Happy New Month.
How time flies... It's June already
Happy New month to you !!!
Looks like this year is going by quickly. Wishing you all the strength and resources to push through and achieve your goals.
We are very excited about the coming months, as the industry is about to get really busy. We wrapped up May in style with Meridian Meetups Lagos. It was such pleasure to meet up with the amazing Game and XR developers in Lagos , Nigeria after such a while.
Expect pictures and videos on our socials in the coming days!
To keep everyone updated and ensure people are up-to-speed on upcoming events and activities, we created what we call the “Sacred Timeline” , highlighting events that would be happening from now till October 4, 2025.
You can expect an updated version highlighting events that would happen after the said date later. If you feel we missed out on any event or would love to learn more about the events spotlighted, join the conversation here .
From the community
Jiwe Pan-African Game Jam .
Join Africa's current biggest community Game Jam kicking off from 6th–8th June 2025
It will be a Hybrid event with virtual sessions on Discord and In-person events across four countries : Nairobi Game Development Center, Leti Arts in Accra, Johannesburg - Tshimologong Game Lab and Our office in Lagos.
AI is here to stay. Are you ready to co-exist ?
For every artist or individual still on the fence, I watched this video over the weekend and suggest you have a rethink on your AI education plan.
Don’t know where to start ? Did you know Open AI has an academy? If you didn’t , check out their course here
Opportunities
Special Opportunity for Female Game Devs!
Applications for Roots & Pixels, an exciting international training initiative powered by Howest - Digital Arts and Entertainment and VLIRUOS are now OPEN!
Roots & Pixels is a unique programme designed to bring together female-identifying game developers from Belgium and Africa (outh Africa, Kenya, and Uganda) for an empowering, creative, and career-building experience in Kortrijk, Belgium from 23 March –3 April 2026.
Whether you’re working in game development, teaching yourself through game jams and hobby projects, or finding your own path into the digital arts, this opportunity is for you.
Rabbit Indie Game dev Residency (Still Open)
This Rabbit Indie Game Dev Residency Is back !!! This Game dev resdency which would hold in Brandenburg, Germany 🇩🇪 would entail 15 indie devs spending one month together experiencing Fireside nights in the library, a shared studio space, guided peer learning, expert coaching, all to wrap up with the phenomenal Games Ground Berlin pitch event @gamesground.berlin . Last year, Juju games represented the continent and won the Games ground pitch coming back home with about $5000 grant funding. Are you next. ?
📅 Applications are open till 15 June (CET/Berlin time).
📍Residency runs from Nov 2 - 29, 2025
Africacomicade Devcom Scholarship (Still Open)
We are glad to announce that we have renewed our partnership with devcom and are offering up to 10 scholarship for devcom and Gamescom this August 2025. Kindly apply for onsite scholarship only if you can cover the cost of your visa , flight and accomodation to Cologne, Germany this August 2025.