Kenyan mobile game outfit – Mesmerize Studio have released their first full game – Explosive Math. Helmed by Moses Mbugua, the title is the studios first proper attempt at making a free to play casual game and had been in development for 5 months. Commenting on the project which was built using Unity, Moses said; […]
CEO of Kiro’o Games, Olivier Madiba is the very definition of a pioneer. Renowned for starting one of the first game studios in West Africa, the first African RPG (Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan) and most recently a crowdfunded investment call that has garnered huge support and general acclaim, you could say taking the lead […]
The Serious About Games initiative – launched in 2016 by the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi), supported by Interactive Entertainment South Africa (IESA), Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) has produced its first report on the state of the industry. As an introduction to the initiative, the report provides a definition of the concept […]
The ADMI team explains the exciting things that the AppFactory has to offer, the opportunities available in the market and tips on what will set them apart in the industry. In March 2019, ADMI announced a partnership with Microsoft designed to provide a gateway into the job market for a lot of aspiring game developers. […]
African gaming advocate and games business development manager at Unity was one of the key speakers at the recent MTN Gaming Conference in Accra. In a panel with other luminaries from the blossoming industry, explored ways to create and market engaging and revolutionary games that would put Ghana on the games industry map. GIA pulled […]
In 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced the launch of a government initiative to train 10,000 young Egyptians to become gaming and app developers within the next three years as well as support the establishment of 100 companies specialised in these sectors across Egypt and Africa. AGDA aims to tackle the goal head on […]
Johannesburg based outfit, Cali4ways have released a new trailer for their upcoming action title – Boet Fighter. According to an update to the games Steam page, which reads: It’s a side-scrolling 2D ,platform, beat ém up in the style of Double Dragon and Golden Axe, and with a smidgen of Street Fighter and a sprinkle or two of creatine, and some grey-legal-area performance enhancing chemicals imported from […]
Dawit Abraham is an award-winning Game Developer and Android Application Engineer with a sound background in the fields of Native Android Application Development. He is also the CEO of Ethiopias sole game development studio, Qene Technologies – makers of Kukulu mobile game. In a brief profile, he highlights some of the challenges faced by local […]
Since late 2017, interdisciplinary teams from 15 African countries conceived ideas and visions for their cities and turned them into game experiences. Playable on mobile phones, 15 location-based games have been created under the moniker – Enter Africa. They are made for everybody keen to actively anticipate and engage with their cities’ transformation and to […]
TECNO, the leading mobile phone brand in Africa, today announced the launch of the latest 3G smart feature phone T901, the first TECNO device running on KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones. This is a significant step for both companies in closing the digital divide by bringing users–previously inhibited by device […]
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