ICT partners in North Africa

The countries of North Africa include Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and the Western Sahara, Libya, Egypt, North and South Sudan.

Historically, this region has strong economic ties to Europe and to the United Arab Emirates, and is often used as a platform by companies looking to develop their commercial activities on the African continent.

For the purposes of our ICT distribution study, we divided this region into two parts, the North West and the North East.
These two parts of North Africa have known different historical influences which have impacted their ICT economy in different ways. The western part has strong ties with Europe, particularly France, Spain and Italy, whose languages are spoken alongside Arabic.
The eastern part has more ties with the Middle East and is more Anglophone.


NORTH WEST AFRICA

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North West Africa covers the following countries:
  Algeria Tunisia Morocco and Western Sahara Libya
Morocco and Tunisia are the most economically advanced countries in this region. 
Morocco is the region’s primary point of entry.
We estimate the  total number of  ICT partners for North West Africa to be  4,000. 


 

NORTH EAST AFRICA

North East Africa covers the following countries:
 
Egypt North Sudan South Sudan
 
Its main entry points are Egypt and the UAE .
Estimate of  total number of  ICT partners for North East Africa: 4500 partners.


 

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Estimate: Total number of  ICT partners* in North Africa
 
Activity and volume of partners  North Africa Manufacturer 470 Software publisher 380 Publisher of software for a specific activity 510 Publisher of software for a specific process of companies 530 Software solutions integrator (developed by third parties) 270 IT services, Software development (hosting, maintenance, training, bespoke software development....) 2210 Telecom services (Telecom operator, ISP...) 330 Telecom & network infrastructure integrator 250 IT infrastructure integrator 210 Consulting 400 Reselling to individuals 950 Reselling to enterprises (hardware, software & services & assemblers) 1280 Wholesaler (resale of IT products to resellers) 490 Web agency 50 Other ICT related activities 170 Estimate of total number of locations 8500
 



















Est from 2016

*Companies with more than 1 employee, > 150 K€ / year, at least 50% revenue in ICT solutions, services or products.

Key information for the North African Market 
 
Influences: Traditionally, most historical business ties with Africa can be correlated to the ex-colonial European countries: France, the UK and Italy. The Euro has a strong influence on this region.

Currencies used: $US, €, 

Languages spoken: Arabic, French, English

Point of entry: For Northern Africa, Morocco is a good place to market solutions and goods  

Demographics: According to the U.N. Northern  Africa will represent 14% of the population of the African continent by 2050.**
 

1 E 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 STATS_PRC_REF_TOTAL_COLUMN STATS_VAR_FIRST_PERCENT STATS_TOTAL_PRC_NONE STATS_PRC_FORMAT_DEC_2_PRC 22293 Manufacturers 0 22294 ISVs 0 22295 IT and Telecoms Services 0 22296 Resale 0 22297 Other IT and Telecom related activities 0 17191 Algeria 0 17202 Egypt 0 18625 Libya 0 17220 Morocco 0 17967 Sudan 0 17233 Tunisia 0 19698 West Sahara 0 ICT Partners in Northern Africa by Country (available from compuBase)

1 E 1 North_Africa.sel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 STATS_PRC_REF_TOTAL_COLUMN STATS_VAR_FIRST_PERCENT STATS_TOTAL_PRC_NONE STATS_PRC_FORMAT_DEC_2_PRC 16000 Manufacturer 0 15990 Software publisher 0 15989 Publisher of software for a specific activity 0 15988 Publisher of software for a specific process of companies 0 15993 Software solutions or services integrator (developed by third parties) 0 15995 IT services, Software development (hosting, maintenance, training, bespoke software development....) 0 15996 Telecom services (Telecom operator, ISP...) 0 15991 Telecom & network infrastructure integrator 0 15992 IT infrastructure integrator 0 15994 Consulting 0 15999 Reselling to individuals 0 15998 Reselling to enterprises (hardware, software & services & assemblers) 0 15997 Wholesaler (resale of IT and Telecom products to resellers) 0 19130 Web agency 0 16002 Other IT and Telecom related activities 0 Volume of company profiles available from the compuBase database for North Africa
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