November 17, 2025

Morocco Sets New Standard as Africa’s Premier Real Estate Investment Hub Leave a reply At the Morocco Showcase Summit 2025, discover how stability, partnerships, and green building certifications drive international investment in Morocco’s real estate market CASABLANCA, MOROCCO – EQS – 17 November 2025 – The Morocco Showcase Summit 2025 will highlight the country’s rise as Africa’s premier real estate investment hub, driven by stability, strategic partnerships, and commitment to green building standards. Morocco attracts international investors, developers, financiers, and hospitality leaders with its stable political and economic environment. The two-day event, hosted by Société Marocained’Ingénierie Touristique and API Events at the Marriott Hotel in Casablanca on 19-20 November 2025, will showcase Morocco’s expanding opportunities in real estate, sustainable development, and innovative finance. Yasmine Bekkari, Managing Director of AMS Africa, explains that Morocco’s appeal lies in its “strong fundamentals and a deepening institutional framework” which give investors’ confidence. AMS Africa, a leading real estate services firm, partners with sovereign and private investors to create projects that deliver both financial returns and community value. A key force in the market’s transformation is the growing use of green building certifications, especially the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) EDGE programme. These certifications improve efficiency, attract quality tenants, and open access to green financing. “Certifications such as IFC EDGE, BREEAM, or LEED are increasingly shaping the market,” Bekkari says. Kushinga Kambarami, IFC’s Green Building Lead for Africa, is encouraged by the momentum in Morocco’s green building sector, which the country has embraced as part of its climate mission. He notes that the 300,000 square meters of EDGE certified floor space delivers approximate annual savings of 20 million kWh of energy, 10,000 tons of CO2 emissions reductions, and 120,000 cubic meters of water savings. Green finance solutions tied to EDGE certification help many projects access funding

PTT Lubricants Sets Global Benchmark with API SQ-Certified Oils, Expands Beyond Asia into Africa and the Middle East Leave a reply BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 14 November 2025 – PTT Lubricants, the flagship lubricant brand under PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited (OR), is stepping onto the global stage with the launch of Thailand’s first engine oil certified under the latest API SQ / ILSAC GF-7A standard—a milestone that positions Thailand as a rising innovation in the international lubricant market. The newly launched PERFORMA SUPER SYNTHETIC 0W-20, developed with proprietary EVOTEC technology, meets the world’s most stringent benchmarks for engine protection. API SQ / ILSAC GF-7A certification ensures improved wear resistance, deposit control, and compatibility with ethanol fuels, while aligning with Euro V emission standards—making it a strategic solution for both eco-conscious drivers and OEMs. “Being the first in Thailand to achieve API SQ certification marks more than a product milestone—it signals Asia’s ability to set new standards for sustainable mobility,” said MR. RACHA U-THAICHAN Senior Executive Vice President, Lubricants Business. “We are redefining what lubricant innovation from Thailand can deliver to global markets.” With Thailand recognized as a global automotive production hub—1.88 million vehicles produced and over 1 million exported in 2022—PTT Lubricants is using its home base as a springboard for worldwide growth. Already a leader with 30% market share in Thailand and ranked as the nation’s No.1 lubricant brand for 13 consecutive years, the company is now scaling aggressively across high-growth markets. Its footprint covers all ASEAN economies—Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei, as well as Taiwan, while new strategic moves are extending reach into Africa and the Middle East, where demand for high-performance lubricants is surging alongside rapid infrastructure growth. PTT Lubricants also continues to strengthen global partnerships, including a long-standing alliance with Total Lubmarine, enabling supply of marine lubricants to more than 1,000

UPAD Launches “Rakija Gate” – The First Balkan Anti-Bot Protocol – During the Most Attacked Concert On-Sale in Regional History Leave a reply The fast-growing ticketing infrastructure startup activated its cultural-tech anomaly filter for the first time during Aleksandra Prijović’s New Year’s on-sale, organised by Extra FM – a launch overwhelmed by automated traffic. UPAD’s Rakija Gate: the region’s first culturally-coded anomaly filter for automated ticketing traffic UPAD’s Rakija Gate: the region’s first culturally-coded anomaly filter for automated ticketing traffic ZAGREB, Croatia, Nov. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UPAD, the progressive, fintech-driven ticketing infrastructure startup, has deployed “Rakija Pit”, a culturally-coded anti-automation signal created to identify and quarantine bots during high-demand ticket launches. Rakija Gate was activated for the first time ever during the New Year’s Eve sale for the biggest young regional singer Aleksandra Prijović, organised by Extra FM, drawing the highest complexities of bot traffic the region has ever recorded. Within minutes, UPAD’s behaviour engine detected machine-generated purchase patterns far above normal thresholds. Instead of allowing automated sessions to compete with real fans, suspicious traffic was routed into a separate quarantine lane – an internal mechanism the engineering team calls the Rakija Pit. It’s where automated sessions can dance as long as they want – but they never reach checkout. Meanwhile, real fans keep moving forward. The name reflects a piece of shared Balkan humour: only real humans survive rakija – automated systems don’t stand a chance. It’s where automated sessions can dance as long as they want — but they never reach checkout. Meanwhile, real fans keep moving forward. Behind the jokes sits a tech-forward layer of infrastructural logic more commonly found in modern fintech than in regional ticketing. While most platforms in the EU treat bot traffic as an inevitable nuisance, UPAD is positioning Rakija Pit as part of a new integrity layer for live-event access. As