Category: Technology

US, Moroccan ambassadors to UN present to media first-ever UN resolution on artificial intelligence

March 15, 2024

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield and her Moroccan counterpart Ambassador Omar Hilale, presented Thursday to the international press, the first-ever ... Read More

West, Central Africa in internet outage after undersea cable failure

March 15, 2024

Millions of internet users in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso were frustrated after an outage that was blamed on undersea cables failures. ... Read More

Ericsson Report: Africa takes lead as 85% of global population expected to have 5G access by 2029

March 1, 2024

The November 2023 release of the Ericsson Mobility Report predicts that by 2029, 5G access will reach 85% of the world's population, with Africa taking ... Read More

Spanish Aerospace giant Aciturri expands in Morocco

February 22, 2024

Spanish aeronautical group Aciturri is expanding its presence in Morocco through a new partnership announced Wednesday. Under the new partnership, Aciturri will establish a new ... Read More

US tech giant Meta faces legal challenges in Ethiopia and Kenya

February 1, 2024

US tech giant Meta has faced mounting legal troubles in East Africa, including in Ethiopia where its subsidiary Facebook has been accused of contributing to ... Read More

Moroccan court finds Maroc Telecom guilty of unfair competition practices

January 30, 2024

A Moroccan court found Maroc Telecom guilty of abusing its position as the market leader and ordered it to pay 6.36 billion dirhams to Wana ... Read More

Morocco to rely on desalination for 50% of its fresh water needs by 2030

January 5, 2024

Morocco will produce 50% of its fresh water needs from desalination by 2030, said water minister Nizar Bakara, as the country faces one of the ... Read More

AI integration into public services, Morocco ranks 5th in Africa

December 31, 2023

Morocco ranked fifth in the list of African countries ready to effectively integrate AI into public services, according to the Oxford Institute AI readiness index. ... Read More

Moroccan innovator among winners of ICESCO contest for Arabic language learning Apps

December 29, 2023

Moroccan Mohamed Zaouin, from Souss-Massa's Education and Training Academy, stands among the winners of the competition organized by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ... Read More

DGSN to consolidate achievements, promote international security cooperation in 2024

December 28, 2023

The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is determined, in 2024, to consolidate the achievements made in modernizing and improving police infrastructures and services, to ... Read More