Video Games made-in-Africa reach the Global Scene during Devcom Thanks to Paradise Game, ahead of Gamescom 2018

Source: www.africa-newsroom.com --- Tuesday, August 07, 2018
For the 10th anniversary of GamesCom, during the largest European game convention, several African game developers will participate in devcom, the interdependent game developer conference that will be held from August 19th to August 20th 2018 in Cologne, Germany. Five independent studios coming from different countries and with a different background will make the trip to Cologne. There will be MASSEKA GAME STUDIO (https://ift.tt/2AQ6gG9) that represents Central African Republic, STUDIO LOMAY (https://ift.tt/2vsxVrJ) from Madagascar, MOG MEDIA DESIGN (https://ift.tt/2AVyxeq) studio from Niger, WEZA INTERACTIVE (https://WezaIe.itch.io/) studio from Kenya, and FRONTFIRE (https://ift.tt/2OOOF4t) studio from Algeria. Hosted at Koelnmesse International Fair and Exhibition Center (ail Est), the African game developers will be in a section named “Africa Corner by Paradise Game”. This area will be dedicated to video games made in Africa and will offer these developers the opportunity to show their games to industry professionals, as well as to showcase the African culture through their games. Sidick Bakayoko, Founder and CEO of Paradise Game (https://ift.tt/2AQbPEH), said: “Our dream is to have video games as one of the main driver of the African economy, and as a way to employ millions of people throughout the continent. In order to get there, we need a strong ecosystem with game developers fr ...

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