Morocco is the strongest economy in North Africa.
The strength of its economy stems from its diversification: agriculture, mining, tourism and industry. Since 2009 Morocco has taken various initiatives to bolster its ICT activities with significant results.
Another specificity of Morocco is that the economy is not concentrated around just one area, even if Casablanca is known as the economic lungs of the country, one can also find very important companies in the capital Rabat (mostly those linked to education and public affairs) and also in Tangier. These cities all have their technoparks with a lot of outsourced services.
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The strength of its economy stems from its diversification: agriculture, mining, tourism and industry. Since 2009 Morocco has taken various initiatives to bolster its ICT activities with significant results.
Another specificity of Morocco is that the economy is not concentrated around just one area, even if Casablanca is known as the economic lungs of the country, one can also find very important companies in the capital Rabat (mostly those linked to education and public affairs) and also in Tangier. These cities all have their technoparks with a lot of outsourced services.
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Estimate : Total number of ICT partners for Morocco - 1 680 companies
Activity | Volume |
Manufacturer | 110 |
Software Publisher | 70 |
Publisher of software for a specific activity | 120 |
Publisher of software for a specific process of companies | 130 |
Software solutions integrator (developed by third parties) | 60 |
IT services, Software development (hosting, maintenance, training, bespoke software development....) | 450 |
Telecom services (Telecom operator, ISP...) | 60 |
Telecom & network infrastructure integrator | 50 |
IT infrastructure integrator | 40 |
Consulting | 110 |
Reselling to individuals | 160 |
Reselling to enterprises (hardware, software & services & assemblers) | 170 |
Wholesaler (resale of IT products to resellers) | 100 |
Web agency | 10 |
Other ICT related activities | 40 |
Estimate of Total Locations | 1 680 |
Key Facts for Morocco by compuBase Consulting
Number of inhabitants (in M)[1] | 35.28 |
Number of enterprises[2] | 750 916 |
Companies > 10 employees[3] | 2.3% |
% users with Internet access[4] | 58% |
Mobile cellular subscriptions [5] (for 100 people) | 120,72 |
% GDP for ICT[6] | 7% (est.) |
GDP Split[7] | Agriculture: 13.1% Industry: 29.8% Services: 57.2% (2016 est.) |
Languages | Arabic (Official), French |
[1] World Bank est.2016 [2] [3]Haut Commissariat au plan HPC [4] [5] ITU 2016 [6] compuBase estimates [7] CIA Factbook
International Business Relations:
Morocco’s top clients are, by order, Spain, France and Brazil.
Its top suppliers are Spain, France and China.
For IT, the main business partners are China, France and Germany.
How to address the Moroccan ICT market from abroad:
A lot of French and Spanish distributors work with Morocco from abroad.
Some Key Distributors:
BURINTEL, BLUEWAY, CBI, CONFIG, DIFFAZUR, DISTRIXL, DISWAY, IB MAROC, INTERNATIONAL, INFORMATIQUE, JOUTECH, MASARAMO, MITSUMI DISTRIBUTION, POLYTEL.
Many French or Spanish-based distributors also address Morocco.
Identified Telecom Operators:
Many French or Spanish-based distributors also address Morocco.
Identified Telecom Operators:
- Orange Maroc, Maroc Telecom, Inwi
- MED-IT, DIGITAL IT DAYS