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Morocco and Rwanda agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas related to youth, the economic integration of young people and new technologies. This was during the visit to Rwanda by the Moroccan Minister of Youth , Culture and Communication, Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, during which he met with the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Birouta. During this meeting, the two officials made a point of recalling the excellent relations between Morocco and Rwanda, to which King Mohammed VI and the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, breathed new life. The two ministers underlined the will of the two countries to accentuate the cooperation between the two countries in a perspective of South-South cooperation, indicates the Ministry of Communication in a press release. Mehdi Bensaid notably highlighted the areas in which cooperation would benefit from being strengthened. For him, it is necessary to “establish cooperation between the two countries around the employability of young people, through the highlighting of the accumulated experience in Morocco and Rwanda, in particular through the pooling of efforts and exchanges in the fields of training in coding and gaming”. In addition to this interview with the Rwandan diplomat, the Moroccan minister visited the K-lab and the Fablab, two Rwandan startup incubators in order to focus on various projects carried out by the country to encourage entrepreneurship and the integration of young people into the world of work and new technologies. This visit was marked by exchanges with Ms. Yeetah Kamikazi, General Manager of the k-Lab around the opportunities offered to the youth of the two countries, and the possibilities of cooperation between the k-Lab, the Fablab and the Youth Centers in Morocco. , particularly in the field of computer development and gaming, adds the same source. In addition, the Moroccan minister also met with his Rwandan counterpart, Ms. Rosemary Mbabazi. This meeting was an opportunity to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the two departments. In this framework, the two ministers agreed on an exchange of visits and the strengthening of bilateral relations in the areas of youth integration, cultural exchanges and audiovisual content. The trip of the Moroccan official to Rwanda was punctuated by an interview with the Director of National Education Initiatives at Coursera, Mike Damiano, Director of National Education Initiatives at Coursera. During this exchange, the two leaders discussed the opportunities for collaboration between the Youth Centers and Women’s Homes in Morocco and Coursera in order to promote the training of women and young people. A Memorandum of Understanding will be established in this sense between the two parties, said the Communication Department.

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