GameOn

Mapping Zimbabwe's Gaming Ecosystem

About Gameon

What Is GameOn?

GameOn, facilitated by The TechVillage, is a project with a simple mission - mapping Zimbabwe’s gaming ecosystem, putting the spotlight on that map and playing its part in accelerating the development of the country’s gaming industry. The gaming industry is exploding in growth across the globe, including Africa, and Zimbabwe shall not be left behind. Gameplay is diverse, featuring multiple types of video games such as simulations, puzzles, virtual sports, across different mediums - mobile, online, consoles (highly condensed definition). It’s an exciting multifaceted industry that developers and gamers in Zimbabwe are taking part in and should.

Collaboration

This phase of GameOn is brought by a collaboration between The TechVillage Innovation Hub, Village Consult, ShiftSpace Technologies and other project partners.

IGDA Foundation

This new iteration is mostly research and training oriented and has been made possible through the support of the IDGA Foundation. This is a foundation that focuses on improving the lives of game developers by making game development a more diverse and inclusive community.

Program Development Guide

The project team is creating a development program guide to help project managers and facilitators create and run a Game Development Program for games in the country. The guide will be freely available and is NOT for sale.

Developer and Pro-gamer profiles

Several game developers and professional gamers in Zimbabwe will be profiled and published in some of the top tech news websites in the country, and a curated list of those profiles will be found available here.

Research Paper

Monetization is a very big challenge for most game developers in Zimbabwe. How can developers effectively collect revenue from the local audience who play their games? This research paper is focusing on Game Monetization in Zimbabwe.

Research findings on Zimbabwe’s gaming industry

Would you like to be informed about new updates? Then sign up here and we’ll update you whenever there’s new information.

THe main facilitator

The TechVillage

We help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into sustainable businesses and in the same process enabling corporates and other ecosystem partners to leverage innovation and entrepreneurship in meeting their organisational goals. Our mission is to empower young people to be better at solving real-world problems that exist in our communities. We leverage technology and entrepreneurship to lower the cost of innovation and in so doing, enabling young people to participate in Africa’s digital economy.

Our Library

Visit our Resource Center

Resource Library

With Support From

IDGA Foundation

The IGDA Foundation focuses on improving the lives of game developers by making game development a more diverse and inclusive community. We want every person on the planet to love playing games, and we think the best way to make that happen is to have a game development community that is inclusive of, and welcoming to, every person who wants to make games. We believe that diversity of all kinds in game development leads to better and more successful products and companies, and happier and more successful game developers.