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Rabat — The Expand North Star 2025 conference kicked off today in Dubai Harbour, drawing thousands of entrepreneurs and investors from around the world. The four-day event brings together startups and venture capitalists eager to forge connections and secure funding for innovative projects.

Morocco’s tech industry has a presence at the summit, with companies working in various sectors within modern technology, including artificial intelligence and cloud services.

Alongside nearly 2,000 other startups from more than 100 countries, which Expand North Star asserts is the highest showing of growth and late-stage startups anywhere. Within this fold, Moroccan startups are set to display their innovations in front of investors who manage combined assets exceeding one trillion dollars.

The Bayt Mal Al Qods Acharif agency, which operates under the Al Qods Committee chaired by King Mohammed VI, set up an institutional pavilion at the summit.

The agency also created the BMAQ Innovation Hub, a dedicated space that features six Palestinian startups. This hub gives emerging Palestinian companies access to networks and funding sources they need to grow.

The Dubai Digital Chamber first organized Expand North Star in 2015 as part of the broader GITEX Global technology conference. This 2025 edition will mark the startup and investor event’s tenth-year running. 

Startups at the event will present solutions across multiple domains, including mobility, healthtech, logistics, and finance, creating a hub where companies will seek out partnerships and investment capital for their projects.

For the most ambitious edition yet, Expand North Star has introduced the ScaleX platform, which features 50 of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies. A new section called North Star Green Impact focuses specifically on startups tackling climate change and environmental challenges through innovation.

The conference also features the Deeptech MEA Summit, which promotes artificial intelligence and robotics breakthroughs in the Middle East and Africa. A separate Digital Assets Forum addresses crucial questions about the future of global finance and digital currencies.

Starting Monday, adjacent to the innovative energy at Expand North Star, the GITEX Global 2025 tech show will open its doors at the Dubai World Trade Center. The broader summit will exhibit advances in artificial intelligence, fintech, healthtech, and smart city solutions, among others, and is expected to bring in a strong showing of almost 200,000 people from over 170 countries.