Mounia Boucetta

Moroccan Startup Raises Over $2 Mln to Expand Battery-Swapping For Electric scooters

Moroccan electric mobility startup GoSwap has secured $2.1 million seed funding, from Azur Innovation Fund, to expand its battery-swapping network for electric scooters across major Moroccan cities, according to local press. The company offers users of electric scooters the possibility of exchanging depleted batteries for charged ones for $2.6 to $3 per 100 kilometres. GoSwap […]

Libya: Daesh jump-starts offensives on Libya’s oil region, second day offensive in row

IS Tuesday carried out a second day offensive on Libya’s vital oil terminals prompting national oil company to call for help saying IS’s control of the oil region will cause fall of the Libyan state. The Jihadist group pushed further Tuesday on the Libya’s coastal region housing the country’s vital oil terminals. The terrorist group […]

Vaccine pass stirs controversy in Morocco

The Moroccan government has given a short three-day notice before it started imposing the coronavirus vaccine pass for access to public places, administrations and inter-city travel triggering a backlash from unvaccinated people. Supermarkets, malls and some public administrations as well as the tramway have started on Oct 21 asking citizens to show their vaccine pass […]