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Inaugural Africa tech and startup showcase, GITEX Africa, kicks off in Morocco with 900 exhibitors

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The inaugural GITEX Global event in the continent, officially kicked off on Wednesday, May 31, with over 900 companies setting up to exhibit in the tech and startup event that has attracted well over 80 countries. [GITEX Africa]

Speakers at the GITEX Africa Morocco emphasized, on the opening day, the need to leverage Africa's high potential in its massive numbers of young people, collaborations and creation of a robust digital infrastructure that will encourage investment and support startups.

This will, in turn, boost the continent's economic health, with a lot of potential remaining untapped amid a global digital revolution.

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