by 2meo6admin01How to Make Your Moroccan Website Accessible to Everyone in 2025
Do you want everyone to be able to use your website, even people with disabilities? By 2025, an accessible website is essential in Morocco, where more than 3 million people live with a disability (according to the WHO). An accessible website attracts more visitors, improves your ranking on Google, and demonstrates that your business is modern and inclusive. Therefore, at 4Tech Lab, we’re sharing five simple steps to make your Moroccan website accessible to everyone.
Why is accessibility important in Morocco?
Enable everyone to use your website
An accessible website helps people with visual impairments, hearing impairments, or mobility problems navigate easily. In Morocco, for example, this also applies to people with slow internet connections or older phones, especially in smaller towns. Therefore, by making your website usable for everyone, you reach more customers, such as the 15% of the world’s population with disabilities.
Improve your image and SEO
An accessible website appeals to Google, which boosts your visibility for keywords like “Morocco website.” Furthermore, showing that your business cares about everyone strengthens your reputation, especially in Rabat, Marrakech, or Tangier.
Step 1: Add Image Descriptions
Why is this important?
People with visual impairments use screen readers that describe images aloud. Without them, they don’t understand what the image shows, which limits their experience.
How do I do this?
Add a short description to each image on your site. For example, for a photo of clothing in your online store, use: “Traditional red Moroccan dress.” This helps screen readers convey this information clearly.
Example: On a tourism website for Fez, describe a photo as “Fez Medina at sunset,” which helps visually impaired users.
Step 2: Use legible colors
Why is this useful?
Users with visual impairments or color blindness need colors that stand out clearly. Light gray text on a white background is difficult for them to read.
How do I do this?
Choose colors with strong contrast, such as black text on a white background. To do this, check with a free tool like Contrast Checker (https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/). This ensures that prices are clearly visible on your e-commerce site.
Example: For a restaurant in Marrakech, use white text on a red “Reserve a Table” button, which is easy to spot.
Step 3: Simplify Navigation
Why is this necessary?
Some people can’t use a mouse and navigate with the keyboard. Furthermore, others struggle with complicated menus, especially on mobile devices, which are widely used in Morocco.
How to do it?
Create clear links: for example, instead of “Click here,” write “See our services.” Then, make sure the menu works with the Tab key on the keyboard. Finally, keep forms simple, with instructions like “Enter your name.”
Example: On a travel website, a menu like “Hotels,” “Tours,” “Contact” should be easy to navigate on a phone, which improves the user experience.
Example: On a travel website, a menu like “Hotels,” “Tours,” “Contact” should be easy to navigate on a phone.
Step 4: Add subtitles to videos
Why is it important?
Users who are deaf or hard of hearing need subtitles to understand videos, such as an advertisement for your business. Without subtitles, they miss key information.
How to do it?
Add subtitles in French, and if possible in Arabic, to all your videos. To do this, on YouTube, use the automatic subtitling tool, then correct any errors. For example, for a video presenting your Moroccan SaaS, include subtitles describing the features.
Example: A video of a café in Agadir could have subtitles like “Discover our terrace overlooking the sea,” which helps users with hearing loss.
Step 5: Test your site regularly
Why test?
Even a well-designed site can have errors, especially after updates. Therefore, regular testing ensures that it remains accessible.
How to do it?
Use Lighthouse (in Google Chrome) to spot issues, such as images without descriptions. Then, ask users, including people with disabilities, to test your site and provide feedback. For example, if you add a “Projects in Rabat” page, check that everything is readable and navigable.
Tip: At 4Tech Lab, we offer services to make your site 100% accessible, which simplifies this process.
The benefits for your Moroccan website
Making your website accessible by 2025 means:
- More customers: Attract the 3 million Moroccans with disabilities and those with basic devices, expanding your audience.
- Better seen on Google: An accessible website climbs the search results for “e-commerce Morocco” or “web services Morocco,” because Google values user experience.
- A modern image: Show that your company is inclusive, which is a plus for your brand.
Start now with 4Tech Lab
Creating an accessible website is easy with the right partner. At 4Tech Lab, we help Moroccan businesses design inclusive and high-performance websites. Whether you’re located in Tangier, Marrakech, or Rabat, we can make your site usable by everyone.