92% of gamers in Africa play on smartphones.
92% of gamers in Africa play on smartphones.
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Africa game industry expected to surpass $1B in 2024, with 92% favoring smartphone games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG) reported last week that a survey on the African gaming market showed about 92% of players play on their smartphones.

An earlier survey by NewZoo forecasted that the African game market would surpass $1 billion for the first time in 2024. Announced at the Game Developers Conference, the new survey was conducted by Geopoll and PAGG.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.