Morocco shone at the Huawei ICT Competition 2024–2025 Global Final in Shenzhen, China, by winning the Grand Prize in the "Innovation Track" category. The event brought together top student teams from around the world to showcase innovative tech solutions.
The star of the show was "NovaOR Out Of The Box"—a forward-thinking project that leverages AI to make healthcare facilities management faster, using predictive analytic technologies. The project was built by the dynamic student duo Ayman Amokrane and Maryeme Hassani from the Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia, and guided by their mentor, Professor Yousef Farhaoui.
Held from May 19 to 25, the event featured intense competition across three major tracks: Practice, Innovation, and Programming. Aside from Morocco, the Grand Prize winners of the Innovation Competition category included teams from the Philippines, China and Serbia.
The competition attracted over 200,000 students and instructors from more than 2,000 colleges and universities in over 100 countries and regions. After progressing through national and regional rounds, 179 teams from 48 countries and regions qualified for the Global Final.
In a statement to MAP, Yousef Farhaoui described the victory as a collective success— the result of joint efforts by the supervising ministry, the university, and his faculty. He noted that the team had excelled in both the national and African phases before claiming first place globally.
In addition to "NovaOR Out Of The Box," the Kingdom was also represented in two other categories at the global final: the "Cloud" category by a team from the National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, and the "Computing" category by another team from the Faculty of Science and Technology of Errachidia.
Registrations began in September 2024. The Moroccan teams then underwent intensive training via the "Huawei eTalent" platform before advancing through national and regional phases, covering North African countries.
The Huawei ICT Academy trains and certifies thousands of students each year in over 110 countries. To date, it has trained more than 1.3 million students worldwide.
MAP: 26 mai 2025
