Digital Lab Africa announces 2019 winners

The DLA programme is intended for artists, producers, designers, start-ups and students in the media and creative industries in sub-Saharan region.

The 10 creatives were drawn from 500 applications from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Senegal and Gabon.

The winners will each receive:

• R42 000 ($2 900) cash prize.
• A tailored incubation programme to accelerate their project development with mentorship by French and sub-Saharan creative industries experts.
• A residence period in France within a digital cluster/hub.
• Participation at industry events in France and/or in the sub-Saharan African region.

Below is the full list of winners:

Digital Music

• Sunkambe – Shaka Ramulifho (South Africa)
• Swaggify – Marvin Madyara (Zimbabwe)

Animation

• Ringa Mzansi – Lwazi Msipha (South Africa)
• Uzi – Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya (Kenya)

Virtual Reality

• The Afrocyborg VR Film Collective – Shmerah Passchier and The Afrocyborg Collective (South Africa)
• TRVLR – Komborerai Chapfika (Zimbabwe)

Web Creation

• Cartographie des Régions Musicales du Mali – Tiécoura n’daou (Mali)
• Re/member Your Descendants – Xabiso Vili (South Africa)

Video Game

• Mancala Plus – Setriakor Nyomi (Ghana)
• Precious Cargo – Simone Beneke-Graham, Shannon Bennetts, Rowan Brough and Niall Graham (South Africa)

DLA Audience Award

• Baba – Justus Macharia (Kenya)