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A digital garden of African women's experiences with games.

Prosearium.net is an initiative to document 1000 African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games.
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Prosearium.net is an initiative to document 1000 African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games. This is a step towards increasing the participation of African women in game development, and carving a space for ourselves in the continents digital history.

Here's our progress so far:
100 by 2021
1000 by 2026
Workshops hosted

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#23 Natalie Cuthbert
We're excited to bring you an interview with a long time supporter of prosearium.net. Natalie Cuthbert is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of an African fintech startup, Stitch.…
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Spotlight: Fakiyesi Abisola Anthonia – Footballer and FIFA gamer
Meet Fakiyesi, a promising 18-year-old Nigerian footballer and gamer. Not only does she play FIFA, but Fakiyesi also showcases her own football highlights on her growing YouTube Channel, Abisola _games.…
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#22 Wanangwa Gondwe
Meet Wanangwa, a law student and game development enthusiast. She was a participant in the Ubongo Game Lab Games Plus Girls workshop in 2018. Ubongo Game Lab hosted Games Plus…
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#21 Natasha Chiwara
Meet Natasha, a game developer from Zimbabwe who designed and developed an adventurous warrior emoji game called FaceFury.  Get to know Natasha, the challenges she has faced being a self-taught…
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Spotlight: Lily Kananda – Replay Gaming Lounge
Lily Kananda is a sports and gaming lover and co-owner at Replay Gaming Lounge, a unique gaming and eSports centre that also organizes and hosts eSport events, and gaming tournaments.…
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#20 Wendi Ndaki Mutisya
Wendi is a game developer and game writer whose first game development experience was in Enter Africa, a project by the Goethe Institut. She has worked on Unplugged 2121 and…
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Spotlight: Chikonde Chembe – Zambian Gamer Girl
Meet Chikonde Chembe, a Zambian game streamer and player for Team Gematrix. Chikonde streams video games on her YouTube Channel chikobiscuit_. She also plays competitively in Call of Duty tournaments…
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Talking to Lydia and Tabitha of Kawia’s Adventure
We recently interviewed Lydia Mugure and Tabitha Karaba as part of our journey to document 1000 African women in games. Lydia and Tabitha are a Kenyan duo behind the game…
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#19 Tabitha Karaba
Tabitha Karaba (or Tabi), is a self-professed movie nerd and lover of music. Together with her friend Lydia, Tabi developed a video game called Kawia’s Adventure for The Sony Talent…
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Get involved

Here are ways that you can help us get to our goal of documenting 1000 African women creating and self-publishing their own games.
Let us profile you
Are you a woman in Africa that has made a game before or wants to make a game? It doesn’t matter what kind of game as long as we can see it exists! If you are interested, we would love to profile you and highlight your game here. Click here for a profile request or contact us below.
Support us on Patreon
Contribute to the growth of prosearium.net by supporting at patreon.com/proseaium. All patrons will have early access and exclusive content available to them every month from our team. You may also contribute more to request and have access to approved statistics that will be sent monthly.
Host a workshop
If you would like to have a group of friends or women you know learn to make games and self-publish them, contact us. We can work together to host a workshop in any location remotely, or a physical workshop if we have volunteer leads in your area.

Games

Here are some games that African women have worked on
Port Elizabeth, South Africa Africa at large
Contact
E-mail: hello@prosearium.net