"The studios that win here will be the ones who understood the conditions that actually exist, not the ones chasing a market size number that doesn't reflect their reality"

Several founders warn that treating Africa as a single gaming market ignores the continent’s diverse economic and payment realities

The publishers and developers to watch in the Middle East and North Africa region

Each startup secured $300,000 in funding plus access to global mentorship

Funding will accelerate work on ALI, a story-driven 2D isometric stealth game set in Egyptian folklore

FitNot Games founder Abdallah Elshabrawy on the African games market and the region's latent potential

Our first ever list celebrating the best developers and publishers in the Middle East and North Africa region