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Two partnership agreements aimed at promoting the gaming industry were signed on Tuesday in Rabat, between the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Department of Culture), the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation and the Office of Vocational Training and Promotion of Labor (OFPPT).
These two conventions, which are part of the national strategy aimed at stimulating the digital economy “Morocco Digital 2030”, aim to lay the groundwork for a video game industry in Morocco and allow young people to invest in this promising sector.
Signed by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mehdi Bensaid, and the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Azzedine El Midaoui, the first convention aims to create Game Labs in public university areas and the implementation of gaming training within Moroccan public universities. These are training courses in the technical university degree (Bac +2), license and master sectors.
The second agreement, signed by Mr. Bensaïd and the Director General of the OFPPT, Lobna Tricha, aims to develop training programs in vocational training establishments. Three qualifying training courses will be launched: the Caster E-Sport, the Streamer E-Sport and the video game laboratory. In a press statement, Mr. Bensaid stressed that these two conventions are part of the ministry’s strategy aimed at developing the gaming industry in Morocco, recalling that the video game market exceeded $ 300 billion in the world.
The ministry, he continued, works to attract direct foreign investors, to encourage the creation of national companies and start-ups and to support Moroccan skills in this area.
For his part, Mr. El Midaoui indicated that the new training courses will start in September 2025 in the universities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, before their generalization on a national scale 2026-2027.
This initiative aims to adapt university training to the needs of the labor market in the gaming sector, he noted, adding that it will help promote job opportunities. For her part, Ms. Tricha said that the OFPPT undertakes to provide the infrastructure and equipment necessary to guarantee the success of this initiative, adding that the office will also develop spaces and laboratories with the most advanced technologies.
