Communication / ICT in Casablanca
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BOTSWANA, 2017/06/15
The number of mobile phone subscribers in the world has reached five billion, according to the research arm of the world mobile industry organization, GSMA. But sub-Sahara Africa is the least penetrated with 436 million incomparable subscribers, the organization says in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com.
The GSMA defines a ‘incomparable mobile subscriber’ as an individual person that can account for multiple ‘mobile connections’, that is SIM cards.
According to GSMA Intelligence, the world’s five billion incomparable mobile subscribers today account for approximately 7.7 billion mobile connections – excluding mobile-to-mobile (M2M).
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BOTSWANA, 2016/11/03
Africa is home to some of the world’s greatest digital innovations. From medical applications to inventions aimed at enabling the continent’s educational system, the continent is not just experiencing a digital revolution, but it’s as well solidifying its place as world leader in science and technology.
The number of young people creating life-changing digital applications in Africa continues to grow. In Mozambique, counselors are using Short Message Services to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, while in Nigeria a Do It Yourself generator that can produce six hours of power just from a liter of urine was invented by a group of 15-year-old girls. And in Zimbabwe, a 24-year-old engineering student has managed approaching up with a machine that turns plastic into diesel.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/08/13
Africa is the second-largest continent, after Asia, in size and population; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/02/08
"Mean spirited", "inhumane" and desecrating the spirit of the Refugee Convention are some of the milder criticisms levelled at Denmark's harsh new asylum laws, passed last week.
Part new measures is a decision to strip new arrivals of any cash and valuables worth additional than 10,000 kroner (US$1,450), purportedly to pay for their upkeep. Switzerland and some southern German states have introduced similar policies.
It's a move that reflects the fragmenting world of European migration policy, lacking in solidarity, empathy and basic human decency. But what of the financial implications for asylum seekers?
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CASABLANCA, 2014/11/06
A Moroccan company just won an African Content Awards for developing one of the world's five best health applications.
The SEHATUK app from Dial Technologies includes an index of drugs available in Morocco, along with their prices and dosages.
Additional than 500 mobile applications from 100 nations, inclunding a dozen from Morocco, were entered in the competition.
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EGYPT, 2014/10/11
Somebody asked me the other day whether the Arab Spring had affected the growth in the mobile subscriber market, and which was now the fastest growing region.
The countries affected were and are major players. Markets where a regime change was engineered are Egypt (34% of the regional total); Tunisia (5%); and Libya (6%). There were major protests in Algeria (18%); Morocco (15%), and Sudan (9%) (1). The creation of a new nation in the form of South Sudan has created further problems for the Sudanese government.
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FRANCE, 2013/11/08
French group Vivendi sold its stake in Maroc Telecom to the UAE's Etisalat, Vivendi said in a statement on Thursday.
Vivendi will sell its 53% stake in the company. The agreement has reportedly been defined though a number of conditions are still open, inclunding its approval by watchdogs in nations where Maroc Telecom operates.
Under the agreement, the UAE operator will need a Moroccan minority partner, possibly the Moroccan Deposit and Management Fund to finalize the acquisition.
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CASABLANCA, 2013/06/29
Morocco announced today that the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) will be opening bids for 4G mobile licenses in the country to provide the country with the fastest mobile speeds available.
Bidding is expected to open later this year, with services planned for rollout in 2014. ANRT chief Azzeddinne Al Mountassir Billah said that the decision to roll out 4G service came at the request of consumers.
“This is not a luxury. The aims of adopting 4G for mobile phones are firstly to maintain the increase of this sector and secondly to improve service quality,” he said.
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CASABLANCA, 2013/06/14
The plan by France’s Vivendi to sell its 53% stake in Maroc Telecom has garnered significant overseas attention, having attracted suitors from South Korea to the Gulf.
In late April, Vivendi announced that it had received bids from Qatari telecoms operator Ooredoo and Abu Dhabi’s Etisalat, both of which are seeking to expand abroad as increase slows in their saturated home markets. The two firms have a presence in other North African nations, but not Morocco.
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CASABLANCA, 2013/05/23
The objectives of the Moroccan national agency regulating telecommunications (ANRT) have been 'fully reached', said the agency's director Azdine Al Montassir Billah, presenting the results obtained with the implementation of the institute's guidelines. The Moroccan telecommunications market has registered an unprecedented increase, in particular in the mobile phone and internet sectors with a significant decrease in tariffs.
