ESIS extension / Morocco / www Indicators / Update Memo 6

November 2000	Update: Morocco

	Total number of "population"	Total number of Web sites	% of website / total number of "population"	Source
Primary and secondary schools	6667	14	0.2	www.mincom.gov.ma www.marweb.com
Universities	14 public + 46 private	53	88	www.mincom.gov.ma
National ministries	14	19	135.7	www.mincom.gov.ma
Regional and local authorities (regions, departments/counties, municipalities)	16 (departments) +69 (prefectures, provinces)	30	35.2	www.marweb.com www.mincom.gov.ma
Hospitals/clinics	128	28	21.8	www.marweb.com
Museums	15	58	386	www.mincom.gov.ma www.marweb.com
Libraries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TOTALS	6955	202	0.03

The number of sites have only increased marginally in line excepting for the number of further and higher educational sites which has increased sharply mainly due to private school initiatives. The number of municipalities has changed due to more accurate information being supplied by mincom.gov.ma. The number of sites registered with the Moroccan government has increased to 785 as of the 25^th of September, a nine percent increase over the last quarter.

Four continuing trends should contribute significantly to the growth of Moroccan sites in the immediate future:

The price of Internet access has continued to drop, with more offers from Maroc Telecom. The price of connection is now of 59 DH HT / month ( 850 DH TTC a year)
According to a study published recently by EC Marketing, more than half of Moroccan SME’s are currently planning their Web sites. Half of the firms interviewed (216) have used the Internet for over a year. None-the-less, in 41% of the sample, web access is limited to upper management.
WAP technology continues to be popular with the press and it is now possible to receive several services, one of them, however is free. Casablanca stock market updates can now be obtained for free using a WAP telephone.
More specialised portals have been published, notably an online market, pharmacy, car dealership, an estate agent and in detail:

A new professional site aiming at calls for offer, Maroc-Business (subsidiary of Itissal Technology) is now online. It puts onto the market prepaid cards for the subscribed, a new site for business opportunities and a web directory for the furnishers.

A new portal, Salamali.com, has been designed to develop sales, renting, car sales and bids on the web.

A new site, JobMaroc, managed by the Casablanca start-up B-link management, proposes job offers, job forums and skill profiles.

A new start-up, Redstone technology, based on developing solutions for e-commerce (Business to Business and Business to Consumer).

Please note that this report has been prepared under the sole responsibility of the ESIS II contractors.
It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, nor does the Commission accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained herein.
The ESIS Team of contractors welcomes any additional information or corrections.