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• Muslim Dating Groups Surge in Popularity on Facebook
  28 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Like "Meeting and Marriage between Muslims", there are several other groups on Facebook dedicated to meetings between lovers. They receive an impressive number of visits from men and women who hope to meet their soul mate.
  Created barely a year and a half ago, this space dedicated to idyllic encounters is seeing the number of its visitors explode, notes Alnas. In reality, more than 77,000 Internet users today trust this network, which offers them a friendly space to build a future married (…)

• Morocco’s Data Protection Agency Demands Answers from Facebook over User Privacy
  27 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The officials of the National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection (CNDP) do not approve of Facebook’s behavior.
  Indeed, in a press release published by MAP, the CNDP has expressly asked the social network to respond to its concerns about the personal data of Moroccan Internet users.
  According to the press release, the Commission’s aim is to ensure that the data centers hosting the personal data, both those collected from them with their consent and those generated by (…)

• Morocco Advances National Digital ID System to Bolster Data Protection
  25 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  The National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection is working to finalize the architecture of identifiers at the national level.
  According to the CNDP, this upgrading of personal data protection mechanisms aims to strengthen the protection of citizens within the digital ecosystem and align national practices with international standards in order to facilitate and secure exchanges with the Kingdom’s economic partners.
  In this context, several sectoral works are being (…)

• Morocco Telecom Providers Offer Free Access to Education Websites Amid Distance Learning Push
  23 March 2020, by Sylvanus

  Internet access is now free to the websites and platforms for distance education and training set up by the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research.
  This decision comes from the three telecommunications companies operating in Morocco.
  This free access, which benefits students, trainees and interns, will be provided via the fixed and mobile internet networks of Maroc Telecom, Orange and Inwi, according to a joint press release from (…)

• Morocco Sees Surge in Contactless Payments Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  8 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Morocco holds the palm of contactless payment growth in the sub-region. They stood at 12% in May 2020 against 9% in June last year. According to an analysis by Visa, this growth reflects the growing preference for contactless commerce during the coronavirus crisis period. The same source notes that sales have multiplied more in the areas of renovation, home supply, and pharmacies. Visa also supports that only merchants who have adopted online payment and contactless payment systems have (…)

• Orange Unveils Premium Fiber Internet Plans with Advanced Wi-Fi Router
  18 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Orange wants to offer its customers a quality internet subscription. It has launched a Wi-Fi, without interruptions, the best market offer in terms of router, as well as new fiber offers.
  This Orange offer is a "dual band router with 6 antennas that offers customers an unparalleled connectivity experience thanks to its performance in terms of stability, bandwidth power and quality." It is adapted to the gradual connectivity needs of households.
  Thanks to this router, customers benefit (…)

• US Tech Firm Invests $100,000 in Morocco’s First AI Humanoid Robot Project
  17 January 2021, by Jérôme

  Seduced by Morocco’s expertise in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the American company FotaHub Inc. has chosen to invest in the development project of Morocco’s first humanoid robot named "Shama". Hajar Mousannif, professor at the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA), is in charge of this project.
  The President of the UCA of Marrakech, Prof. Moulay Hassan Hbid and Mr. Abdelghani El-Kacimi, CEO of FotaHub Inc., of Moroccan origin, signed on January 13 a framework agreement, under which (…)

• Morocco’s Outsourcing Industry Thrives, Creating 120,000 Jobs Amid Crisis
  7 March 2021, by Jérôme

  This sector, operational in Morocco for nearly 20 years, has shown resilience in the face of the crisis. "In terms of jobs, we are talking about 120,000 jobs," said RFI, citing Youssef Chraibi, head of the Outsourcia group and president of the Fmes, who added: "We are the most dynamic sector for the year 2020. We even surpassed the automotive sector during this crisis."
  The sector has particularly benefited from the crisis, offering its services to clients who have an even greater need for (…)

• Illegal IPTV Streaming Threatens Pay-TV Sports Broadcasters
  12 September 2020, by Jérôme

  If IPTV, this magical box in vogue in the Maghreb and France, brings happiness to many soccer fans, it brings misery to pay-TV broadcasters of sports programs. But the latter do not admit defeat.
  The threat looms over the business of sports program broadcasters, pay-TV. Its name is IPTV (or television broadcast over a network using the Internet Protocol). This piracy genius in vogue in the Maghreb countries is starting to settle in France, notes the legal director of beIN Sports, Caroline (…)

• Report: 90% of Moroccan Internet Users Access Web via Mobile Devices
  4 March 2021, by Prince

  According to the new Digital 2021 report published by We Are Social and Hootsuite, about 90% of Moroccans use a mobile device to access the Internet and especially social networks.
  This report indicates that 74.4% of the Moroccan population have access to the Internet (27.62 million Internet users), an increase of 9.1% compared to last year. As of the end of January, 59.3% of the population (about 22 million users) had regular activity on social networks, an increase of 12.8% compared to (…)