Morocco
Why Moroccan phone operators are not rushing to launch 5G

Morocco
Orange Maroc to open cutting-edge data centre

The subsidiary of French telecoms giant Orange intends to ensure that data produced and processed in Morocco remains there.

Morocco
Starlink negotiates to set up operations in Western Sahara

Elon Musk's satellite internet provider sets its sights on Western Sahara. The firm is relying on the support of Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, who is supervising the project with the royal cabinet.

Morocco
5G tender call postponed again

Three leading telecommunications providers are vying to deploy 5G in Morocco, which is co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Mauritania
Mobile operators face new fines over poor service

Mauritania's telecommunications regulator is set to again impose severe financial penalties on the country's three mobile phone operators for failing to meet a September deadline to improve services.

The New Guard
Senegal, Morocco, Ethiopia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Senegal Senegalese engineer Frédéric Zanklan takes charge at Eramet company

Morocco Ismael Belkhayat, serial start-upper

Ethiopia Dawit Abebayehu prepares his country's "ESG" strategy

Ivory Coast
Orange boss Christel Heydemann to audit Ivorian branch

Orange, which is looking into ways of cutting costs, is to audit the tender calls, service providers and suppliers of its subsidiary in Abidjan.

Morocco
PwC and RTE International shortlisted for ONEE contract

MOROCCO | Auditing giant PwC and its partner RTE International have been shortlisted for a contract offered by state power firm ONEE.

Morocco
King's favourite construction company CMS sets sights on Inwi data centres and Attijari's HQ

Bought in 2016 by the former "king's steward" Zouhair Fassi Fehri, Construction Management Services is creating a branch dedicated to telecom infrastructures and has already approached Inwi, the operator owned by the royal holding company Al Mada.

Morocco
US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Huawei Technologies Morocco, which does business with some of the kingdom's most influential figures - from the king's private secretary Mounir el-Majidi to police chief Abdellatif Hammouchi -, is feeling the heat of the US's retaliation measures against its parent company.

Morocco
Maroc Télécom places Taoufik Daidai at helm of MT Cash

Maroc Télécom is firing on all cylinders to get its mobile payment activity off the ground. As Africa Intelligence understands, [...]

Morocco
Fintech: Maroc Télécom struggles as mobile money boss disembarks and new app flops

The national operator Maroc Télécom has just sacked Mehdi Housni, chief executive of its specialist subsidiary MT Cash, just as the country's late mobile money roll-out is hampering its response to the coronavirus crisis being led by Mohammed VI.