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Tag: Africa
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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