First Independent Mena Newspaper
A South African online newspaper published a detailed report on Morocco’s use of technology for developing its economy through the creation of techno parks offering incentives to start-ups, promoting employment and attracting foreign direct investments. “Morocco’s hi-tech story is about applying existing technology to create business opportunities and improve governance and service delivery,” said Greg […]
Morocco has all it takes to become the technology hub of North Africa and even of the continent but authorities’ foot-dragging to promote digital technology and initiatives hinders the process, communication of influence expert Hamza Hraoui said in an interview. Authorities could make the dream come true if they change their policy and work harder […]
Anonymous, a hacker group, has released a video message warning Israel to prepare itself for an “electronic holocaust” on April 7 stating that their decision was motivated by Tel Aviv’s actions “in the Palestinian territories.” The video featured a man wearing the traditional mask of the group with an electronic voice and footages likely to […]
Kaspersky Laboratory has released a research report entitled “IT Threat Evolution Q1 2014” which focused on internet security threats that the countries are facing. The company is well known for its potentials in fighting against viruses. In the report, North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco were among those highly affected by […]
U.S. computer technology and IT consulting company IBM has announced lately its intention to open a global delivery center in Casablanca (Morocco’s major business center & economic capital). The center, which will employ 400 IT professionals over the next three years, is expected to deliver a wide range of high value innovative technology services to […]
Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its dedication to improve its railway transportation system, in partnership with Huawei technologies. Huawei has most recently developed means of road transportation equipped with modern facilities to suit the passenger’s comfort and the train ground wireless networks. Their operation is based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology. An amount of $45 million […]
The Tunisian government and Orange Tunisia have concluded a partnership agreement with Interoute for the commissioning of a submarine which will link the city of Kélibia, to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic network, to its landing station on the other side of the Mediterranean in Mazara del Vallo, Siciliy, Italy. The submarine which is baptized […]
Technology giant, Samsung Electronics has announced that it will be establishing a factory in Egypt; making it the first of its kind by the company in the MENA region. The factory which will be located at the Kom Abu Radi Industrial Zone in Al Wasta City, Beni Suef will be covering 336,000m². The announcement was […]
Libya’s leading internet service provider, Rawafed Libya, has concluded a wholesale multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications on the KA-SAT satellite, to upgrade its services to another level. The agreement will enable it to have a 1.6Gbit/s capacity on two KA-SAT spot beams, which will be used to provide the best available services to its new […]
The president of the Board of Directors of Cargas, Tariq Al-Dagwa, alongside the secretary general Ghada Wali of Social Fund for Development (SFD) have inked an accord to promote natural gas in Egypt by converting more vehicles. In the concluded EGP 5million agreement, Cargas is tasked with the construction and conversion of 1,000 new vehicles […]