Casablanca will once again host the Future of Work Forum Africa (FOWFA) on 21 and 22 May 2026, as the continent’s premier platform for the future of work convenes for its third edition. The forum, which brought together over 1,400 participants and 80 speakers in 2025, is established as the reference meeting point for executives, HR leaders, entrepreneurs, public decision-makers and civil society actors seeking to understand and act on the transformations reshaping employment, skills and organizations across Africa and beyond.
The 2026 edition takes place under the theme ‘In Motion’ — a deliberate signal that adaptation is no longer a response to disruption but a permanent operating condition. Artificial intelligence and the Gen Z workforce will be the defining subjects of the program, alongside new forms of leadership, the rapid evolution of job profiles and the structural transformation of organizations. The forum is conceived not as a passive conference but as an immersive experience: a structured journey from analysis through debate to experimentation and collaboration.
Casablanca’s positioning as the host city reflects its consolidation as a continental talent hub. The city combines the regional headquarters of major multinational companies with a dense, internationally connected talent pool. Co-founder Wassila Kara described Casablanca as a city capable of connecting local African realities with global dynamics — an asset that makes it a natural anchor for a forum that explicitly seeks to generate ideas grounded in African realities rather than imported from elsewhere.
The institutional ecosystem around the forum is deepening. Casablanca Finance City (CFC), a founding partner of FOWFA, is planning to launch the Africa Finance and Sustainability Institute (AFSI) in the fourth quarter of 2026, offering innovative programs in impact finance and responsible investment aligned with international standards. Abdelghni Lakhdar, Secretary-General of CFC, framed AFSI as a direct expression of the shared ambition between the forum and CFC to develop the competencies that Africa’s financial ecosystem will need for the coming decade.
The forum’s co-founder Amal L. Alami underlined the distinctly Moroccan dimension of the project’s ambition: to articulate a vision of the future of work rooted in African realities, while showcasing Morocco’s identity as a land of innovation, dialogue and talent convergence. With Casablanca Finance City, EFE-Maroc and ESCA École de Management among the confirmed partners, the 2026 edition is shaping up as the most substantive iteration yet of a forum that has rapidly established itself as a must-attend event for African business and policy leaders.
