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A 24-year-old from Niger has created the country’s first video game “Heroes of the Sahel”
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A 24-year-old from Niger has created the country’s first video game “Heroes of the Sahel”
The video game designed by a young man of 24, draws its substance and form from the cultural riches of Niger. Coveryni Issa Mahaman's ambition is to make it an animated film in the medium term.
Niger has its first video game, designed in Niger and by a Nigerien. “Les Héros du Sahel”, named after this invention is made to adapt to android phones, computers and the Nitendo Wii.
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Meet Jerry Mallo: Maker Of Nigeria’s First Luxury Sports Car And The First In West Africa
A 27-year-old Nigerian fabrication engineer and Chief Executive Officer of Bennie Technologies LTD., Jerry Mallo made history by building the first Nigerian-made fibre sports car in Nigeria and West Africa.
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The video game designed by a young man of 24, draws its substance and form from the cultural riches of Niger. Coveryni Issa Mahaman's ambition is to make it an animated film in the medium term.
Niger has its first video game, designed in Niger and by a Nigerien. “Les Héros du Sahel”, named after this invention is made to adapt to android phones, computers and the Nitendo Wii.
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Meet Jerry Mallo: Maker Of Nigeria’s First Luxury Sports Car And The First In West Africa
A 27-year-old Nigerian fabrication engineer and Chief Executive Officer of Bennie Technologies LTD., Jerry Mallo made history by building the first Nigerian-made fibre sports car in Nigeria and West Africa.
Inspiring African Stories
A 24-year-old from Niger has created the country’s first video game “Heroes of the Sahel”
The video game designed by a young man of 24, draws its substance and form from the cultural riches of Niger. Coveryni Issa Mahaman's ambition is to make it an animated film in the medium term.
Niger has its first video game, designed in Niger and by a Nigerien. “Les Héros du Sahel”, named after this invention is made to adapt to android phones, computers and the Nitendo Wii.
Inspiring African Stories
In remembrance of Christopher Nsamba, the Ugandan who designed the world’s largest life-saving incubator
In June 2020, a Ugandan innovator, researcher and engineer Christopher Nsamba, the founder and director of the African Space Research Program, designed the largest and most technologically advanced baby incubator in the world.
Inspiring African Stories
Meet Mamadu Ndulador Bah: The 20-year-old Sierra Leonean Innovator that developed a generator that uses no fuel
20-year-old Sierra Leonean Innovator, Mamadu Ndulador Bah known for his mind-blowing innovations developed a generator that works without fuel, water, or solar energy and it is CO2 free.
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Meet Mukundi Malovhele: The 21-year-old South African who built his own Lamborghini from scrap
In South Africa, 22-year-old Mukundi Malovhele has shown the world that whatever the black man put his mind to, he will achieve it. The 22-year-old whose love and admiration for luxury cars has built his own dream Lamborghini using scrap materials.