Maliyo Games is working with Google on a gaming accelerator.
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Maliyo Games sets up game dev boot camp with Google in Africa

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Gaming has a lot of promise in Africa, but it has been slower to develop there than it has elsewhere. To boost its fortunes, Maliyo Games has launched the #GameUp Bootcamp with Google to train game developers in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.

The Lagos, Nigeria-based training program will help boost Android game development skills among the next generation of game developers in Africa. The project is the first of its kind to prepare young people for careers in the global gaming market, said Maliyo Games founder Hugo Obi in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.