Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan

At the International Space Summit currently underway in Paris, France, Bobur Khodjayev, Head of the Department for Financial Technologies, Digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence under the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Minister of Digital Technologies Sherzod Shermatov held a meeting with Yuriy Kotikov, Head of Eastern Europe at Voodoo.

The meeting addressed developing Uzbekistan's GameDev ecosystem in partnership with the company.

In particular, the parties were briefed on the country's gaming industry, its strategy in the sector, and the conditions created for GameDev companies.

For their part, Voodoo representatives expressed interest in the Uzbek market and stated their readiness to help bring local gaming startups to international markets.

The parties also explored opportunities to establish educational programs under Voodoo Academy, as well as to jointly organize hackathons.

In addition, plans were made to organize meetings with local gaming studios, assess their potential, and establish cooperation to bring promising projects to international markets.