South African Third Eye Games has been announced as the winner of the Digital Lab Africa Acceleration Program in Video games.

The five person studio which is comprised of Nhlanhla Langa, Luyolo Mbatha, Nikita Naidoo, Lauren Walter and Mpumelelo Makhaza are deep into development of their 2 Player chaotic couch co-op puzzle game – Mo ‘n Fro spoke effusively about the news on social media.

“Eye am beyond thrilled to be selected as the winner of the 2025 Digital Lab Africa Acceleration Program in Video Games! This is such an exciting milestone for us, and especially for our project Mo ‘n Fro 🐸. The journey has been incredible so far, and this recognition energizes our entire team to keep pushing creative boundaries.

Eye would like to thank my amazing caretakers for getting us this far, Luyolo M., Mpumelelo Makhaza, Lauren Walter, Nikita Naidoo, and Nhlanhla L. Eye couldn’t have done this without you all. A huge thank you to Digital Lab Africa for believing in our vision. We can’t wait to show you what’s next!”

Created in 2016, Digital Lab Africa is an initiative of the French Institute and the French Embassy in South Africa, managed by the South African innovation hub Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct since 2018. 

The very idea of DLA is to offer emerging talents a springboard to fast-track their project’s development, with the support and expertise of DLA creative industries ecosystems in France and in Sub-Saharan African countries. It has incubated 48 projects since 2016.