Meet Lwazi Msipha, The Self-taught African Animator Behind The New Cartoon Network Show
Originally published by Forbes Africa, written by Karen Mwendera South Africa’s emerging animation industry has a new star in creative entrepreneur Lwazi Msipha, who has just debuted a first-of-its-kind African cartoon show on a global network. Imagine if you could draw…
Digital Lab Africa 4 Winners Announced at Annecy Online
The winners of Digital Lab Africa 4, or (DLA#4 for short) have been announced. The winners were announced in an online ceremony as part of Annecy Online, the virtual edition of the animation festival in France. Digital Lab Africa (DLA)…
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 &…
