After Egypt and South Africa, Morocco ranks as the third most targeted country by cyberattacks in Africa. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, said that the relevant institutions are working closely together to address existing vulnerabilities, including through strengthened legislation.
Morocco has recently seen a wave of marches and sit-ins demanding better health and education, with actions spreading from rural provinces to major cities and amplified online. Social media expert Marouane Harmach explains how these movements, including youth-led calls using AI tools, are reshaping protest tactics.
On June 26, 2025, Microsoft confirmed the elimination of an additional 9,000 jobs, its third round of layoffs announced this year alone. Since 2022, the U.S. tech industry has slashed more than 600,000 positions. This wave of job cuts has sparked concern within Morocco’s engineering community: is AI ushering in a job market apocalypse? Is it to blame for the stagnation, or even decline, of the offshoring sector? Spoiler: the real culprit lies elsewhere.