechnic US United States WEF World Economic Forum WGI World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization 4 1 Introduction This document is one of the five country case studies drafted in the framework of the Study to Unlock the Potential
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