By:tntnewspaprgh.com
The panel of judges for the maiden MTN Ghana game developer contest has announced winners in the two categories amid big jubilation after hours of reviewing the exercise.
The maiden digifest contest on the theme “Build, showcase and defend your game” was held on Monday, 26th October, 2026, at the E.A. Jackson auditorium, Engineering Facility of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Mr Yaw Antwi Boadu, manager for video and gaming for MTN Ghana
The winners for the university students’ game developer category were 1st Team Sankofa — Isaac Appiah-Quansah, Derrick Makafui Zevor; 2nd Team Megamind — Moro Abdul Latif; and 3rd Team Four Goal — Clement Asare, Appiah Felix, and Wisdom Kwame Agbanyo.
The panel of judges for the contest scrutinising the games for the final selection
While winners for the industry game developer category are 1st Team Akofena — Caleb Mantey, Nicholas Abakah Eshun, and Wilson Worlako Aziaka; 2nd Team African Household Drama — Abigail Yaa Selasi Birikorang; and 3rd Team Path Puzzle — Apau Gyedu Ebenezer, respectively. The overall top three (3) winners went to Team Akofena — Caleb Mantey, Nicholas Abakah Eshun, and Wilson Worlako Aziaka; Team African Household Drama — Abigail Yaa Selasi Birikorang; and Team Path Puzzle — Apau Gyedu Ebenezer.Details of the overall top 3 projects AkofenaAkofena is a browser-based 2.5D fighting game that reimagines Ghanaian heroes and folk legends as playable characters.
The prototype offers three legends, two stages, local two-player matches and guided training, with keyboard, controller and touch support. It targets budget Android phones without requiring an installation.
Lead: Caleb Mantey-African Household DramaArican Household Drama is a choice-based storytelling prototype inspired by growing up in a Ghanaian household. Players navigate familiar family moments and parental reactions through decisions that can keep them out of trouble or complicate the story. The project focuses on humour, nostalgia, and recognisable cultural experiences.
Lead: Abigail Yaa Selasi BirikorangPath
PuzzlePath Puzzle is a 3D maze puzzle inspired by Ananse’s quest for a gourd of wisdom.
Players rotate blocks to open paths and guide Ananse to the goal before time runs out. Fifteen handcrafted levels combine folklore and character dialogue with increasingly demanding puzzles, designed for low-end Android phones
.Lead: Apau Gyedu Ebenezer
For their prizes, winners in each of the two categories go home with the following: the first winner – Apple Macbook PRO M5, the 2nd place – Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and the 3rd place – Apple iPhone 17 Air, respectively.
Mr. Yaw Antwi Boadu,Manager for Video and Gamming, MTN Ghana, speaking to journalists earlier on said the contest forms part of the 30th anniversary celebration.
According to him, MTN Ghana has put together a game developer contest to try to get people to develop build games.”We (MTN Ghana) know that gamming is a big thing, and the youth love it .And MTN is trying to bring the people within the space,but all that we see is that people are engaging in games that are brought from outside.We want to create the games from within so that people will enjoy our games and through the games we will be able to tell our stories from our setup in Ghana and Africa projected to the World”.
Mr.Boadu said his outfit game already has some collaboration with KNUST, starting with AI competition, and all that game developer contest is doing is step to that AI competition and KNUST happened to host the maiden game developer contest.
According to him, the contest is going to be an annual event across the 16 regions and various university campuses. “With the contest, we are going to pick three winners from each of the two categories: the university students’ category and community members category, and a grand winner will also be selected. The final people will be selected and will be given a mentorship “,he added.
