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Morocco’s ABA Technology Company has partnered with French multinational IT services firm to deploy its Fusion AI platform across the African continent. The platform is designed to control the full AI value chain, from underlying infrastructure through to real-world applications, enabling organisations to deploy AI without routing their data, models, or decision-making through foreign systems […]
The Policy Center for the New South this week unveiled The Oxford Handbook of the Moroccan Economy, a new reference work that provides a comprehensive analysis of Morocco’s long-term economic transformation, as policymakers, researchers and academics gathered in Rabat for a two-day conference marking the book’s publication. Published by Oxford University Press and edited by […]
Morocco’s National Observatory for Children’s Rights (ONDE), chaired by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, signed a partnership agreement with UNESCO aimed at advancing the right to education in the country, the two institutions said. Under the agreement, ONDE will support the implementation of the project titled “Assess to Transform: The Right to Education in […]
King Mohammed VI chaired in Rabat on Thursday a Council of Ministers that approved an ambitious reform of territorial governance, based on a local and participatory approach, backed by an investment program of nearly 210 billion dirhams over eight years. The Council of Ministers actually approved a draft organic law amending and supplementing the organic […]
Kenya expressed on Thursday its support for autonomy for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the only credible and realistic solution to resolve the dispute, and affirmed its intention to cooperate with like-minded States to promote the plan implementation. This position was expressed during the first session of the Morocco-Kenya Joint Cooperation Commission, co-chaired in […]
Morocco and Poland have explored at a meeting in Rabat Thursday opportunities to broaden the scope of their cooperation in matters of defense. The meeting gathered Minister Delegate in charge of Morocco’s National Defense Administration Abdeltif Loudyi and Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister, Coordinator of Special Services of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, who was is […]
Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar has joined the signatories of the bipartisan bill seeking to brand the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The bill was tabled in the House of Representatives by Republican Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA). H.R. 4119 has gained so far the support of […]
Morocco’s National Police Directorate (DGSN) and the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE) have signed a partnership agreement to reinforce the security and reliability of the Kingdom’s business environment. The accord, concluded under provisions of the relevant dahir governing the DGSN, the law establishing AMDIE and legislation governing the Electronic National Identity Card […]
The EU and Morocco are strengthening their strategic partnership in the digital field by launching the “EU-Morocco Digital Dialogue” for businesses, start-ups and researchers, while fostering links between EU AI Factories and Moroccan AI innovation ecosystem. This Digital Dialogue has been launched on the sidelines of GITEX Africa taking place in Marrakesh (7-9 April). It […]
A landmark study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s private sector arm, has placed Morocco’s cultural and creative industries (CCI) under a forensic economic lens — and the findings are striking. Presented on the second day of GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech and compiled with support from BearingPoint, the Haut-Commissariat au […]