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Morocco’s customs administration, the ADII, is preparing an artificial intelligence strategy and roadmap for a progressive, coherent and secure rollout of the technology, judging a gradual transformation more suitable than a rapid, risk-laden deployment, according to Medias24. The strategy builds on the ADII’s 2024-2028 strategic plan, which already identifies AI as a lever for modernizing […]
Morocco is accelerating investment in digital infrastructure as it seeks a stronger position in Africa’s data center and AI market, drawing on gains in fiber connectivity, new computing capacity projects and expanding renewable energy, according to Le Nouvelliste. The country’s telecommunications market provides one foundation for this push: as of March 2025, Morocco counted nearly […]
For decades, launching an innovative business in Morocco meant being in Casablanca, Rabat or Marrakech, where investors and major clients were concentrated. That model is starting to shift, according to Ali Kettani, an investment banker specializing in startup and SME financing across Morocco and Africa, who argues artificial intelligence and digital tools are opening new […]
Having built its economic appeal over the past two decades on major physical infrastructure, from highways to ports and industrial platforms, Morocco is now shifting its growth model toward data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and human capital, Finances News Hebdo reports. The adoption of the Digital Morocco 2030 roadmap marks this shift, treating digital technology […]
Morocco’s National Institute for Agricultural Research, known as INRA, registered eight new plant varieties in 2025 and published more than 400 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals, according to INRA latest annual activity report, which highlights a year of significant scientific advances. “Agricultural research appears more than ever as a strategic lever to support the […]
Morocco has been elected as a member of the Administrative Council of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 2027–2031 term, following the conclusion of the 26th ATU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-2026). This election reflects the renewed trust placed by member states in the Kingdom’s contribution to African cooperation based on solidarity, expertise sharing, and co-development, […]
The third edition of the AUSIMètre barometer, published by AUSIM and PwC in July, points to a contrasted picture of cybersecurity readiness among Moroccan companies: notable governance progress and rising investment, alongside structural fragilities that continue to constrain the broader economy’s maturity. The overall maturity index rose from 49 percent in 2025 to 56 percent […]
Falcon Energy Materials Company opened on Thursday its pilot plant near Casablanca, a significant operational milestone in the production of high-purity coated spheronized purified graphite (CSPG) for the global battery industry. CSPG is a battery-grade carbon material used as the primary anode active material in lithium-ion batteries. It is engineered from natural flake graphite to […]
Morocco’s Direction générale des impôts (DGI) generated a record 20.93 billion dirhams in additional revenues from tax control and regularization operations in 2025, an 18 percent increase on the prior year, as the administration advanced what it describes as a fundamental shift in fiscal doctrine. Rather than using audit activity as a quick budgetary lever, […]
Morocco’s media landscape is undergoing a radical transformation, driven by the rapid expansion of streaming platforms including Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, Spotify and Shahid. According to DataReportal, the country counted 35.3 million internet users at the start of 2025, a penetration rate of 92.2 percent. The Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications recorded 31.5 million users […]