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Category: Culture
3rd Digital Lab Africa Pitch Winners Announced
The 10 winning projects of the third edition of Digital Lab Africa were revealed on April 30 over the initiative’s social media feeds. The winners were selected by committee following interviews with 30 finalists. The pitch competition received some 500 applications this year from across the continent.
Nigeria’s Nnedi Okorafor to launch Afrofuturist film production company
Nigerian award-winning writer, Nnedi Okorafor is set to open a film production company solely focused on Afrofuturist shows.
PC Gamers Shifting to TV Gaming Platforms
New Jon Peddie Research report anticipates 20 million PC game players will migrate from personal computer platforms to TV displays and related gaming services by 2022.
FMX 2019 Stuttgart Germany Opens
FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media is an event by Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut. It takes place at the exclusive Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart every spring.
Neymar banned for insulting referees on social media
Paris St-Germain forward Neymar has been banned by Uefa for three European games for insulting match officials on Instagram after the Champions League last-16 defeat by Manchester United.
FOX, NBCUniversal, and Viacom Unveil OpenAP 2.0
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 25, 2019–FOX, NBCUniversal, and Viacom today unveiled OpenAP 2.0, expanding the advanced audience platform into a centralized premium video marketplace with workflow automation for national linear and long-form digital video, developed in collaboration with Accenture and FreeWheel. This major development will go live in time for Fall […]
From the 15th to the 28th of April, 30 creatives will compete in the 2019 Pitch Competition!
The DLA#3 call for projects closed on the 31st of January, after over 500 entries from 30 sub-saharan african countries.The DLA digital content industry experts have now chosen the 30 finalists who will compete in the DLA online pitch competition. Those startups, entrepreneurs and creators are all from the African […]
Goethe-Institut Lagos opens “Games and Politics”.
Games and Politics is an interactive exhibition by Goethe-Institut in cooperation with ZKM | Centre for Art and Media.
Netflix launches an all-girl spy team animation series, written by women, as its first children’s animation from Africa.
By Lynsey Chutel Soon audiences around the world will be able to stream the story of an all girl-team of African spies, who also happen to be four normal Zambian teens by day. This week, Netflix announced that it has picked up Mama K’s Team 4, an animated series as its latest African […]