Speaker and Panelists - Africa Games Week

WELCOME TO THE Speakers & Panelists

Joanna Oluoch

Indepdent Game Developer & Game Developer, Tiny Baby Crown

Mark Schoennagel

Advocacy Manager, Unity

Sizeka Mabunda

Deputy Director: Audio-Visual, South African Department of Sports, Art & Culture

Joy Mawela

Head of Digital Content Hub, Wits Incubator Tshimologong Precinct

Lars Espeter

Game Technology Consultant & Client Contact, GDoutsourcing

Alex Adler

Design Director of The Sims, Electronic Arts

Bethlehem Anteneh

Games Industry Dot Connector, PlayLab & BlueLeaf Experiential Design

Manuel Sainsily

Advocate, Unity

Olympe Challot

Project Manager, SpielFabrique

Sidick Bakayoko

Founder & CEO, Paradise Games

James Lewis

Director of ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program, Microsoft Xbox

Marie Pierre Thiam

Project Manager & Game Designer Lead, Game Hub Senegal

Michael Oscar Esio

Founder & Programs Coordinator, Africacomicade

Limpho Moeti

Business Development Manager, Stylus Games

Fawzi Mesmar

Creative Director, Ubisoft

Shirley McPhaul

Independent Researcher, CodexLudi

Joseph Wilson

Founder, Big Kitten

Rex Bowden

Co-Founder, Africa Games Week

Astrid Refstrup

Developer Relations & Business Development, WINGS

Elben Schutte

Senior Composer, Pressure Cooker Studios

Odile Limpach

Co-Founder, SpielFabrique

Zaid Motala

Legal Advisor - National Treasury, Jobs Fund

Rami Ismail

Independent Game Developer

Wabantu Hlophe

Corporate Strategist, Electronic Arts

Eddy Camara

Founder & Project Lead, Excursion Games

Per Strömbäck

Managing Director, Dataspelsbranschen Swedish Games Industry

Youssef Boufaied

Co-Founder & CEO, Herodot Studio

Thabang Diseko

Technical Manager: Head of Gaming and Animation, Africa Beyond 4IR

Winston Ohunyon

Creative Director & Narrative Lead, Dimension11 Studios

David Olamide

Co-Founder, CTO & Lead Gameplay Engineer, Dimension11 Studios

Kristian Roberts

Managing Partner & CEO, Nordicity

Sho Sato

Chairperson, IGDA Incubation SIG

Yves Le Yaouanq

Chief Content Officer, Focus Entertainment

Olivia Dyers

Director: Digital Leadership, Western Cape Department of Economic Development & Tourism

Ntombi Makwetu

Director: Creative Industries, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

Ben Myres

CEO & Creative Director, Nyamakop

James Matthes

Creative Executive Officer, Pressure Cooker Studios

Dorothy Orina

Programs Manager, Maliyo Games

Safurat Balogun

Head of Information and Library, Goethe - Institut Côte d´Ivoire

Fieldman Robinson

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director, Vertical Voyage

Warren Spector

Chief Creative Officer, OtherSide Entertainment

Temi Afolabi

Global Expansion Lead (Africa & MENA), Microsoft Xbox

Mehdi Benkirane

VP BD at i3D.net / CEO at Zenith Pirates

Nthabeleng Phora

Project Manager, Gauteng Film Commission

Kish Hirani

Advisor, BiG (BAME in Games)

Jason Della Rocca

Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Raymond Ledwaba

CEO, ITTHYNK GamingCEO, ITTHYNK Gaming

Hind Toufga

Business Developer, Dashy Studios

Dean Gichukie

Co-Founder, Kunta Content

Rhys Dekle

Partner, Strategic Alternatives

Kate Edwards

CEO & Principal Consultant, Geogrify | CXO & Co-Founder, SetJetters

Hugo Obi

Maliyo Games

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