Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow

April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial culture in Morocco, has turned into its own success story, as we explained in this profile last year. Now, after changing their name to a more marketable one – goodbye ‘AMPII’, hello ‘StartUp Maroc’ – the organization has added new cities to its Startup Weekend roadshow, announced an upcoming report on the state of Moroccan entrepreneurship, and is launching the second edition of their national competition StartUpCup.

Upcoming events

The Startup Weekend roadshow launched this year with an event in a new city, Khouribga, from April 4– 6, held at the École Nationale des Sciences Appliquée. More than 200 participants took part in the event, presenting a total of 65 ideas. In the end, they grouped into 15 teams, each advised by one mentor.

During the launching ceremony of this first stop, StartUp Maroc’s chairman Naoufal Chama announced that the roadshow will stop this year in a total of 12 Moroccan cities: Casablanca, Rabat, Khouribga, Fez, Tangier, El Jadida, Oujda, Laâyoune, Marrakech, Agadir, Benguerir, and Safi.

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Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow