Banned in 2017 by Morocco’s Foreign Exchange Office and central bank, cryptocurrency is still used in the country. According to a report entitled «Which Country Trades The Most Bitcoin ?», the Kingdom is the country that trades Bitcoin the most in North Africa. The chart, produced by Local Bitcoins, a platform that facilitates over-the-counter trading of local currency for Bitcoins, ranks Morocco 36th, among the 46 countries where Bitcoin is traded. The
Facebook is accused of granting special protections to racist and far-right pages while allowing violent and racist content targeting Muslim immigrants, revealed British public-service Channel 4 in an undercover investigation show. The new report, broadcasted Tuesday 17th of July, shows that Facebook trainees who review content posted on the site are told to remove posts that racially abuse protected ethnic groups but not if they are limited to immigrants, reports the
A flexible development framework is exected to help decrease prices for Midelt PV-CSP hybrid in Morocco, reports Solar Paces quoting an official at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen). The project is expected to diversify its funding supplies to meet the global support schemes, says the same source, describing the complex managed by Masen. Three groups have answered the tender launched in December by Masen, namely ACWA Power, Engie SA and EDF Energies Nouvelles. They are
Last summer, Renwick Haddow was arrested in Tangier after a red notice was issued against him by the interpol for defrauding investors in a bitcoin related venture. On Friday, Coin Desk reported that the British alleged bitcoin fraudster was extradited by the Moroccan authorities to the US, a country that issued by its turn an international arrest warrant against him. The British defendant used bitcoin cryptocurrency to defraud a number of investors through a start-up called Bar Works.
Morocco ranks 2nd out of 24 African countries, according to the 2018 Inclusive Internet Index issued Monday by Facebook. The survey conducted by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) and which investigates each country’s internet inclusion puts Morocco in the 53rd position out of 86 nations, ahead of Egypt (55th), Nigeria (56th), and Kenya (57) and behind South Africa 39th. The kingdom was ranked 1st in North Africa in front of Egypt and Algeria (66th). In the Arab world, UAE (37th)
In the 1980s, a group of students at the Free University of Brussels were determined to carry out a project using frozen samples of camel blood. They have discovered that the animal’s immune-system proteins might be of a great use in the field of biotechnology, and so, they decide to make their research project work relying on Morocco. In a Bloomberg article published Monday, Serge Muyldermans, a researcher who helped the group found their company, Ablynx, explained that they had to
When it comes to digital freedom, Morocco remains a «partially free» nation, according to the latest report released by Freedom House, a U.S.-based 501 U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. The 2017 edition of the Freedom on the net survey investigates internet freedom in 65 countries, between June 2016 and May 2017 based on three sub-indexes : Obstacles to Access, Limits on
Launched on January 2017, Rangi is a game that has its roots firmly planted in Africa, and most precisely Morocco. Designed by Funsoft, a Moroccan company founded by Hatim Bensaid, a game developer, the game has gained success among the virtual reality gaming community. It was made available through a partnership on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. Known by its authenticity, Rangi is a unique experience where players will have the chance to discover, the African culture, music and history
The United Nations Global Cybersecurity Index ranks Morocco 49th among 193 Member States. The annual report that investigates the status of cybersecurity for several countries considers the Kingdom as one of the maturing nations that put efforts to improve the use of the Internet. The Kingdom was also ranked 3rd in Africa and 7th in the MENA region. Launched by the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for the second year, the index indicates that Morocco «has
According to an article published by the Miami Herald, a group of Moroccan hackers called MoRo, managed to access computer systems of four schools in Florida ahead of the presidential elections. The hackers are believed to be looking for valuable data that would lead them to voting systems in the US. The group, after several attempts, stole the personal data of hundreds of students including their names, date of birth, social security numbers and addresses. «They infected the
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