Ethiopian, Qene Games are looking to bolster their numbers by hosting a hackathon. Aimed at digital game developers, the event will allow participants to showcase their skills. They are looking for creative and passionate developers to join them in creating the next big thing in gaming.
Less than a year after its release date, Tunisian game development studio Nuked Cockroach through their CEO Aaron Bouchrit, announced that their game, Fighters Run, has surpassed a million downloads on Playstore.
A quintet of North African countries now have access to PC Game Pass. Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia along with thirty five other nations have been warmly embraced into the PC Game Pass community.
Relatively new to the scene, Dash Studios from Nigeria has wasted no time in releasing their first commercial product – Nouns. Founded in March 2022, the studio was launched to focus on creating games with commercial value. We believe the African idea can be world class, and we’re working to attain that. With half a […]
For those wishing to go the self publishing route, there also exist traders / distributors who can help a developer navigate the increasingly many and convoluted sales and distribution channels.
The developer friendly spaces below provide the level of support an indie from an emerging country needs to learn and launch their games.
Why is music composition in games important and for those keen to understand how to get into this line of work, what should you know? In this GIA Talks, we are joined by award winning music composer Elvira Björkman (Metal: Hellsinger) and Mark Allnutt, a South African composer and sound design engineer for Games and […]
Hosted in February, the GIA Talk: The State of the African Games Industry was an intimate online event that featured a mix of local and international speakers discussing the challenge of getting a full scope of the games industry.
Following a reshuffle of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) board, South African Limpo Moeti joins as one of several new additions.
South African Sea Monster continue on their quest to make an impact with Serious games by partnering with Nedbank to release their first game in Roblox.
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