Oracle expands Morocco footprint with Agadir R&D hub
Oracle opens second Morocco R&D hub to grow AI, cloud talent
#Morocco #R&D — Oracle has inaugurated its second research and development centre in Morocco, this time in Agadir, building on the work of its existing Casablanca R&D facility. The US company is expanding its Moroccan workforce that’s set to grow to nearly 1,000 professionals working on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AI applications and data platforms. The launch was attended by Morocco’s Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, Digital Transition Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Minister for Investment Karim Zidane, US Ambassador to Morocco Duke Buchan III and Oracle Executive Vice President Simon de Montfort Walker.
SO WHAT? — The opening of Oracle’s Agadir R&D centre is a clear sign that Morocco is successfully developing its technology ecosystem and continuing to attract investment from global players. The opening follows the launch of Oracle’s first Moroccan cloud region in Casablanca in February: the first of two cloud regions announced by the company last year. The expansion is part of Oracle’s plan to invest $140 million in Morocco by 2030.
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Oracle inaugurated its second Moroccan R&D centre in Agadir, following the Casablanca facility opened in June 2025, expanding the company’s presence beyond its original base in the country.
The Agadir launch was attended by Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, Digital Transition Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Investment Minister Karim Zidane, US Ambassador Duke Buchan III and Oracle EVP Simon de Montfort Walker.
Oracle plans to grow its Moroccan workforce to 1,000 highly qualified professionals across the country.
The new centre supports Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AI-powered applications, data platforms and industry-specific digital solutions.
The centre’s opening is another boost for Morocco’s digital sector, which already employs more than 148,500 people, mostly young professionals.
The Casablanca R&D centre, opened in June 2025, spans seven floors and employs Moroccan engineers on OCI, AI and machine learning projects; 94 percent of eligible interns there were offered full-time roles last year.
Oracle plans to hacve two public cloud regions in Morocco, one in Casablanca and one in Settat, offering enterprise cloud services to organisations across Africa. The Morocco West (Casablanca) region went live in February of this year.
About 40 percent of Oracle’s new Moroccan roles are planned outside Casablanca and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, aligning with Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform ambition to develop a vibrant AI and cloud ecosystem across the country’s twelve regions.
ZOOM OUT — The Agadir R&D centre announcement comes a few months after Oracle switched on its Casablanca cloud region, the first hyperscaler public cloud in North Africa. Quietly pushed live on February 20th under the identifier af-casablanca-1 the new cloud region was officially launched in April. Hosted by N+One Datacenters across sites in Nouaceur and Settat, the new region gives Moroccan and North African organisations sovereign access to OCI's AI and data tools, with a second region planned for Settat. Morocco now sits alongside South Africa and Kenya as one of three African cloud regions in Oracle's infrastructure rollout, each tied to government digital strategies and local data-sovereignty rules.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
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