The 30 DLA#3 finalist projects have been announced! Our DLA experts reviewed all the applications and here they are... 6 projects per category (Animation, Digital Music, Video Game, Virtual Reality) will compete in the Online Final Pitch Competition, from the 15th to the 28th of April 2019. The 10 winners will be announced on the [...]
The famous Johannesburg media marketplace hosted Tshimologong and the DLA to kick off the 2018 call for projects From the 14th to the 16th of November 2018, DISCOP, the “One Stop Shop” for B2B content in Africa, organised its 6th edition of its market in Johannesburg. Launched in 2012, the event is now the first content production [...]
Triggerfish Animation, Afrika Toon, Sacem, Gaité Lyrique, Camera Lucida… in 2018, new partners are joining Digital Lab Africa to incubate next-gen talent in Africa. Winning applicants of DLA’s second edition will be accompanied by its whole ecosystem made of the best French and Sub-Saharan African experts and companies in multimedia field. The objective of DLA’s [...]
The 7th Turn, Reborn: the Tryptich, Area Daddy, Points and Baziks Pulse are the DLA 1st edition winning projects... check out their success story in video! The 7th Turn by Shariffa Ali & Yetunde Dada (South Africa) - VIRTUAL REALITY Area Daddy by Ayodele Elegba (Nigeria) - WEB CREATION Reborn: the Tryptich by Greg [...]
Second edition of Digital Lab Africa to kick off at DISCOP Johannesburg! DISCOP Johannesburg (25-27 October) is the world's number one destination to acquire and co-produce content "Made in Africa" and sell international film, television and digital content into Sub-Saharan Africa. Digital Lab Africa- DLA, a springboard and an incubation platform for African talent [...]
Africade is the first ever exhibition to focus on video games from Africa Africade: Contemporary Games from Africa is an art exhibit that will be taking place at the African Studies Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 29 July to 1 December 2017. The event was initiated by Ben Myers, South African game developer, co- founder of Nyamakop studio [...]
Work’D team is getting ready to tackle the financial & marketing sides of their video game Points Work’D CEO Kaba Diakité Amadou and CMO Wilfried-Désiré Mantognet Ouonouan arrived in Valenciennes on 5 June for a week-long residency in France with its DLA mentor, CCCP CEO Matthieu Richez. CCCP’s team, a game studio specialized in indie [...]
The 3 finalists projects of the DLA Serious Game category. Pitch competition : 2 November, 14.00-15.30 Jury members : Jordy Embun (Producer, CCCP studio), Nicholas HALL (CEO, Interactive Entertainment South Africa and founder, Make Games SA), Frédéric Chambon (Producer, Digital Lab Africa). # MTOTO FIRST AID Learning first aid to toddlers on PC & mobile Musafiri Mbilinyi / Bongotoonz Animation [...]
Aurion released by French Plug-in-Digital awarded at A Maze Johannesburg Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is an epic action RPG set in a wonderful African Fantasy world with a unique, open and dynamic fighting gameplay. The video game produced by Kiro’o Games (Cameroon) had been awarded with « The Most Thought-Provoking System of Show Award » at A Maze – International Games and [...]
