Move over Maliyo Games. Move over Kuluya. A new gaming company from Nigeria, backed by Kenya-based 88mph startup accelerator called Gamsolehas, arguably, become Africa’s leading mobile gaming company, in terms of downloads.
With over a million downloads reached across its about 12 5 gaming titles on theWindows Phone store, Gamsole is also quietly growing its revenues through the in-app advertising and paid apps models, while other gaming companies in Africa are busy getting all the local and foreign media attention.
Founded by Abiola Olaniran, a Computer Science graduate from the Obafemi Awolowo University who emerged Nigeria’s Microsoft Imagine Cup Winner in 2010 and became a world finalist of the student competition in the same year, the goal of the mobile gaming start-up is to make games that are fun to play, plain and simple.
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Source: Techloy
