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Applications now open for Carry1st and CrazyLabs' Cape Town-based hypercasual accelerator News May 27th, 2021

Applications now open for Carry1st and CrazyLabs' Cape Town-based hypercasual accelerator

First companies will start in September

Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa News May 4th, 2021

Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa

Konvoy Ventures led the investment round

"I know for many of my colleagues I’m the first and possibly only Black person they have ever interacted with" Interview Mar 19th, 2021

"I know for many of my colleagues I’m the first and possibly only Black person they have ever interacted with"

Wooga writer Amanda Gicharu journey from East Africa to Berlin

Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa News May 28th, 2020

Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa

"Social gaming is the largest and fastest-growing form of mobile media"

Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020 News May 27th, 2020

Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020

App Annie data points to Supercell duo and Sybo Games megahit

Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more News Apr 21st, 2020

Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more

Apple Music similarly being expanded to same countries

as Google’s Indie Games Accelerator is back, and now open to 37 countries News Apr 18th, 2019

Google’s Indie Games Accelerator is back, and now open to 37 countries

Google opens up its indie program to developers in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America

16 year-old’s South African game nabs 100k downloads in 24 hours after App of the Day promotion News Jun 19th, 2018

16 year-old’s South African game nabs 100k downloads in 24 hours after App of the Day promotion

Torus chosen as Game of the Day in 137 countries, downloaded 100,000 times in 24 hours

as India’s Nazara taps real-money games market in Kenya News Jun 4th, 2018

India’s Nazara taps real-money games market in Kenya

New company NZWorld formed

as PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me News May 9th, 2018

PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me

Steel Media partners with leading Jordan games publisher Maysalward

Game Insight taps up Tamatem to publish Airport City in the Middle East and North Africa News Apr 25th, 2018

Game Insight taps up Tamatem to publish Airport City in the Middle East and North Africa

The Arabic version of the game will be released on iOS and Android

as Google puts up 15,000 online scholarships for new and experienced African developers News Mar 27th, 2018

Google puts up 15,000 online scholarships for new and experienced African developers

10,000 of the scholarships will go to beginners while 5,000 will go to those with over one-year of experience

1 as Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues Comment & Opinion Jul 25th, 2017

Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues

Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets

Global mobile game revenues expected to hit $64.9 billion in 2020 News Jun 26th, 2017

Global mobile game revenues expected to hit $64.9 billion in 2020

Newzoo and AppLift partner to share the details

Maliyo Games' Aboki Run becomes the first Nigeria-made game to be featured on Google Play News Dec 9th, 2016

Maliyo Games' Aboki Run becomes the first Nigeria-made game to be featured on Google Play

A big leap for a small game

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