30 Sub-Saharan African projects selected to compete at Digital Lab Africa Online Pitch Competition The Digital Lab Africa call for projects #2 closed with 730 entries from over 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. This overwhelming response confirms the importance and relevance of this program in supporting emerging talent (+200 applications compared to the first edition)! Digital [...]
[Press release] 30 Sub-Saharan African projects selected to compete at Digital Lab Africa Online Pitch Competition Johannesburg, 12th April, 2018 The Digital Lab Africa call for projects #2 closed with a bang on 25 February 2018 with 730 entries from over 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. This overwhelming response confirms the importance and relevance [...]
Cause and Effect Virtual reality category by Francis Kamibili-Mzembe & Rodney Jonathan Likaku | Malawi Against nature even man is an endangered species. Cause And Effect allows the player to join in on the climate change conversation, immersing them in an apocalyptic sub-Saharan Africa. The continent is burning, and as a climatologist working for [...]
II Worlds Virtual reality category by Arnaud van Vliet & Naomi van Niekerk | Dryfsand | South Africa We inhabit two worlds. The outer world, this is the world that we observe and physically engage with and the inner world, the world of our imagination, ideas, hopes, dreams and desires. The film ‘II Worlds’ seeks [...]
Jilinde Game Video game category by Musafiri Mbilinyi | Bongotoonz | TANZANIA The "Jilinde game" is a fun and interactive game that makes Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) more aware of HIV/AIDS and help her make the right decisions. The game takes the player through several obstacles and situations which the player has to be [...]
The Rotoscope Orchestra Digital music category by Magalela Mtshali | South Africa The Rotoscope Orchestra aims to perform live soundscapes to early 1900’s silent films. The project will bring these early pioneering films back into the public lexicon, but will also add an Afrocentric aesthetic to the films. The aim is to fuse eclectic soundscapes [...]
Last Night A Haircut Saved My Life Virtual reality category by Roxanne Dalton | South Africa Last Night a Haircut Saved My Life is a 7 min VR documentary exploring life in Cape Town’s gang ridden Lavender Hill through the means of a virtual haircut. Inspired by ‘The Virtual Barber’, this film will begin by [...]
Ashley Gnahoua Dailymotion Africa (France/Ivory Coast) DLA EXPERT After an education in administration and more than 8 years of experience in this field, Ashley GNAHOUA transformed her passion for communication and marketing into a profession. In October 2017, she joined Dailymotion Africa where she is now in charge of Community and Marketing Management for the continent.
m-MuZiik Digital music category by Patrick Mveng | m-MuZiik | CAMEROON m-MuZiik is a service that allows you to legally listen to an infinity of music on your mobile phone. Unlike other streaming services, m-MuZiik is compatible with any "classic" phone, which has no Internet coverage and the user does not need to download a mobile [...]
Drive Jozi Video game category by Ben Myres & Cukia Kimani | Nyamakop | SOUTH AFRICA Drive Jozi is a 3D vehicle combat game set in a playful post-apocalyptic South Africa. South African factions, cultures, and politics have had to adapt their ideologies to this new context. Yet, while the setting is dystopian, it has [...]
