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“Video Game Incubator”, a program for the incubation of nine Moroccan startups specialized in the gaming, was launched Monday in Rabat in the presence of the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, of a delegation from the French Embassy in Morocco as well as several players in the sector.
This program aims to support Moroccan video game entrepreneurs in the structuring, development and sustainability of their companies, while accelerating their skills rise and by strengthening the synergies between Moroccan actors in this international ecosystem.
Extending over five months of incubation and two months of follow -up, this program will offer companies concerned a complete training in “the preproduction of video games”, brand and communication strategy, business management, production monitoring as well as on commercial and financial strategy.
It also provides for exchanges of experiences with international gaming leaders, as well as partners and investors in the sector.
This project is part of the implementation of the declaration of intention signed between Morocco and France last October, under the chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the President of the French Republic Mr. Emmanuel Macron, relating to the support and structuring of the ecosystem of the cultural and creative video game, told Mr. Bensaid to the press.
The gaming industry is now of an international importance internationally, the Minister said, formulating the wish to see Moroccan leaders in the world level in this sector emerge.
Thanks to this partnership with the French Embassy in Morocco, this program will support nine Moroccan startups invested in gaming, by providing them with the tools necessary to position itself on the international market, he said, highlighting the importance of this initiative to strengthen structuring and develop the gaming ecosystem in the Kingdom.
Support for cultural and creative industries, in particular the video game industry, constitutes a new strong axis of Franco-Moroccan cultural cooperation, which was driven during the state visit of the French president in the Kingdom, said Agnès Humruzian, councilor of cooperation and cultural action at the French Embassy in Rabat.
Gaming represents a new creative sector, job -promoting and turned to youth, with great prospects for partnerships between the two countries, underlined Ms. Humruzian, also director general of the French Institute in Morocco, adding that it is a “very beautiful story which is being written with important, both cultural and economic issues”.
For its part, the founder and director of the company LLP (Level Link Partners), Julien Villedieu, explained that the “Video Game Incubator” program was designed by video game experts with the aim of supporting the development and structuring of the video game industry in Morocco.
Nine video game creation companies in Morocco will be supported by this program to bring them to a level of skills and international requirements, while connecting them to industry worldwide, he added, believing that this extremely ambitious program poses one of the essential stones for the development of a structured ecosystem of video game creation in Morocco.
