Live market intelligence · 54 countries

African gaming and
animation intelligence

Decision-ready intelligence on Africa's games, esports and animation economy — markets, studios, titles, hardware and funding across all 54 countries, continuously updated from free public data. Every number traces to its source.

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FORECASTProjection · source pending verification

$1.98B

Africa's games market is forecast to reach

in 2026

South Africa73.0·Libya66.3·Seychelles65.7·Morocco63.9·Egypt63.3·Algeria61.7·Libya growth13.4%·Ethiopia growth9.8%·Rwanda growth9.4%·Eritrea growth8.7%·Studios tracked229·Games tracked26·South Africa73.0·Libya66.3·Seychelles65.7·Morocco63.9·Egypt63.3·Algeria61.7·Libya growth13.4%·Ethiopia growth9.8%·Rwanda growth9.4%·Eritrea growth8.7%·Studios tracked229·Games tracked26·

Africa creative industry pulse

Countries tracked

229

Studios

verified + community

Games

live Steam signals

Animation studios

Esports orgs

Metrics per country

World Bank, live

Studios combine our verified records with the GameDevMap community directory, de-duplicated. Tournament data awaits a verified free source — shown as unavailable rather than zero.

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🇿🇦 South Africa leads overall market attractiveness at 73.0.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria has the largest audience in this dataset, but 🇲🇺 Mauritius scores higher on digital infrastructure.

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🇿🇦 South Africa has the most game studios currently catalogued (44).

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