{"id":14473,"date":"2025-12-09T05:58:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=14473"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:59:01","slug":"morocco-brings-video-games-into-museums-to-engage-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/morocco-brings-video-games-into-museums-to-engage-youth","title":{"rendered":"Morocco brings video games into museums to engage youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The country’s esports and interactive gaming sector meet cultural heritage in a bold initiative targeting young audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Morocco.- Morocco<\/strong> is placing gaming at the heart of its museums<\/strong>. The National Museum Foundation (FNM) has partnered with the Royal Moroccan Federation of Electronic Games (FRMJE) and the Rabat\u2011Sal\u00e9\u2011K\u00e9nitra Regional League of Electronic Games to introduce video games<\/strong> into museum spaces, aiming to attract young visitors and make cultural heritage<\/strong> more interactive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative will equip museums with interactive exhibits, computers, PlayStation consoles<\/strong> and educational programs, allowing visitors to explore Moroccan history in a hands-on, engaging<\/strong> way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the National Museum Foundation, Mehdi Qotbi<\/strong>, said the signing of this agreement, which is of paramount importance to the Foundation, reflects a desire to attract youth<\/strong> to museums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qotbi said, according to Morocco World News: “This signing offers an opportunity <\/strong>to give young people a different kind of interest, to draw them closer to us, to the museums. And these young people represent the future generation<\/strong>. They are the ones who need to take ownership of their heritage.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interactive experiences at museums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hicham El Khlifi<\/strong>, President of the FRMJE, represented the organisation, highlighting its role in bringing video games and interactive experiences into Moroccan museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRMJE said: \u201cThis signing reflects the vision<\/strong> of His Majesty King Mohammed\u202fVI (King of Morocco), guiding and inspiring initiatives for Moroccan youth. As you know, the Moroccan Royal Federation of Electronic Games represents a large community<\/strong> of young people who are passionate<\/strong> about this discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement emphasises youth engagement and digital culture<\/strong>, integrating esports and interactive games to complement traditional museum experiences. The League and FRMJE will provide technical support<\/strong> and develop games suited to each museum, while creating educational rooms equipped with digital tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By combining technology with heritage, Morocco aims to make museum visits more appealing<\/strong> and immersive for young people, offering them a new way to connect with the nation\u2019s cultural history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Morocco launches Gamification Lab to strengthen start-ups and drive Africa\u2019s gaming growth<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The country’s esports and interactive gaming sector meet cultural heritage in a bold initiative targeting young audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":14485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Morocco's National Museum Foundation (FNM) has partnered with the Royal Moroccan Federation of Electronic Games (FRMJE) to integrate video games and esports into museum spaces. This initiative aims to attract younger audiences and enhance cultural heritage engagement through interactive exhibits and educational programs. The collaboration underscores a national strategy to connect youth with their heritage via digital culture and gaming.","focusai_entities":"National Museum Foundation (FNM), Royal Moroccan Federation of Electronic Games (FRMJE), Rabat\u2011Sal\u00e9\u2011K\u00e9nitra Regional League of Electronic Games, Mehdi Qotbi, Hicham El Khlifi, King Mohammed VI","focusai_location":"Morocco, Rabat-Sal\u00e9-K\u00e9nitra","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Funding Model?","query":"What is the long-term funding model and sustainability plan for the technical infrastructure and content development required for these interactive museum exhibits?"},{"label":"Impact Metrics?","query":"What key performance indicators (KPIs) will be utilized to measure the success of this initiative in terms of youth engagement, cultural retention, and visitor demographics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60010],"tags":[60264,60650,60381],"class_list":["post-14473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-africa","tag-esports","tag-games","tag-morocco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14473"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14496,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14473\/revisions\/14496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}