Until October 8, 2023, the “Creation Africa” event is being held at the Gaité Lyrique and at the Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers in Paris. It is the first Forum for Cultural and Creative Industries dedicated to the production, but also to the circulation of audiovisual and video game artistic creation between Africa and Europe.
Do you know the ICCs? The ICCs are the Creative and Cultural Industries. They will be in the spotlight this weekend in Paris, on the occasion of the 1er “Creation Africa” Forum. Objective: to strengthen the partnership between France and Africa, and offer a showcase likely to further increase the dynamic of audiovisual artistic creation, whether in animated cinema, television series, or even games video.
A perfect opportunity for the VMDN team to offer you an overview of gaming and e-sport, which represent something like 200 million players in Africa, in a thriving global market worth some 300 billion dollars. .
VMDN guests:
- Sidick Bakayoko (video games commissioner of the event “ Creation Africa » – founder of “Paradise Game Center” in Abidjan)
- Jennifer Lufau (entrepreneur, she runs the carte blanche of the “Afrogameuses” collective which questions the place of women in the video game industry).
- Désiré Koussawo (president of France E-sport).
Reporting : “ Paradise Game Center » is an entertainment enclave of 1,200 m2, unsuspected in the popular commune of Yopougon, the largest in Abidjan. Opened in 2019, it offers around fifty games for young and old. A room that looks like a funfair which, on weekends, is always full. Our correspondent in Abidjan, Marine Jeannin gives us a tour.