Check Out The Winners of the Digital Lab Africa Pitch Competition
After about 2 weeks of voting, the winners of the third Digital Lab Africa Pitch competition have been announced. Digital Lab Africa (DLA) is a platform and a call for projects dedicated to creative content linked with innovation in Africa…
Vote Your Favorite Creators in the Digital Lab Africa 2019 Pitch Competition
Writing about the implications of Netflix greenlighting Mama K’s Super 4, the first animated show from Africa on the streamer, we argued that more pitching initiatives and storytelling labs were the way to go in bringing creative projects to life….
Ayodele Elegba’s Area Daddy Animation Gets the Production Greenlight
France’s Lagardere Studios, Senegal’s Keewu Productions and Nigeria’s Spoof Media are producing Area Daddy, a new animated series based on Ayodele Elegba’s winner of the first edition of Digital Lab Africa’s transmedia category in 2016. Mentored by Alexandre Rideau, director of Keewu Productions,…
African Animation Network, Digital Lab Africa Team for Transmedia Pitch Category
As seen on Animation Magazine with slight modifications (links and video insertions), May 10, 2017. Post by Mercedes Miligan. Following last month’s announcement of the pitch competition partnership between DISCOP, the African Animation Network and Annecy International Animation Film Festival &…
It’s Time to Boost Your Game Dev Chops at the MTN Game Developers Conference
Playing online video games in Ghana is an extreme sport if you’re using any of the 4 major internet service providers. Thankfully, MTN eases the pain by a long mile and it is by far the fastest and most stable…
Accra Animation Film Festival 2019: A Triumph for African Animation!
What does animation as an expressive medium look like in Accra and Africa? That’s what the maiden edition of the Accra Animation Film Festival (AAFFia) answered. Accra came alive and was animated at Basecamp Initiative from July 27th – August…
Creative Events in Accra Between Now and August You Shouldn’t Miss
The summertime calendar in Accra is chock-full of unique creative events that will keep your creative juices flowing and at the same time, serve you a healthy dose of entertainment, inspiration and a good look at all the exciting things…
Game Devs – Gear Up for Global Game Jam 2019
Ready to test your game development chops? Gear up for Global Game Jame 2019
The African Geek Calendar 2019
What’s a full 365 days without any exclusive events for creators (designers, game devs, illustrators, cool writers etc), geeks and fanboys and girls alike to attend? Boring, regular, normal – traits that are as far away from you as Pluto…
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