Gamesole records over 9m downloads world wide



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After launching games on Windows Phone store, award-winning Nigerian mobile games company, and highest paid windows game company, Gamsole has recorded over nine million downloads and three million worldwide players who are addicted to the game experience.

Gamesole’s founder Abiola Olaniran, after being one of the first African startups to be awarded an innovation grant courtesy Microsoft 4Afrika, had his games now top over nine million downloads. Some of the games include Juicy Links and Cookie Jam

“About 38 per cent of mobile phone users all over the world consume games, second to the use of social networks. People never get tired of gaming. On an everyday basis, millions of people are experiencing little boring moments: the long queue at the supermarket, the traffic, a 13-hour flight. Apart from providing the entertainment factor for scenarios like this, mobile gaming also serves as a great tool for education.
“We want to focus on creating high-quality games for mobile and desktop with a distinct African flavour, for example, educational and African-themed are a great way to engage people in local stories and issues in a fun way. Excellent graphics are an essential component of game development and we require the best illustrators to take the company forward”, Abiola said.

With the help of the Microsoft 4Afrika grant awarded in February this year, Gamsole, it was learnt, has additional five designers and will have 12 employees by the end of the year with a view to adding more coders next year.

Though finding the right skills is a challenge facing many businesses, especially startups that can’t always compete with the salaries that larger corporations can afford, director of Venture Capital and Startups at Microsoft, Amrote Abdella believes that there are so many benefits of being part of a smaller enterprise.

“Not everyone can be an entrepreneur, but startups offer young talent the chance to become part of the entrepreneurial process, helping grow the enterprise and being part of the strategic decision making process from early on. Startups offer creative freedom and a dynamic, high-energy environment,” Abdella says.

Concurring Abdella’s views, Gamesole’s founder noted that prior to the grant they had engaged several investors, but couldn’t agree on the terms.

In his words, the 4Afrika grant meant we didn’t have to give up any equity and we were provided not only monetary, but technical support.

There are strong indications that Abiola is also exploring alternative opportunities for monetisation with advertising opportunities for brands that want to reach a young, tech-savvy audience.



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