Born out of an ambition to unearth, train and support the next generation of gaming talents from across the African continent, GameUp’s return for the third year is a success that highlights the thirst for knowledge and a need for structured games industry education.
Ayo Ayomide has been selectedd to join the 2024 GDC Program. An initiative run by the International Game developers Association. In an application round that garnered a record-breaking 750 applications, he beat off stiff competition to be one of 75 selected.
After some time away, GIA is back to report on some of the industry goings on across the continent. There have been some game releases and significant strides taken in the name of collaboration and knowledge sharing. Your news roundup is below:
GIA is taking a break and will return in August.
The Gaming Academy is BACK for its third edition! For those of you that don’t know, the Gaming Academy is an initiative to help ANYONE make games and learn how to make them through sessions on design, development, art, music, storytelling, and business.
Ghanaian outfit, Leti Arts, has recently lifted the veil on a new puzzle game still under development.
South African based indie studio, Tiny Baby Crown which is fronted by Estelle Makhoba has been selected to join Black Game Developer Fund.
In this GIA Talks, we were joined by award winning music composer Elvira Björkman (Metal: Hellsinger) and Mark Allnutt, a South African composer and sound design engineer for Games and Films/TV Shows.
The French Embassy in Senegal alongside a consortium that includes Masseka Game Studio through its president Teddy Kossoko, has signed an agreement to finance the establishment of a gaming hub in Senegal.
The Cav# Platform a project of the Goethe-Institut and Wits Digital Arts are looking for women in South Africa, Kenya and Senegal who are working (or are interested in starting to work) as Intermediaries within Digital Creative Industries (DCIs).
News, views and resources for the african makers and shakers of videogames.
