- The award winners for the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival were recently announced.
- The second year that the awards have been held, they seek to recognise exceptional digital innovation within Africa’s creative landscape.
- The awards acknowledge digital creativity in a number of categories including animation, videogames, visual arts, music, and XR.
The 2023 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival recently wrapped up, and to close out the event, a Fak’ugesi Award ceremony was held.
This is the second year that the Festival has held an award ceremony, which aims to recognise the exceptional digital innovation within Africa’s creative landscape.
The Fak’ugesi award categories are wide ranging too, looking to highlight innovative projects in the animation, videogames, visual arts, music, and XR (virtual reality and augmented reality) spaces both locally and across the continent.
“Over the past decade since our inception, we’ve witnessed and celebrated the phenomenal growth of African creativity in the digital space. This year’s nominees showcased an exceptional standard, seamlessly blending multidisciplinary practices with digital creativity to celebrate the richness of African culture,” noted Fak’ugesi’s Festival director, Eduardo Cachucho, in a press release sent to Hypertext.
“With opportunities for international residencies and participation in industry events, these innovators are poised to showcase their talents to the world. Recognition in these awards underscores Fak’ugesi’s pivotal role in shaping the future of digital creativity, while these projects stand as powerful examples of how local perspectives can speak to audiences across the African continent,” the director added.
The 2023 winners in each of the aforementioned categories are as follows:
Animation
Videogames
Visual Arts
Music
XR
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