Green Chip 4.0 Morocco

Green Chip 4.0 – Morocco

A second life for computers,
a second chance for young people

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Published on 19 January 2023 - updated 04 July 2025

CONTEXT AND CHALLENGES

Accelerating digitalisation: an opportunity for young people to enter the job market

In Morocco, the digitalisation of the economy and the development of remote services accelerated sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to increased demand for skilled IT specialists. With the growing digitalisation of education and work, it has become imperative for students, self-employed people, and job seekers to have their own computer equipment.

In this digitalisation context, Green Chip 4.0 offers computer maintenance vocational training to early school leavers and university students from Casablanca. The project consists of collecting disused computer equipment from partner enterprises and institutions, refurbishing it, and then reselling it at an affordable price, particularly to students and self-employed people.

With the goal of creating jobs and improving working conditions, Green Chip 4.0 focuses on inclusion, environmental protection, and solidarity. The project aims to have an enduring impact by enhancing computer maintenance skills, and making computer equipment more accessible.

PROJECT APPROACH AND PROJECT GOALS

From training to job creation

Green Chip 4.0 was launched in October 2021 by non-profit organisation Al Jisr School–Business Partnerships, whose mission is to contribute to the improvement of Morocco’s education system. Financial support from Invest for Jobs not only provided the resources needed to modernise the training facilities, but also supplied essential equipment for the computer maintenance workshops.

With Green Chip 4.0, Al Jisr revamped its computer refurbishment workshops, in the process training a team of instructors and equipping them with the skills necessary to teach a one-year course. Project beneficiaries were aged between 17 and 25 years, and were selected following assessment of their motivation levels. The aim of the project was then to place some of its cohort of graduates in Al Jisr's extensive network of companies that needed specialists in computer maintenance.
 

 

Young apprentice at Green Chip 4.0
Young apprentice at Green Chip 4.0 // Copyright: GIZ


Al Jisr collaborated with Biougnach, a distributor of computer equipment and household appliances. Biougnach’s role involved marketing the refurbished products. It provided floor space at five retail outlets in Meknès, Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakech, and Oujda. Additionally, it provided customer and after-sales services.

STATUS AND OUTLOOK

An inclusive, green, solidarity-focused project

By the end of the Invest for Jobs’ support period in July 2023, the project had trained 136 young people in computer maintenance skills and helped place 58 of them in good jobs as IT support technicians, hardware repair specialists, refurbishment technicians, and electronic waste management associates, across various companies including local technology retailers, corporate IT departments, and computer service centres.

 

Trainees at work
Trainees at work // Copyright: GIZ

 

More than 1,500 refurbished computers were resold at lower prices to self-employed people, enabling them to improve their working conditions. Today, Al Jisr continues to offer these training courses independently. The organisation maintains its valuable partnerships with local businesses and provides ongoing opportunities for disadvantaged youth to develop IT skills and secure sustainable employment in Morocco's growing technology sector.

 

Green Chip 4.0 a été soutenu par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH dans le cadre de l'Initiative spéciale « Emploi décent pour une transition juste » du ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ). 

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Project details

Project status

Completed

Project locations


Morocco Casablanca

Project objectives

Training for early school leavers digital inclusion refurbishment of computer equipment

Sector

ICT & Digital economy

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NGOs

Partners

Al Jisr Association Biougnach

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Under the Invest for Jobs brand, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has put together a package of measures to support German, European and African companies in investment activities that have a high impact on employment in Africa. The Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition" – the official title – offers comprehensive advice, contacts and financial support to overcome investment barriers. The development objective is to work together with companies to create up to 100,000 good jobs and to improve working conditions and social protection in its African partner countries.

Partner countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia.

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