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 Hello, thanks for dropping by.I have been writing for PreMortem games for a couple of years now and it has been a great experience.It has been an honour to interview some amazing people who are making waves in the African video games industry. I hope their stories inspire you as much as they inspire me. Here you go:PreMortem Game Articles by Wendi Ndaki

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 It took Caleb Mantey, CTO and Co-founder of Ghanaian-based Relu Interactives, 5 years of constant rejection for his company’s innovative gamified simulation to catch a break. In August 2023, his breakthrough arrived in the form of a 150,000 Ghanaian Cedi (GHC) award and an additional 50,000 GHC personal contribution by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.Continue reading here: 

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Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story. Olivier Madiba recalls playing games on warm sunny afternoons at his

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Meet the creative mind behind AKOIA & Company, Nyambura M. Waruingi and her spectacular innovation. She is not just developing a new game, she’s creating an entirely new experience that challenges everything we thought we knew about gaming. The Ground Screams To Whisper is not your typical game and neither is it just one thing, it’s a graphic novel, a puzzle game, a VR game and an album. It’s

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 Mancala games are two-player turn-based strategy board games played by moving small stones, beans or seeds across holes on a wooden board or tiny pits on the earth. Let's explore 5 African game studios that have developed modern Mancala-style games.

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 Dr Tegan Bristow works in the Digital Arts Department at the Wits School of Arts at the University of Witswatersrand located in Johannesburg. She works at the intersection of art, science and technology.The intersection of art and technology entails the practice of art within a technological space for instance animation, gaming or virtual reality. While the intersection of art and science

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 Kennedy Kyalo's work exudes excellence. It is so good that he got to work with a famous Kenyan musician called Juacali because his followers could simply not help but recommend him as one of the best animators in the country. I got a chance to chat with him on his journey as a Kenyan 3D Generalist and I'd like to invite you to join me in learning more about him. This is part 4.

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 Kennedy Kyalo's work exudes excellence. It is so good that he got to work with a famous Kenyan musician called Juacali because his followers could simply not help but recommend him as one of the best animators in the country. I got a chance to chat with him on his journey as a Kenyan 3D Generalist and I'd like to invite you to join me in learning more about him. This is part 3.

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 Kennedy Kyalo's work exudes excellence. It is so good that he got to work with a famous Kenyan musician called Juacali because his followers could simply not help but recommend him as one of the best animators in the country. I got a chance to chat with him on his journey as a Kenyan 3D Generalist and I'd like to invite you to join me in learning more about him. This is part 2.

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 Kennedy Kyalo's work exudes excellence. It is so good that he got to work with a famous Kenyan musician called Juacali because his followers could simply not help but recommend him as one of the best animators in the country. I got a chance to chat with him on his journey as a Kenyan 3D Generalist and I'd like to invite you to join me in learning more about him. This is part 1.

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 Gamification is key when it comes to experiential learning, this is because gamification is the use of the game concepts and aesthetics that make games fun in non-game environments in this case finance to positively motivate behaviour.In this video, we will explore why simulations help learners recall 90% of what they learn through doing and look at how a fun financial "game" from Africa is

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  This video is under the impactful stories segment. It follows the inspiring story of Lual Mayen a Sudanese refugee who is making a difference in refugee camps.

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In this video, you will learn about more funding opportunities for African Game Developers, when and why they started and most importantly how much they offer.

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 To read this piece head on over to Games Industry Africa through this linkIf you prefer watching then you are in luck. Use the YouTube link below to learn about 5 invaluable funds for African Game Developers.

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 To read this piece head on over to Games Industry Africa through this link.If you prefer watching then you are in luck. Use the YouTube link below to learn about what Internet of Elephants is doing with gamification in conservation.

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 In this video, I take you through an introduction to extended reality (XR), explain what it is and how it is growing on the African continent.

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  In this video you will get to learn about 5 gamification solutions from the Global South with examples from some African countries and Mexico.  

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  This is a 4-minute animated video on gamification. You will learn about gamification and some popular gamification examples.  

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 I recently started an animated YouTube channel where I convert my written content into video format. This piece was posted on my medium follow the link below if you prefer reading, and enjoy the videos if you are like me and love animations.READ MORE ...    

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I recently started a Vlog. It is an Animated YouTube Channel and is something that I have wanted to do since 2017.You can see what I envisioned it as on my profile in the Creative Entrepreneurship class I attended that year.It took longer than expected but the most important thing is it eventually happened. The following are the first two vlogs I have created so far and I'm super excited!

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 It feels great to be celebrated and it was such an honour to get featured on the Prosearium website. Prosearium is an initiative started by Sithe Ncube a Zambian based in South Africa to document 1000 African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games. Prosearium.net is taking a step forward to increase the participation of African women in game

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Kesho pia ni siku is Swahili and loosely translates to tomorrow is a new day.My mentor Ng'endo Mukii over the December holidays hired me for some transcription work.I have done a couple of transcription work for her but this one was a little special.I got to listen to her conversations with her mother a strong and very inspiring woman entrepreneur.The stories shared were deep and emotional and I

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We won! What a way to start 2021.Over the years, on my journey in the Game Development Industry, I have been blessed with great friends. So when I found out that we as the Moran StoryLab would be participating in an all-female XR Hackathon this month I reached out to my friend Roy for some advice. Roy had participated in the previous XR (extended reality) Hackathon by the same

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I remember watching my desk mate and fellow classmates walk past me during assembly to the front of the podium to receive gifts for doing well in exams . While this happened I would wonder when it would ever be me. At times I would daydream walking up the podium to get my Cadbury chocolate for grades well earned. Yet again and again, I would wake up and find myself in the same place leading on

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In the spirit of following my passion for the fusion of art and technology, I recently participated in a hackathon called Hack Ur Culture. The aim of the hackathon was to come up with technology solutions for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums based in Africa during this Covid 19 period where their foot traffic has been adversely affected. My team called Hack Circle submitted two

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