"(Business in Cameroon) - Aurion, the legacy of the Kori-Odan". This is the title of the first video game made in Cameroon, which is being promoted since 14 April 2016 by the start-up Kiro'o Games, who recently won the 2nd prize of the very first edition of the Challenge Startupper organised by Total Cameroun.

The funding to produce this video game was obtained through crowdfunding. This operation through which subscribers were invited to buy shares in the company to finance its first video game was closed in early 2015 with a total of FCfa 120 million raised, equivalent to € 182,504. According to the statistics compiled by Olivier Guillaume Madiba, the young sponsor of Kiro'o Games, 74% of the subscriptions to this fundraising operation via internet were made by Cameroonians.

A 10-year project, "Aurion, the legacy of the Kori-Odan" was inspired by the African culture and cosmogony. This is about, we learned, the story of a prince victim of a coup organised by his brother-in-law on the day of his coronation and wedding. The royal couple is then exiled and decides to travel the world in the quest for support to regain access to the throne.

In 12 to 14 months, a second video game made in Cameroon could hit the market. Dedicated to the Cameroonian football star, Samuel Eto'o, this game is developed by the company SDK Games Africa, who launched a crowdfunding operation on 13 April, in order to raise the USD 25,000 (FCfa 14 million) needed to produce this video game.

BRM