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  • Moroccan Coding School 1337 Ranks Among World’s Top 5 in Global Programming Challenge
    10 May 2022, by Armel

    Launched by the Codingame website, this programming competition brings together several participants from around the world, mastering various coding languages.
    CodinGame offers candidates increasingly difficult puzzles to solve in one of the twenty-five available programming languages, and on the other hand, multi-player artificial intelligence games, or time-limited problem-solving challenges, or code golf.
    1337 is the first free and open computer training school in Morocco. It adopts a (…)

  • Morocco Launches Digital Platform for Expat Services and Government Correspondence
    12 June 2020, by Kamal

    The Delegate Ministry to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad announced on Thursday to all citizens, businesses and public administrations the adoption of the new digital platform, Digital Registry Office, in all its correspondence.
    Given the state of health emergency and the containment measures, the ministry has chosen to adopt the digital tool to limit physical exchanges and electronically manage the flow of incoming and outgoing mail.
    Citizens, businesses (…)

  • Russian Coding School Algorithmics Global Expands to Casablanca
    1 January 2021, by Jérôme

    With the new challenges accompanying the era of robotics, artificial intelligence, data and others, knowing how to code has become a crucial asset for professional success. The Russian startup, Algorithmics global, one of the schools specialized in teaching mathematics, logical thinking, creativity..., has just opened its doors in Casablanca.
    Knowing how to program today is of paramount importance for developing reflection and logical thinking. Present in 35 countries in the space of 3 (…)

  • Indian Tech Giant HCL to Open Delivery Center in Morocco, Creating Thousands of Jobs
    30 May 2022, by Armel

    HCL technologies, a giant Indian IT company, will set up in Morocco to create a "Delivery center", which could generate thousands of jobs. An agreement has been signed to this effect with the government.
    Signed over the weekend in India by Ghita Mezzour, Minister of Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform and Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson of HCL Technologies (Hindustan Computers Limited), this memorandum marks the Indian outsourcing giant’s willingness to invest in (…)

  • Morocco’s Police Force Embraces AI and Digital Upgrades in 2024
    31 December 2024, by Sylvanus

    This year, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has made great strides towards digital transformation and modernization of its services.
    The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) attaches great importance to digital transformation. This is evidenced by its annual report for 2024. The technical teams of the DGSN have integrated the police station management system, known by the acronym GESTARR, into the new computer platform dedicated to the management of crime and (…)

  • Bank of Africa Refutes Claims of Cyberattack on Its Systems
    13 August 2024, by Sylvanus

    Bank of Africa (BOA) denies reports of an attempted hacking of its computer system.
    Reacting to an article published by Cyber Shafarat, specialized in the analysis of intelligence and reconnaissance data, an authorized source from Bank Of Africa denied any hacking of the bank’s computer system. It assured that the bank’s information system has not suffered any hacking or intrusion of this kind, reports Le360.
    On July 19, a group of hackers announced that they were preparing to carry out (…)

  • Spanish Intelligence Reports Moroccan Hackers Targeted Government Websites Amid Diplomatic Tensions
    28 May 2022, by Prince

    The National Intelligence Center (CNI - Spain) revealed in a report that a group of Moroccan hackers infected Spanish websites, just days after the Ghali affair broke out in April 2021.
    These cyber attacks took place on May 22, 2021, according to the CNI report accessed by El Español. That day, two websites were hacked and displayed the English message "Free Morocco", accompanied by a map of the Strait of Gibraltar with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla marked in red.
    According (…)

  • Lexmark Shuts Down African Subsidiary Amid Cost-Cutting Measures
    30 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    After 11 years of existence, Lexmark International has just ended its activities in Morocco. Officially, it is a question of rationalizing costs, losing the market and budget cuts.
    IBM’s former "Printing" division, which became independent in 1991 due to a spin-off operation on the New York Stock Exchange, has proceeded to liquidate its subsidiary, Lexmark International Africa, reports Challenge. This is an entity created 11 years ago to oversee its commercial operations in Africa and the (…)

  • Morocco to Showcase Tech Startups at CES 2020 in Las Vegas
    5 September 2019, by Ginette

    Morocco is preparing to participate in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the most important trade shows in the field of electronics. It will be held from January 7 to 12, 2020 in Las Vegas. This Show, which has been opening its doors annually since 1967, has had the honor of revealing most of the innovations in electronics.
    Preparations for Morocco’s participation in the Electronics Show are well underway. The inspirations report that the CE3M and AMC clusters will be starting a (…)

  • IRS Launches AI Chatbot to Streamline Customer Service and Tax Inquiries
    11 September 2019, by Ginette

    A software robot to manage customer relations at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI). Its role will be to communicate through an automated conversation service carried out largely in natural language. A strategy to reduce workloads and accelerate the processing of requests.
    This is a project of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) that is part of the continuation of its digitization program, which has affected, in recent years, both its internal processes and the tax obligations of (…)