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May 2026 Rabat, Morocco
Tomorrow Foundation was honoured to participate in the Global Growth Conference 2026, organised by the Amadeus Institute on 20–21 May at the Four Seasons Hotel in Rabat. Held under the theme "Structuring Growth: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity", the GGC 2026 builds on the Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, aimed at reinforcing Morocco's positioning as an international platform for dialogue, investment, and cooperation. Gathering over 100 high-level speakers and 1,500 participants from more than 50 countries, it stands as one of the most influential forums on global economic governance, and one where Tomorrow Foundation's voice carried particular weight.
Maggie Gu Among the World's Top Economic Voices
On Wednesday, 20 May, our President Maggie Gu was invited to speak at the high-level session "Economic Sovereignty in the Era of Trade Wars & Power Politics: Who Sets the Rules?" , one of the conference's flagship debates. She joined an exceptional panel of global figures including a Former Secretary of State for European Affairs of France, a Former Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, and senior leaders from Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Senegal, and France. Tomorrow Foundation was the only foundation represented in this session, reflecting the growing relevance of civil society and human capability in discussions traditionally dominated by states and markets.
Mrs. Gu argued that economic sovereignty in the AI era extends far beyond trade and energy — encompassing data governance, compute capacity, digital infrastructure, and human capital. She made a point rarely heard at this level: that true digital sovereignty is not only about where data centers are located but where the hardware software and key components come from. Sovereignty without control of the technological stack risks becoming infrastructure dependency under a different name. Without control across the full ecosystem, structural dependency remains, regardless of what is hosted domestically. She presented Tomorrow Foundation's AI for All initiative as a concrete response, building sovereign AI infrastructure, free multilingual education, and innovation ecosystems across Africa and the Middle East.
Geoffrey Levene on the Infrastructure of Digital Sovereignty
On 21 May, Foundation Advisor Geoffrey Levene represented Tomorrow Foundation at the session "AI, Data Centers & Cloud Infrastructure: The Backbone of Digital Sovereignty." A former senior executive at NVIDIA where he led sovereign AI and infrastructure initiatives globally, Geoffrey brought deep expertise to the discussion on how emerging economies can build long-term AI capability rather than remain perpetual consumers of externally controlled infrastructure. He shared the stage with technology entrepreneurs and leaders from Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the United States
Strategic Presence at a Landmark Forum
The GGC 2026 outcomes mark a turning point in continental economic relations, reflecting a shift from diplomacy of words to engineering of actions, with Rabat emerging as a hub of sovereign decision-making. Tomorrow Foundation's participation in this historic moment reflects our identity as a Swiss-based institution with deep roots in Africa and the Middle East, committed to ensuring that the Global South shapes, not merely adapts to, the rules of the emerging global order. We leave Rabat with strengthened partnerships, and renewed momentum. In an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, Tomorrow Foundation believes that sovereignty ultimately depends not only on infrastructure or capital, but on human capability, participation, and the ability of societies to shape their own futures.
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