Technology

Vivo is strengthening its presence in Morocco through the launch of its first official service center in the Kingdom. Cflagship store, which offers a showroom space for experimenting with products, is complemented by a maintenance center offering customers a range of free services including smartphone diagnostics, installation of protective films, …

The World Power-to-X Summit 2020, a hub for policymakers, industry leaders, research experts and global innovators to discuss PtX opportunities and challenges, will be held from December 1-3 in Marrakech. Organized by the Institute for Research in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN), this conclave will focus on the challenges …

Morocco has the fastest mobile internet speed in Africa at 35.5 Mbps (megabytes per second) as of June 2020 according to Speedtest Global Index. It’s No. 52 in the world. South Africa comes 2nd in Africa and No. 59 in the world (33.7 Mbps), while Tunisia is No. 70 in …

Morocco is the 32nd most affected country in the world by computer threats associated with web browsing. In fact, more than 3.6 million incidents of malware downloaded from the Internet were detected over this period. These web-based threats affected 27.6% of Kaspersky Security Network users. According to Kaspersky’s record, a …

The BCP group, a leading Pan-African banking player, and Huawei, a global operator in the telecoms and new information technology sector, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to consolidate their strategic cooperation on the scale of the African continent, both on the banking side and on that …

The MAScIR Foundation, a research/development institution based in Rabat, designs the first 100% Moroccan diagnostic kit for Covid-19, tested and validated by the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Gendarmerie and the Institut Pasteur in Paris. With its experience of ten years in the development of molecular diagnostic kits, MAScIR (Moroccan …

The American institute Best Companies Group ranked Dell Technologies as the second best employer in Morocco in 2020, paying tribute to its pleasant working environment and to the attention paid by the company to its employees and collaborators. Dell Technologies was distinguished by the 2020 edition of the “Best Employers …

Data from the internet of as many as 18 million Moroccans was sold on the internet during a hacking operation. The “dark web” (set of websites hosted on encrypted networks with masked IP addresses), continues to do damage, and Morocco is no exception. During the month of May, a hacking …

HPS, a multinational leader in the provision of payment solutions and services, announces today that Bank of Cyprus, the largest banking and financial services group in Cyprus, has finalized the migration and replacement of its legacy systems to PowerCARD, the HPS software solution. After successfully migrating its Base24 Switch to …

Silicon Valley Venture Capital (VC) company Plug and Play plans to open its first African office in Morocco this year as well as another in Johannesburg (South Africa). The accelerator – which is behind names such as Google, Logitech and PayPal – made the announcement in a series of Covid-19 …