Mobile games development company Usiku Games has developed a new game to help school-going children learn sign language and help them to communicate and connect with friends with hearing impairment.
Ethiopian casual games developer Qene Games have added Qene LiveOps to their growing library of tools, hinting at a grander strategic goal.
Noohkema Game Studios, the first game company of Noohkema Interactive Inc. releases the “early release version of Afro Warriors: Battle for Power on Google play.
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 well as inspire the next generation of creators and developers.
The following entry is a guest post from Ahmed Mohamed Maawy, co-founder of AAA Platforms. In the piece below he outlines the process and execution of their PC title, Mega Craet Box. Read his thoughts below:
Code Coven, the first global games industry accelerator for underrepresented talent, is offering full and partial scholarships for our Introduction to Game Making course, starting in October 2021. This part-time, remote course is entry level and no previous game development experience is required.
Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival & Wits School of the Arts, supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Goethe Institut in Nairobi & Dakar have joined forces to launch a bootcamp aimed at people in intermediary roles – more a business / publisher / aggregator / market role.
The second phase of the Digital Lab Africa (DLA) videogame cohort is approaching its end with the list of applicants now down to an impressive bunch of five excellent projects.
The African games co-production market presentation session by SpielFabrique took place online on the 25th of August, 2021. The presentation was done by Thierry Baujard, a co-founder at SpielFabrique which is a Franco-German accelerator focusing on young game studios.
This piece is a guest contribution from Wendi Ndaki. A freelance writer at the intersection of games, art and IT.
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