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Major growth ahead for the African mobile games market
Carry1st's Mahmoud El-Azzeh on the potential and challenges of the African mobile games market and its place in the next decade
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Africa Accelerates
Africa’s gaming revenue is more than 90% mobile
Newzoo and Carry1st report reveals Africa stands on the precipice of $1 billion in gaming worth
Gaming Africa
Senegal sets up a new gaming hub
The country is aiming to become a focal point for West Africa’s gaming industry
New Partnership
Carry1st brings India’s esports Mobile Premier League to Africa
The service is being gradually rolled out throughout the continent
Africa’s Mobile Boom
Africa poised for explosion in mobile gaming
The continent’s unique place in the market offers wide-ranging opportunities for mobile gaming
Investment
African publisher Carry1st reports $27m funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures
One of Africa’s top mobile game publishers, Carry1st has partnered with numerous brands such as Riot Games and Call of Duty, leading to significant investment
2022 Highlights
BIG Stories of 2022 - The rise of mobile in new nations
2022 has seen major shifts in the mobile gaming industry, amongst them new markets and nations are rising or coming into vogue. Let’s take a look at the one to watch come 2023.
Insights
The future of the African mobile gaming market with Waheed Adam
Africa is one of the ones-to-watch when it comes to emerging gaming markets. Waheed Adam of iTouch offers us his insights into mobile movements in Africa
Events
Fifth African Games Week to be held in Cape Town, South Africa
Africa, one of many emerging markets in the mobile gaming industry, will be seeing its African Games Week hosted in Cape Town this December
News
Opportunity and difficulty in African internet adoption
Only 28% of users on the African continent utilise mobile data connections, as fixed broadband remains dominant. But the benefits of potential connectivity are profound
Guest Post
Mobile lessons from Africa
Mobile Ecosystem Forum's Waheed Adam on the African mobile landscape
African Opportunities
Developing games in Africa: “a 500 million-user market by 2030”
Olivier Madiba, CEO of Cameroon’s Kiro'o Games, speaks to PocketGamer.biz about opportunities in Africa
Rankings Revealed
Multiplayer and simulation games tussle for top spots in adjoe and Statista’s latest mobile games index
Rankings revealed: Data experts adjoe and Statista unveil the latest leaders in mobile gaming
Garena Of Africa
Carry1st raises $20 million to create the "Garena of Africa"
Will expand into the co-development of mobile games
Arising Africa
95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo
South Africa leads the way for player spending across the continent
Now Live
Tilting Point and Carry1st publish SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off in Africa
One game, 54 countries
Faster Faster
Applications now open for Carry1st and CrazyLabs' Cape Town-based hypercasual accelerator
First companies will start in September
New Market
Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa
Konvoy Ventures led the investment round
Poc In Mobile
"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
1.5 Million Users
Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa
"Social gaming is the largest and fastest-growing form of mobile media"
Europe, Middle East And Africa
Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020
App Annie data points to Supercell duo and Sybo Games megahit
Big Moves
Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more
Apple Music similarly being expanded to same countries
Indie
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
Teen Titan
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
New Subsidiary
India’s Nazara taps real-money games market in Kenya
New company NZWorld formed
Mena Expansion
PocketGamer.biz expands with new Arabic-language sister-site PocketGamer.me
Steel Media partners with leading Jordan games publisher Maysalward
Lift Off
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
Skills Development
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
Emerging Markets
Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues
Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets
Mobile Games Revenues 2020
Global mobile game revenues expected to hit $64.9 billion in 2020
Newzoo and AppLift partner to share the details
Super Abiko Run
Maliyo Games' Aboki Run becomes the first Nigeria-made game to be featured on Google Play
A big leap for a small game
Still In Season
Koukoi Games pushing Crashing Season into Middle East and North Africa markets
Working with Maysalward to make the move
Unity In Africa
Unity to hold its first Unity Certification exam in Africa at West African Gaming Expo
Taking place on 8 November 2016