Andorra enters the digital map with Aitek Sovereign Cloud at GITEX Africa

Irina Rybalchenko, Marràqueix On April 7 in Marrakech, GITEX Africa 2026, the largest tech fair in Africa dedicated to new technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, was inaugurated. This year more than 1,450 companies and startups from 145 countries across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America are participating. Within an agenda spanning from generative AI and cybersecurity to data centers, GovTech, fintech, and cloud services, for the first time ever an Andorran company participates: Aitek Souverain Cloud. The company uses the occasion not only to present its product but also to articulate a broader strategic statement, aiming to position Andorra as a European “digital vault” and a sovereign hub for data storage, AI, and cloud services. Aitek’s presence symbolizes a dual ambition: that of the company and of Andorra, a country traditionally associated with tourism and financial services. In Marrakech, Aitek presented its vision of Andorra as a digital trust hub, at a moment when governments, corporations, and institutions are increasingly raising questions about digital sovereignty, data control, and independent infrastructures. The company’s CEO, Bruno Ciroussel, notes that the delegation did not come to Morocco to secure immediate contracts, but to present the company’s international strategy, consolidate negotiations already started, and strengthen its presence in the African market, which, like Andorra, is partially Francophone, since one of the Principality’s coprinces is the President of France. According to project leaders, this is not a one-off participation but an integration into a continental dialogue on the future of AI and cloud technologies. The project centers on a platform that combines artificial intelligence with a sovereign cloud, offering tools similar to those of major generative platforms with prompts, office functionalities, agentive capabilities, and the ability to create custom applications, while always maintaining full control over data and digital assets. According to Bruno Ciroussel, the guiding principle is to combine accessibility with digital sovereignty: “The objective is to enable people to use AI natively and with prompts, like ChatGPT, while preserving their sovereignty, all agentive capabilities, and office tools. The platform is free; users can create applications at no cost and pay only for what they use. Data and knowledge remain private, and the decision to share them with the community or make them public is always theirs.” Aitek bases its strategy on what it calls “triple sovereignty”: technological autonomy (create and run solutions), economic flexibility (free entry and pay-per-use), and data control (privacy by default and personal decision about disclosure). This idea—AI without losing ownership of results and data—has been central to Marrakech’s presentation. Another notable aspect is the company’s philosophy: AI should be a tool that enhances the human being, not substitutes them, and this vision also applies to applications developed with partners, especially in cybersecurity. Aitek’s presence goes beyond technology: the project aims to turn Andorra into a digital-trust space for storing data, applications, and intellectual assets securely. Andorra positions itself as a compact, predictable, and technologically neutral jurisdiction for managing sensitive digital resources. A symbolic element has been the use of Catalan as the platform’s main language, from the website to the model’s linguistic logic, reinforcing the country’s cultural and technological identity. From Catalan, the platform expands to ten languages, marrying national identity with international accessibility. Aitek is also working on creating an ecosystem of startups in Andorra: five are already underway, with a plan to reach one hundred within three years. At the same time, it is developing an educational program and an AI diploma with international reach, supported by the private University Europe 1, with a pilot scheduled for the next academic year. The decision to make the first international presentation in Marrakech, rather than Paris, Barcelona, or Dubai, is strategic: Africa is a dynamic digital market, with growth in mobile services, digital finance, government digitization, and increasing interest in AI, making the continent a key player in the global technological competition. The company has already attracted interest from 20 African countries and counts 24 letters of intent from African and North African countries. The technical infrastructure operates with Oracle’s support, with a physical cloud in Madrid, all with a view to potential deployment in Andorra. The platform is in its seventh version, and the project has been under development for nearly 18 years. The GITEX Africa 2026 is today a continental center for the digital agenda, with areas such as AI/Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Data Centers, Financial Technologies/Digital Finance, Smart Mobility, GovTech/Digital Cities, HealthTech, Cloud/IoT. Among the main participants are CIH Bank, Logicom, SanDisk, and Trend Micro. If Aitek succeeds in transforming the platform into a complete ecosystem with products, users, startups, educational programs, and international agreements, Marrakech 2026 will go down in history as the moment when Andorra asserted its role not only as a financial or tourist jurisdiction but also as a player in the global architecture of AI and sovereign cloud. The fair will continue until April 9th.The post Andorra enters the digital map with Aitek Sovereign Cloud at GITEX Africa first appeared on All PYRENEES.