Technology

Citigroup bank invites Moroccan fintechs to bid for the “MENA Fintech Challenge”, scheduled for September 10 in Dubai to allow fintechs in the region to put their ideas into practice and propose innovative solutions around 4 issues clients (Digitizing Cash Collections, Assured Payments, B2B2C Enablement, Digitizing Trade Processes). Fintechs interested …

The US social media group Facebook announced Tuesday its intention to help launch a digital currency in 2020, which is one of the company’s most aggressive initiatives to go beyond digital advertising. A new non-profit group based in Geneva, the Libra Association, will oversee the currency, called “Libra”. It will …

“The 5G is now a reality at inwi,” said Fadoua Laaroussi, the Planning and Performance Director of inwi, in a press release from the operator last month. And  to add: “A reality that we have anticipated and prepared through the modernization of our infrastructures and the continued growth of our …

As part of the “Digital African Tour”, the 3rd edition of the “Mpay Forum” was held on June 12 in Casablanca. This edition raises a crucial question: “Will the future of payment be mobile?” The future of payment will undoubtedly be mobile. The proof: the rate of equipment in smartphones …

Huawei reacted to Reuters report on Facebook’s pre-installation suspension on the brand’s smartphones. In a note released on Sunday, the group claims that Facebook is a third-party application and “can be installed and used without problems on Huawei devices.” Yet last Friday, Facebook suspended the provision of technologies allowing Huawei …

An international conference on technology, innovation and society, dubbed CyFy Africa 2019, started on Friday in the Moroccan northern city of Tangier. The three-day event brings together ministers, journalists, ethicists, as well as technology leaders and entrepreneurs from different countries for Africa-centerd conversations over data, innovation, gender, norms and new …

Morocco won gold medals, five honors and the grand prize of the public at the International Invention and Innovation Show of Poland (INTARG) held from June 4 to 5 in Katowice. The Kingdom represented by the EMSI (Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences) through its two laboratories “SMARTilab” and “LPRI”, won …

Chinese telecom giant Huawei will no longer be allowed to pre-install Facebook applications on its new smartphones, following a decision by the world’s leading social media organization in the wake of US sanctions in the name of national security in the context of trade dispute between Beijing and Washington. The …

The first 5G licenses were awarded by Chinese telecom operators, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technologies said on its website. Four national operators (China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Broadcasting Network) are allowed “to operate fifth generation digital mobile cellular communications”, it says. By 2018, tests of …

The Facebook company has proposed the implementation of the “Data Protection Authority Casework” to provide specialized and specific assistance to data protection authorities, said Friday a statement from the National Commission for the Control of the Protection of personal Data (CNDP). In response to CNDP’s complaints, the company that owns …