AI & Jobs in Morocco’s Outsourcing: A Moroccan call-center union warns that fast AI adoption could disrupt thousands of jobs and asks for a national retraining push and recognized certifications for workers moving into new digital roles. Call Center Shock from France’s Ban: Three weeks after France’s opt-in rule for unsolicited commercial calls, Casablanca is already seeing early fallout—some sites reportedly closed or cut back—while the sector struggles to measure job losses due to informal employment. Morocco’s Time Change: Morocco plans to scrap GMT+1 and return to GMT on Sept. 20, ending an eight-year experiment that has sparked debate over energy use, health, and daily life. Energy Transition, Real-World Systems: A new analysis argues Morocco’s “Europe’s battery” narrative misses the hard part: how renewables, transmission, storage, and market rules interact in practice. Offshore Wind Feasibility: The EIB has selected an OWC-led consortium to study Morocco’s first offshore wind farm near Essaouira, with a two-year feasibility work plan. Digital Governance & Privacy: A Council of Europe draft agenda moves Convention 108+ guidance toward adoption, aiming to shape how AI chatbots and agents handle data across 55 nations. Ceuta Crisis, Tech & Disinformation: Spain and Morocco trade accusations over the July Ceuta surge, while a pro-Israel Spanish digital network is flagged for alarmist, misleading messaging. Digital Transformation Recognition: Morocco’s digital transition minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni receives an Africa Next award for work on AI and modernizing public administration.