Games Industry Africa

Africa Games Week 2026 Returns to Cape Town with Focus on Building Africa’s Gaming Future

by vbassey

3 min read – August 7, 2026

Africa Games Week (AGW), the continent’s largest annual gathering of game developers, publishers and industry leaders, will return to Cape Town from 6 to 8 December 2026, organisers have confirmed. Now a fixture on the African games calendar since 2018, AGW has established itself as the leading business event for the continent’s gaming industry. Its […]

Supercell Launches Equity-Free Grants for African Game Studios

by vbassey

3 min read – August 5, 2026

Supercell has opened applications for the first cohort of its Developer Grants Program, introducing one of the largest equity-free funding initiatives dedicated exclusively to African game development studios. The programme offers grants ranging from US$20,000 to US$200,000, providing selected studios with capital to accelerate game development while retaining full ownership of their companies and intellectual […]

France and Morocco Expand Partnership to Support Africa’s Film and Games Industries

by vbassey

3 min read – August 3, 2026

France and Morocco have signed a new declaration of intent that seeks to strengthen cooperation across Africa’s cinema, audiovisual and video game industries, marking another step towards greater continental collaboration in the creative economy. Signed on 16 July, the agreement establishes a framework for deeper collaboration between the two countries while paving the way for […]

Cape Town’s Pressure Cooker Studios Scores Big with Riot Games

by vbassey

4 min read – June 29, 2026

Cape Town-based music and audio studio Pressure Cooker Studios has reached a new high point in its career, having now composed original music for three significant League of Legends releases from Riot Games. The studio delivered the score for the champion theme of Locke, The Ashen Exorcist, the music for the Back from the Brink […]

Afro Game Showcase Debuts With 22 Titles Spotlighting African and Diaspora Talent

by vbassey

3 min read – June 25, 2026

The African games industry reached a new milestone this week with the launch of the first-ever Afro Game Showcase, a broadcast event dedicated entirely to games made by African creators and the wider diaspora. Streamed live on YouTube at 7 p.m. UTC, the showcase was hosted in both French and English by Jennifer Lufau and […]

Galaxy Pilgrim: Inside the Nigerian Contributions to Yellow Emperor Games’ Three-Year Passion Project

by vbassey

2 min read – June 24, 2026

Yellow Emperor Games has released the reveal trailer for Galaxy Pilgrim, an atmospheric pixel art sci-fi platformer with a remote, globally distributed team that includes several Nigerian developers contributing to its art, design, and voice work. Galaxy Pilgrim is a physics-based platformer built around pinball-like momentum mechanics, where players are never able to simply stand […]

GamesConnect AFRICA Launches Open Call for gamescom dev Scholarships

by vbassey

2 min read – June 22, 2026

GamesConnect AFRICA, a Goethe-Institut initiative dedicated to strengthening the African games ecosystem, has announced an open call for applications to the gamescom dev 2026 Scholarship Programme. Developed in collaboration with Gamescom Dev (previously Devcom) and Gamescom, the initiative seeks to support talented individuals from across Africa who face financial, structural or personal barriers to attending […]

Applications Open for Roots & Pixels Programme Bringing African Women Game Developers to Belgium

by vbassey

2 min read – June 19, 2026

Applications are now open for Roots & Pixels, a fully funded international training programme offering female-identifying game developers from South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda an opportunity to participate in a two-week development programme hosted in Belgium. The initiative, scheduled to run from 15–26 March 2027, will bring together a cohort of 17 female game developers […]

Arabic Games and Devcom Open Scholarship Applications for North African Developers

by vbassey

2 min read – June 17, 2026

Arabic Games has announced the return of its Diversity & Access Scholarship programme in partnership with Devcom, offering game developers from across the MENA region an opportunity to attend some of the games industry’s most influential networking and business events this August in Cologne, Germany. The initiative aims to increase representation and accessibility for developers […]

Narratify Launches Afro Game Showcase to Spotlight African Games on the Global Stage

by vbassey

2 min read – June 16, 2026

Agency Narratify has announced the launch of the Afro Game Showcase, a digital event that aims to elevate African-made games and developers onto the global stage. Scheduled for June 25, the showcase will stream live on YouTube and feature trailers, gameplay reveals, and developer interviews from more than 20 upcoming PC and mobile games created […]

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Africa Games Week 2026 Returns to Cape Town with Focus on Building Africa’s Gaming Future

Supercell Launches Equity-Free Grants for African Game Studios

France and Morocco Expand Partnership to Support Africa’s Film and Games Industries

Cape Town’s Pressure Cooker Studios Scores Big with Riot Games

Afro Game Showcase Debuts With 22 Titles Spotlighting African and Diaspora Talent

Galaxy Pilgrim: Inside the Nigerian Contributions to Yellow Emperor Games’ Three-Year Passion Project

GamesConnect AFRICA Launches Open Call for gamescom dev Scholarships

Applications Open for Roots & Pixels Programme Bringing African Women Game Developers to Belgium

Arabic Games and Devcom Open Scholarship Applications for North African Developers

Narratify Launches Afro Game Showcase to Spotlight African Games on the Global Stage

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Highlights

GIA State of the African Games Industry Report 2026

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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