The “Video Game Incubator” program, for the incubation of nine Moroccan startups specializing in the gaming field, was launched on Monday, March 10, 2025, in Rabat, in the presence of the Minister of Youth, Culture, and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, a delegation from the French Embassy in Morocco, as well as several stakeholders in the sector.

This program aims to support Moroccan video game entrepreneurs in structuring, developing, and sustaining their businesses, while accelerating their skills development and strengthening synergies between Moroccan players in this ecosystem internationally.

Spanning five months of incubation and two months of follow-up, this program will offer the participating companies comprehensive training covering video game pre-production, brand and communication strategy, business management, production monitoring, as well as commercial and financial strategy.

It also includes 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 Intent signed between Morocco and France last October, under the presidency 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 industry, Mr. Bensaid told the press.

The gaming industry now holds increasing importance internationally, the minister emphasized, expressing the wish to see leading Moroccan companies emerge globally in this sector.

Thanks to this partnership with the French Embassy in Morocco, this program will support nine Moroccan startups invested in gaming, equipping them with the necessary tools to position themselves on the international market, he indicated, highlighting the importance of this initiative to strengthen the structuring and develop the gaming ecosystem in the Kingdom.

Support for cultural and creative industries, particularly the video game industry, constitutes a strong new focus of Franco-Moroccan cultural cooperation, which was initiated during the French President’s state visit to the Kingdom, said Agnès Humruzian, Cooperation and Cultural Action Advisor at the French Embassy in Rabat.

Gaming represents a new creative sector, a source of employment and geared towards youth, with promising prospects for partnerships between the two countries, Ms. Humruzian emphasized, who is also the Director General of the French Institute in Morocco, adding that it is a “very beautiful story that is being written with significant cultural and economic stakes.”

For his part, the founder and director of 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 international skills and requirements, while connecting them to the industry globally, he added, considering that this extremely ambitious program lays one of the essential cornerstones for the development of a structured video game creation ecosystem in Morocco.