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Morocco’s Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administration Reform Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni has received in Paris “the African Excellence Prize” for contributions to digital transformation, the modernization of public administration and the development of artificial intelligence. The Africa Next Awards celebrate exceptional African and diaspora figures for their leadership, innovation, and impact on the continent’s […]
Three weeks after France’s ban on unsolicited telephone canvassing took effect, Morocco’s call center sector is still struggling to measure its impact, though early signs are already visible in Casablanca, where some companies have taken down their signage and a Technopark call center has closed, leaving 50 employees without jobs, Le360 reports. Ayoub Saoud, secretary […]
A consortium led by renewable energy consultancy OWC has been chosen by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to provide a comprehensive feasibility study for the development of Morocco’s first offshore windfarm. The offshore wind project in question is endorsed by the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) and will be assessed with a particular focus […]
A delegation of farmers from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio as well as US agriculture industry leaders have visited Morocco to strengthen agricultural trade, logistics and market opportunities between America, Africa and Europe. The multi-state delegation, led by the USIP Alliance, also included U.S. officials from state agriculture departments and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway […]
King Mohammed VI was represented by Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch at the inauguration ceremony for President of São Tomé and Príncipe Carlos Vila Nova, who was re-elected to a second term following elections held on July 19. Vila Nova was sworn in as President of São Tomé and Príncipe for a new five-year term […]
Morocco and UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia have agreed to enhance cooperation in digital transformation, modernization of public administration, governance, artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation. The agreement was inked by Mrs Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Minister Delegate for Digital Transition & Administrative Reform and Mrs Rania Al-Mashat, ESCWA Executive Secretary. The signatories […]
Morocco’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has renewed Talisman Metals’ Fougnar licenses – two exploration licenses that make up the company’s Fougnar project. Both licenses have been extended for the next four years until 2030. The Fougnar Project consists of two exploration licenses covering 30.6 square kilometers and is held 100% by Talisman through a […]
Senior Palestinian Presidential advisor for Religious Affairs Mahmoud El Habash has praised the efforts made by Morocco to strengthen the resilience of the Maqdessis, through the Bayt Mal Al-Qods Acharif Agency. In an address he made Wednesday at the 11th International Conference of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide convening in Cairo, Mr. El-Habash […]
In a Bamako suburb, the Moroccan-Malian Poultry Society, known as SOMMAVI, has built itself into Mali’s leading seller of broiler chicks since opening in 2018 by betting on fully local production rather than importing eggs for incubation, as many competitors do, Le360 Afrique reports. The facility has a capacity of 6,000 chicks per building and […]
Algeria, long accustomed to describing itself as the Sahel’s indispensable power broker, finds itself sidelined by the very regimes it once lectured with condescension and interference. In a striking illustration of its isolation, Algiers has scrambled to dispatch an unprecedented squadron of four Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and a tanker aircraft to Niamey, while simultaneously […]