Company:Kiro'o Games
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Software, Programming, Game Design, Publishing |
| Founder | Olivier Madiba |
| Headquarters | Yaounde, Cameroon |
Key people | Madiba Olivier Bassangna Jean-Yves Meli Patrick Herve Tchekoulong Delphin Pondy Georges Odira Ononye |
| Products | Aurion |
Number of employees | Over 16 as of 2016 |
| Website | https://kirooworld.com/ |
Kiro'o Games, also known as Kiro'o Studios, is a privately-held Cameroonian video game, animation, development and publishing company headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
History
Kiro'o Games was founded in 2012 by Olivier Madiba. The name Kiro'o comes from the Swahili "kiroho maono", which means "spiritual vision". Since its inception, the company embarked on a mission to create a new genre of video games inspired by African myths and traditions (the first of its kind[1]). The studio was launched by its holding company Madia, created by Olivier Madiba in 2007.[2] Based in Cameroon, the studio faced many power shortages throughout its early development.[1]
On 10 April 2015, Kiro'o Games announced the closing of its investment funds of €182,504. Kiro'o Games ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund Aurion, for €49,000,[3] which was launched in September 2013.[4] Between 2013 and 2018, the studio raised a total of $305,000 in crowdfunding, and launched a new crowdfunding campaign in 2019 through its own crowdfunding platform (Rebuntu). The lead investor of the 2019 crowdfunding campaign was Rebecca Enonchong.[5] That amount has since more than doubled, with the company hitting $1 billion in equity crowdfunding in 2022.[6] The Mboa Manager is a mobile game that simulates the typical environment of an African civil servant.[7] The beta version is available since the end of 2020.[8]
Games
- Aurion (2016)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kushner, David (2016-05-16). "How Africa's Kiro'o Games is Shaking Up the Gaming Industry" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-africas-kiroo-games-is-shaking-up-the-gaming-industry-1463411574.
- ↑ "Olivier Madiba : Nous voulons faire entrer l'Afrique dans l'univers du jeu vidéo" (in fr). 2013-05-30. https://www.journalducameroun.com/olivier-madiba-nous-voulons-faire-entrer-lafrique-dans-lunivers-du-jeu-video/.
- ↑ "Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan". Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plugindigitallabel/aurion-legacy-of-the-kori-odan. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ "Aurion, une odyssée africaine" (in fr). Le Monde.fr. 2013-09-17. https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2013/09/17/aurion-une-odyssee-africaine_3479015_3234.html.
- ↑ "Cameroon's Kiro'o Games turns to it's [sic] own crowdfunding platform to raise $1m" (in en-ZA). 2019-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530225702if_/https://ventureburn.com/2019/05/cameroons-kiroo-games-crowdfunding/.
- ↑ "Cameroon's First Video Game Studio Hits FCFA 1 Billion in Equity Crowdfunding". 2022-05-20. https://ngwaspenn.com/kiroo-games-hits-1b-equity-crowdfunding/.
- ↑ "« Le Responsable Mboa », le jeu vidéo qui parodie la vie politique africaine – Jeune Afrique" (in fr-FR). https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/1077829/culture/le-responsable-mboa-le-jeu-video-qui-parodie-la-vie-politique-africaine/.
- ↑ "Jeu vidéo : Aurion, un Fantasy à l'africaine – Jeune Afrique" (in fr-FR). https://www.jeuneafrique.com/231646/economie/jeu-vid-o-aurion-un-fantasy-l-africaine/.
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