DR ‹ › L'Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) inaugurated StartGate Rabat this Thursday, a new startup campus dedicated to venture building and innovation. The site extends the Benguerir StartGate launched five years ago, reinforcing UM6P's vision of placing entrepreneurship at the center of Morocco's economic growth and Africa's ambitions. Since 2020, StartGate has become a major innovation hub: it has supported over 1,600 startups and founders, mobilized 300 academic, tech, and industrial experts, created 1,100 direct and indirect jobs, and generated nearly $72 million in funding from public, private, and international partners. Built on an integrated model, from incubation and prototyping to market access, StartGate helps transform scientific research into industrial applications. The approach has enabled the emergence of technologies in agritech, green energy, healthtech, retail, AI, and fintech, and supported several projects through scale-up phases. With its new 3,912 m² campus, StartGate Rabat aims to bring the entrepreneurial ecosystem closer to national economic sectors and industrial networks. Located near ministries, regulators, universities, and industrial centers, the hub will act as a bridge between entrepreneurs, investors, public institutions, and industry. «We remain committed to what truly creates value: building strong tech startups, accelerating market entry, and opening scale-up paths toward Africa and beyond», said Yassine Laghzioui, Chief Entrepreneurship and Venturing Officer at UM6P. With advanced prototyping facilities, scientific data access, experimentation labs, and a growing network of partners, StartGate continues turning knowledge into concrete solutions for Morocco and Africa. At the continental level, StartGate now collaborates with institutions across more than 15 African countries and hosts a significant portfolio of African startups. Internationally, several incubated projects have already raised funds and validated their products with industrial groups and public operators.
