Kevin Nyango
TechinAfrica – ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, August 7, 2018/– Some of African game developers will be participating in the devcom at the 10th annual party of gamescom which will take place in Cologne, Germany on August 19th to August 20th.
The five studios are from various African countries and background, such as MASSEKA GAME STUDIO (http://Kissoro-Tribal-Game.com/) from Central African Republic, STUDIO LOMAY(https://www.Lomaytech.com/) which represents Madagascar, MOG MEDIA DESIGN (https://MogMediaDesign.itch.io/) from Nigeria, WEZA INTERACTIVE (https://WezaIe.itch.io/) which represents Kenya, and FRONTFIRE (https://Twitter.com/onizumuthegame?lang=en) from Algeria.
The event will be held at Koelnmesse International Fair and Exhibition Center (ail Est). These African games developers will go on the section “Africa Corner by Paradise Game”. It’s especially designed for African’s video games to have the same chance to get acknowledged professionally. Even more, to show their culture throughout the games they have developed.
A founder and CEO of Paradise Game (http://ParadiseGame.net/), Sidick Bakayoko, stated: “We have a dream to use video games as the key of African economy as well as to have millions of Africans get a job. We need to earn an international publicity and outstanding African game developers to introduce their games to the world.”
The video games industry, especially mobile games, brings lots of profit approximately 100 billion dollars worldwide. Africa has potential users with 500 million of them own a smartphone.
The industry gives opportunities to game developers as well as Africans to have jobs. Even more, it is also useful to introduce African cultures to the world. Paradise Game takes its chance on the mission to make African games get an exposure and known widely.
About Paradise Game
Paradise Game (http://ParadiseGame.net/) hosted the first major video game and e-Sport festival in Africa, the FEJA (Festival de L’Electronique et du Jeu vidéo d’Abidjan – (www.FEJA.ci), and an African TV Show, Paradise which was dedicated to the industry players.
