Rojeh Maher Unveils Coco’s Fashion, a Hand-Drawn Bear-Driven Fashion Empire Game
Electronic Arts Unveils The Sims 4: Royalty and Legacy, Blending Dynasty Drama With African Creative Collaboration
Xbox Game Camp Africa 2025 Reveals 18 Game Studios Selected Across 12 African Countries
Ghana’s Leti Arts Makes a Bold Leap into PC Gaming with Karmzah
Ghanaian game studio Leti Arts has long been known for its innovative mobile titles inspired by African history and storytelling. Now, the studio is marking a defining evolution: a strategic pivot from mobile development to PC gaming with the launch of its first PC title, Karmzah. Karmzah is based on the groundbreaking comic by Ghanaian […]
GIAA 2025 Winners
Games Industry Africa Awards (GIAA) is an initiative to recognise, celebrate as well as promote the diverse portfolio of video games from the continent annually. The industry in Africa is largely, but still relatively nascent compared to its geographical contemporaries. An acknowledgement of the pool of talent is a way to aid continuous growth as […]
Africa Games Week 2025 — Summary
Africa Games Week (AGW) 2025 firmly established itself as Africa’s leading B2B games industry event, marked by record-setting commercial activity, new structural government support, and major investment announcements from global partners. One of the most significant milestones of this year’s edition was the launch of the inaugural AGW Awards. This first-ever ceremony recognised eight outstanding […]
New 2025 Gaming in Africa Report Reveals Mobile-First Market and Strong Demand for Cultural Representation
GeoPoll and the Pan Africa Gaming Group released the 2025 Gaming in Africa Report during the Games for Change Africa Day event at Africa Games Week in Cape Town. The study, which now spans six countries and includes responses from more than 6,000 players, provides a detailed view of a gaming market that is expanding […]
Clockwork Acorn’s Latest Release, esCargo, Signals Momentum for Its Growing Studio
Clockwork Acorn’s latest release, esCargo, has officially launched on their Itch.io page, offering a compact trading adventure that reflects both the studio’s evolving creative direction and the contributions of its newly expanded team. The game, originally created for Ludum Dare 58, marks the first completed project produced by the studio since growing from a small […]
Joinplay Games Unveils Amma™: Chronicles of Lost Stars Tease Trailer
After years of quiet work, patient world-building, and the resilience required to overcome the unique challenges faced by many African developers, a new star is beginning to shine. From the heart of Cameroon, Joinplay Games has unveiled the first early teaser for Amma™: Chronicles of Lost Stars—an ambitious Afro-fantasy adventure rooted deeply in Dogon cosmology […]
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GIAA 2025 Winners
State of African Games Industry – H1 2025
State of the African Games Industry 2025 – PC Edition
Presenting the GIAA 2024 Winners
African Game Developer Resource Kit – Publishing and Distribution Support
African Game Developer Resource Kit – Funding and Financing
State of the African Games Industry 2023
African Games Industry overview – Country Reports
State of the African Games Industry 2022
2021 African Games Industry Trends
GIA People of the Year
The Great Divide
2020 African Games Industry Trends
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