Bharti Airtel has partnered with Tech Mahindra to deploy a captive private network at Mahindra & Mahindra’s Chakan facility, making it the first 5G-enabled auto manufacturing unit in India. Under …
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Morocco’s Investments in Mining Sector increases to $1.14 Billion in 2021
The volume of Morocco’s investments in the mining sector exceeded MAD 13 billion, or $1.14 billion in 2021, recent data shows. Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Leila …
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Morocco’s UM6P Hosts Metaverse Day to Promote Metaverse and Web3 technology
Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) co-hosted on Wednesday in Ben Guerir an event with the tech giant and Facebook’s parent company Meta, with the aim of promoting the rising …
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Federal Government approves new a whistleblower draft bill
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved a new whistleblower draft bill. It also lamented that the existing whistle-blowing policy launched on December 21, 2016, was losing momentum. The Minister of …
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Twitter suspends multiple accounts that track the locations of private jets
Twitter Inc. suspended multiple accounts that track the locations of private jets using publicly available flight data, including one that followed the plane of the company’s owner, Elon Musk. Musk …
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MTN considering divesting some of it’s smaller operations in West Africa
MTN Group Ltd. is considering divesting some of its smaller operations in West Africa as its focuses on core markets, people familiar with the matter said. Africa’s biggest mobile phone …
The US Senate voted to ban the hugely popular TikTok video-sharing app from all government-issued phones and other devices as the Biden administration considers restrictions on the Chinese-owned platform. The …
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British energy Company Chariot, ONHYM Reaches Agreement with ONEE on ANCHORS Gas Sales
British energy company Chariot announced that it and Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) reached an agreement with the National Office for Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) on …
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European Bank Loans Morocco’s Nador Port €100 million For the Construction of Nador West Med port
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing the Nador West Med (NWM) is loaning €100 million for the construction of the Nador West Med port in Morocco’s …
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Apple fixes zero-day security vulnerability affecting iPhone 8
Apple recently fixed a zero-day security vulnerability affecting the iPhone 8 and later that the company said was actively exploited, TechCrunch reports. The company rolled out iOS 16.1.2 on 30 …