Morocco in meeting of defense ministers of 5+5 Defense Initiative

Generative AI-driven fraud surges across Africa, reaching crisis levels — Smile ID report

Generative AI was behind more than a third of new biometric fraud cases in Africa last year, according to a new report by Smile ID, the continent’s leading provider of identity verification solutions, warning that the surge in deepfakes threatens the data of millions of consumers whose details are held on insecure systems. The 2025 […]

Morocco’s social protection reform is on ambitious trajectory – ILO Chief

Morocco is on an ambitious trajectory to reform its social protection system, and the International Labor Organization is prepared to accompany the Kingdom on this path, ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo said on Monday. In a speech read on his behalf by ILO’s representative in Morocco Aurelia Segatti, at the 9th International Parliamentary Forum on Social […]

Making the most of AfCFTA: African businesses bullish on the deal’s benefits

The African business community has maintained its bullish outlook on the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as it weathers global instability, mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. African business advocacy group the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) has published the results […]