This partnership comes off the back of Orange launching Orange Fab in the Kingdom, the startup accelerator, and the third entity of Orange Digital Center Morocco. For this first edition, Orange Fab Morocco has partnered with The Hashgraph Association to set up their AGV High-Speed Accelerator for startups operating in the blockchain sector. The Hashgraph Association will be supporting this program by allocating €100 million euros to startups operating in fintech and blockchain, with the ambition of empowering young entrepreneurs to adopt digital assets and decentralized finance (DeFi).

Kamal Youssefi, President of the Board of The Hashgraph Association, said: “Invention thrives on education and collaboration. Orange is aligned with our drive to share the benefits of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) with new communities and to educate, fund, and build relationships with people there. This partnership aims to bolster the use of DLT and showcase the varying applications of the technology. We hope that, as a result of our partnership and investment in Morocco, Casablanca will become a center of technological innovation and world-changing entrepreneurship.”

Together, The Hashgraph Association and Orange will provide co-funding to entrepreneurs, start-ups, enterprises, government projects, universities, and academic institutions. This co-investment model will serve the development and implementation of DLT, blockchain, and fintech solutions. The accelerator program will provide a wide spectrum of learning modules based on an assessment of learning needs. The education will be hands-on and include seminars, classroom training, executive coaching, mentoring, e-learning, webinars, and blended learning programs.

Hendrik Kasteel, Managing Director of Orange Morocco, said: “As a citizen and committed operator in the region, Orange Morocco is strengthening its investments to deploy essential digital services adapted to everyone's needs. Moreover, Orange Morocco signed an agreement with the Moroccan Government in 2022 to carry out an investment program worth 5.7 billion dirhams over the next three years to support local innovation. Through our support of social and entrepreneurial innovation, Orange Morocco and The Hashgraph Association are committed to empowering the further development of Morocco.”

To spur collaboration among members of the AGV High-Speed Accelerator and like-minded entities in Morocco, the accelerator will enable global exchange programs, which can be integrated with other professional programs for career beginnings and development. The Hashgraph Association and Orange aim to co-organize virtual and onsite events regularly, providing space to workshop emerging concepts and technology in the DLT, blockchain, and fintech industries. Global thought leaders will be invited to speak and share industry insights at these events.

About The Hashgraph Association
The Hashgraph Association supports training and education programs across multiple industry verticals. At the forefront is the digital enablement and empowerment of the public through the broad adoption of Hedera-powered, enterprise-grade solutions and applications in the decentralized economy, which include accreditation and certification. As a non-profit, The Association funds innovation, research, and development for the benefit of economic inclusion with a positive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact.
hashgraph-association.com

About Orange
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 42.5 billion euros in 2021 and 136,500 employees worldwide at 30 September 2022, including 75,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 286 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2022, including 240 million mobile customers and 24 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business Services. In December 2019, the Group presented its "Engage 2025" strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. While accelerating in growth areas and placing data and AI at the heart of its innovation model, the Group will be an attractive and responsible employer, adapted to emerging professions.
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