Nigerian based Jumia has partnered with Mondia, a leading technology company which specializes in the marketing and distribution of digital content to launch Jumia Games.
Faku’gesi Festival returns for its sixth year, to celebrate technology and creativity by Africans for Africa. Under the theme #POWERTOTHEPIXEL, the 2020 festival aims to bring regional and international audiences together through three major focus areas of AFRICAN DIGITAL ART, HERITAGE & TECHNOLOGY, and the ever-popular gaming-centred FAK’UGESI ARCADE The Festival kicks off on October […]
Hot off the heels of various supportive moves by some of the industrys elite corporations. Epic has entered the fray by funding the latest education venture from the continent – dubbed African Gamedev.
Another indication that Unity is looking to swoop in and lockdown the throngs of growing mobile developers has emerged in the form of their recently announced Game Growth Program.
Prosearium founder, Zambian game developer and one of the organizers of the Global Game Jam in the Sub-Saharan region, Sithe Ncube has been named as strategic advisor to Humble Bundles Black Game Developers Fund along with Justin Woodward, founder of The Mix.
Africa Esports Championship (AEC) is posting an open call to bring some of the local game dev talent together under a showcase event. Their aim is to foster friendship among African countries via esports.
Whilst the definition of the modern publisher has become fluid, the notion of a truly African publisher felt like a pipe dream five years ago. A lot has changed since Ubisoft’s 18 year experiment to gain a foothold in Morocco turned sour and they called it quits in 2016. However, the last couple of years […]
Nigerian studio, Maliyo Games are celebrating the success of their latest casual game, Whot King card game, which has been featured on the Nigerian App store.
In February, earlier this year Nigerian based, Gbrossoft announced their decision to postpone their game Outliver: Tribulation, citing a need to polish and bolster the games structure and game play.
Team Lazerbeam and The Superweaks are massively stoked to announce the release of Teenage Blob’s “Extended Play” update. The Cape Town based studio had their colourful artsy looking -punk sounding hybrid in a unique split release with The Superweaks funded by the makers of SUPERHOT.
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