Rabat, Morocco – The inaugural Morocco Gaming Expo, held from May 24 to May 26, 2024, marked a significant milestone in the country’s burgeoning electronic gaming industry. Organized by the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, the expo aimed to bolster the local gaming scene by bringing together developers, startups, gamers, and industry experts.

The event featured four main sections, including a display area with over 70 exhibitors showcasing their latest innovations, a conference section hosting 50 industry experts, a competitive tournament with 100 players, and a collaborative section promoting exchange and cooperation. Notably, investment companies were present, scouting for opportunities to collaborate with promising gaming startups.

One of the event’s highlights was the attendance of Takaya Imamura, a renowned independent video game developer and artist with three decades of experience at Nintendo. Imamura’s presence drew large crowds of fans eager to meet him and get their cards signed.

Nissrine Souissi, the director of the fair, emphasized the expo’s objective to familiarize visitors with the electronic gaming industry’s potential. She also announced the Ministry’s plans to establish the Rabat Gaming City, set to open in September 2025, aiming to bring together key industry players and attract foreign investment.

A significant moment at the expo was the keynote speech delivered by Ms. Sophie Zhong, a management member of Ediacaran Group. Her presentation, titled “Marketing and Promoting Asian Game IPs in Morocco – Creating an Extraordinary Gaming Universe,” captivated the audience and underscored the importance of cultural adaptation in gaming. Ms. Zhong’s speech covered various topics, including:

• Collaborations with local game companies and developers
• Understanding the impact of cultural factors on gaming habits, trends, and preferences
• Adapting game content and user experience to resonate with local gamers
• Engaging with local gaming communities and influencers through online/offline events and tournaments
• Partnering with local publishers and telecom companies
• Building a regional gaming hub

Additionally, Ms. Zhong emphasized Morocco’s centrality as a strategic hub for the gaming industry in Africa during a press conference at the expo. She highlighted Morocco’s significant infrastructure development, positioning the country as a vital access point to African markets. Ms. Zhong praised Morocco’s efforts and experience in the cultural and creative industries and called for the appropriate localization of electronic industries in Morocco and across the continent to foster mutual interests and promote video games.

She also pointed out the importance of leveraging local education systems that use video games for educational purposes, noting the possibility of bringing Chinese educators to Morocco. Her remarks underscored the Chinese investor group’s intention to invest in Morocco’s gaming sector and explore its development potential.

Following her speech, the Ediacaran delegation also met with the Minister of Youth, Culture, and Communication to discuss potential collaborations, emphasizing the importance of strengthening ties between local and international gaming entities.

Ediacaran Group’s participation in the Morocco Gaming Expo 2024 not only highlighted the company’s commitment to expanding its presence in new markets but also reinforced the importance of cross-cultural collaboration in the global gaming industry. As the Moroccan gaming scene continues to grow, events like the Morocco Gaming Expo will play a crucial role in fostering innovation and cooperation within the industry.

Rabat, April 10 – The Minister of Youth, Culture, and Communication welcomed Chinese investors in the electronic games industry this morning, ahead of the inaugural Morocco Electronic Games Expo.

 He also announced plans to establish an electronic games city in Rabat, focusing on youth training and developing a skilled workforce to keep pace with industry advancements.

From March 18th, 2024, the 11th International Immigration and Emigration Service Industry Summit Forum Hangzhou Summit was held in Hangzhou, China, organized by Beijing Immigration and Emigration Service Industry Association, which was attended by presidents, vice presidents, secretaries-general of provincial and municipal associations, as well as authoritative figures in the industry. At the same time, the summit also attracted more than 500 immigration agencies and more than 100 overseas project organizations, totaling more than 1,200 people to participate in the summit.

It is worth mentioning that EDICR was invited by the organizers to accompany Ms. Olga Lidia Tittle Diaz, Commercial Attache of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in China, to attend the summit.

Attache Olga delivered a speech at the summit. She emphasized the deep friendship between the two countries and recalled the visit of Prime Minister Ambar to China at the beginning of the year, which has deepened the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of economy, culture, science and technology, and medical care, etc. Attache Olga expressed her great happiness for the promulgation of the visa exemption policy between China and Anhui, and she expected that there would be more exchanges between the two countries after the opening of the linear flights in the future.

The Hangzhou Summit has a rich agenda, distinctive features, grand scale, specially set up forums, exhibition halls and outdoor scene of communication and seminar interaction and other forms of activities, attracting domestic and foreign industry experts, the main leaders of provincial immigration and immigration industry associations, heads of agencies, etc., a total of more than 1,000 people came to participate in the event, for the gathering of more than 100 high-quality projects and more than 300 strength of the intermediary institutions create The event provided a good opportunity for face-to-face business exchanges and zero-distance negotiation and cooperation.

At a time when the global economy is integrating and exchanging, and the flow of people from different countries is growing, the immigration and emigration service industry is also facing new important development opportunities. The Hangzhou Summit gathered participants from all over the world, and they actively planned the global development strategy of the international immigration and emigration service industry, talked about the opportunities and challenges, and discussed the win-win cooperation plan, which is believed to welcome the bright future of the industry together!