February 23, 2022 - February 25, 2022
Africa Games Week 2022
This is the industry curated event that strives to shine a spotlight on the creatives and businesses rising around Africa.
February 23, 2022 - February 25, 2022
This is the industry curated event that strives to shine a spotlight on the creatives and businesses rising around Africa.
FEB
23
FEB
25
Hybrid Event(Virtual & Cape Town, South Africa)
10 a.m.
AFRICA GAMES WEEK is the largest gathering of African game developers, exporter and leaders in the world and this year is pushing the boundaries to make sure the African industry is meeting and building a community to develop the industry.
The AFRICAN GAME INDUSTRY has recently had a massive boost of interest with new co-production treaties, and new studios and education facilities being launched which is super exciting for the future.
This is the industry curated event that strives to shine a spotlight on the creatives and businesses rising around Africa.
Our mandate is to Discover, Engage, Connect and Expose the amazing talents and opportunities that exist and we can only do that by developing a community of African Game Industry representatives that can lead the narrative.
This year the AFRICA GAMES WEEK is dynamically focused on developing relationships between the industry and it verticals and hosts 3 key Conferences under its banner including; MAKE GAMES AFRICA, Games for Change Africa and Africa StreamCon.
10:00 City of Cape Town – Introduction / Nick Hall Intro + Host
10:30 “Serious games, serious business, serious opportunities – Setting context”
11:05 Developing the African Gaming Ecosystem long-term: Cooperation between Africa and Europe
11:50 Game Education Across Africa
12:35 XBOX GAME STUDIOS – Chris Douglas – Gaming as a Career & Launch of Microsoft Game Camp 2022
13:20 Lunch
14:15 Indie Games are Exclusionary
15:00 The Johana Riquier Show & Gamerging
15:45 Finding Sponsors and Getting Paid (How to Make Money from Livestreaming)
16:30 Streaming Gear and Tech to Enhance your stream and Why you need it
17:10 Why are serious games important for learning, in an African and global context
18:15 GAEL LEVEL
19:00 NORDIC GAME DISCOVERY CONTEST
20:00 AFTER PARTY with BANDS
The African Gaming scene has seen an upsurge in the last decade.
According to a report by Quartz Africa, Mobile gamers are behind the rise of gaming in sub-Saharan Africa.
The "DT Africa Live Series" by Digital Times Africa takes a deep dive, uncovering relevant trends making an impact on the African Digital Ecosystem.
On this episode of DT Africa Live, our guests will take a deep dive into the African Creative & Learning Economy, discussing the role of Games Development in accelerating innovation, learning, and sociocultural dynamics (a case study of the African Games Week).
Live stream (21st February, 2022)
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