WafR, an application that allows retail brands to broadcast smart promotions to grocers to increase their market share on the traditional channel, has announced that it has raised $455,000 in addition to the $620,000 previously [c]
Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the acquisition of KIFAL Auto, Morocco’s leading automotive technology startup, to drive its expansion into North Africa. The acquisition represents [c]
A joint collaboration between INTERPOL, Korean and Moroccan law enforcement resulted in the shutdown of an illegal webtoon site and detention of a suspect. Moroccan authorities facilitated the action, thereby dismantling the criminal enterprise and [c]
After the successful conclusion of the first round of funding of $372,000, WafR, an application that allows retail brands to broadcast smart promotions to grocers to increase their market share on the traditional channel, has [c]
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is less than a couple of weeks away, and the organisers have denied all news of the postponement. The continent’s best teams will meet in Cameroon to decide who [c]
Africa’s carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres (ADC), has announced plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The project will involve [c]
MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has acquired WaystoCap, the Morocco-based B2B e-commerce and distribution platform that connects retailers with suppliers across Africa. The acquisition will see MaxAB [c]
An alleged prolific cybercriminal has been apprehended in Morocco following a joint two-year investigation by INTERPOL, the Moroccan police and Group-IB. Acting under the signature name of ‘Dr Hex’, the suspect is believed to have [c]
Orange Middle East and Africa and AXA Assurance Maroc have signed an agreement to acquire majority stake in DabaDoc, the Moroccan health-tech that digitalizes access to healthcare in Africa. DabaDoc, founded by Zineb Drissi-Kaitouni and [c]
Last month, EMERGING Mediterranean launched its call for applications to allow Mediterranean startups from Tech4Good – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania – to compete and win one of the 30 places available for the [c]
Africa Code Week (ACW) 2019 has once again exceeded expectations by empowering 3.85 million youth across 37 African countries. More notably, the progressive adoption of digital skills into the school curriculum of several African countries [c]
After being granted an approval last summer by financial services industry regulator Bank Al Maghrib, Orange Morocco has announced the launch of Orange Money in Morocco. The service will enable Moroccans to make mobile payments [c]
Orange has officially inaugurated its Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco. Present at the event were Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange; Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange Middle East and Africa; and [c]
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has announced that it has provided €8.0 million (about US $9 million) of mezzanine funding to Equity Invest, the holding company for six Moroccan technology companies. The six [c]
At the 3rd Women in Africa Annual Summit held in Marrakech, Morocco from June 27 to 28, 2019, the delegates drawn from more than 80 countries agreed that African women need to take the leading [c]
In the last three years, start-ups have been generating a growing interest in Morocco among public institutions, international organizations and corporates. At the African level, startups have managed to attract more than $1 billion in [c]
An initiative by the Kenyan Premier League aimed at finding lost children has scooped four awards at the recently concluded African Media & Advertising Summit held in Marrakesh, Morocco under the theme, “Positive Brands”. The [c]
When we think of amazing casino resorts, our mind usually goes to the ones found in Las Vegas or Macau. However, there are other places in the world which are home to some of the [c]
Outlierz Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Morocco, is one of the pioneer early-stage VC funds from Francophone Africa dedicated to early stage tech-enabled companies across the continent, and backed by private investors from [c]
Bidaya, the social green-tech incubator from Casablanca, Morocco, has added the TIBU Morocco Association in its partner network. This partnership responds to the ambition of the two structures to promote access to social entrepreneurship and [c]
As part of the Industrial Acceleration Plan (PIA), which aims to establish more efficient industrial ecosystems by consolidating local relations between large companies and SMEs, the Federation of Industries, Metallurgical and Electromechanical (FIMME) which coordinates [c]
The first edition of Afrikonnect took place from March 22 to 23, 2018 at LaFactory, located at Technopark Casablanca in Morocco. The event was organized by StartupYourLife and LaFactory in partnership with Outlierz Ventures with support from the US [c]
StartupYourLife and LaFactory, two key ecosystem players in the Moroccan tech scene, are building a platform to connect leading corporations with top African startups to foster open innovation, unlock regional markets and connect North and [c]
The Startup of the Year award, a contest format created by Bonjour Idée with the support of more than 70 partners consisting of large groups, incubators, Chambers of Commerce, media, competitiveness clusters and bloggers, is [c]
BroadGroup, an international IT infrastructure events organisor, has announce the launch of the leadership summit for Africa’s data centre, cloud, fiber and edge infrastructure leadership, on September 28, 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco. Recognizing the challenges for Africa’s [c]
More than 20 employees of Samsung Electronics Maghreb gathered in a room full of black trolleys and Samsung mobile devices on November 22, 2017. Their mission: to install Samsung Smart School and Ministry of Education-approved educational [c]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that Marrakech, Morocco, has been selected as the location in the African region to host ICANN’s 65th Public Meeting, to be held in June 24 [c]
Cambium Networks, a provider of wireless broadband networking solutions, has announced the appointment of a new Regional Sales Director for France and Morocco as it looks to further expand its Connecting the Unconnected strategy. Fabien [c]
The percentage of industrial computers under attack grew from over 17% in July 2016 to more than 24% in December 2016, with the top three sources of infection being the internet, removable storage devices, and [c]
Ogilvy Africa was named the continents’ Agency and Network of the Year after winning 39 awards in the African Cristal Festival 2017, held in Marrakech, Morocco over the weekend. The Nairobi-headquartered agency won seven out [c]
Sophia Genetics, a global provider of data-driven solutions for the medicare industry, has unveiled the list of African hospitals that have started integrating SOPHiA, the company’s artificial intelligence, into their clinical workflow to advance patients’ [c]
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