Studies on the opportunities offered by the IT sector have highlighted the development of clusters in regions with a high concentration of technology expertise and hosting of high-tech companies, laboratories installed around funded research, a factor that has contributed to the economic development of countries such as India, Malaysia and Ireland.
In addition, in an area subject to continuous technological development, innovation opportunities are permanent, ensuring real opportunities to position Morocco as an actor in this field. On this subject, the dynamics of R & D in Morocco begins to show a good momentum in the Maghreb region, allowing it to bring, so far, an amount of investment of almost 1% of the GDP.
The study on the establishment of a Moroccan national ICT plan led by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and New Technologies in 2008, confirmed the interest of the Moroccan Government for the implementation of the Soft Centre to stimulate the creation of software development projects.
