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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 UN resolution on artificial intelligence, which will be adopted by the UN General Assembly on March 21. The presentation of the initiative took place during a press conference at UN […]
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. The African subsea cable operator Seacom confirmed that services on its west African cable system were down and that customers who relied on that cable were being redirected to the […]
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 the lead in this advancement. This surge in mobile subscriptions across Sub-Saharan Africa is attributed to positive economic prospects and proactive regulatory measures aimed at enhancing network coverage, driven by […]
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 manufacturing facility in Midparc, a Moroccan industrial development company, with an estimated investment of $2.4 million (25 million dirhams) planned for equipment in 2024. The agreement, signed in Casablanca in […]
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 violence during the brutal two-year conflict in the country’s northern Tigray region, and in Kenya where Meta has reportedly faced several lawsuits by local Facebook content moderators. In Ethiopia, Many […]
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 Corporate who brought the case. The verdict is the second against Maroc Telecom after telecoms regulator ANRT fined the company 3.3 billion dirhams for failing to respect fair competition provisions. […]
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 harshest droughts in its recent history. Five years of drought depleted reservoirs now only 23% full, while many farming areas face bleak prospects due to halt of irrigation. By 2030, […]
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. With an overall score of 43.34 out of 100, the Kingdom is becoming increasingly ready to embrace and implement the technology, according to the “Government AI Readiness Index 2023” report, […]
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 Organization (ICESCO) for young people in the creation of digital content for learning Arabic. Zaouin, honored for his smartphone app Boustan Al Arabia, secured the third position in this competition, […]
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 provide an adequate response to citizens’ expectations of the public police service. The institution also intends to strengthen and enhance international security cooperation, by sharing its experience in the fight […]