Leti Arts × MTN Game Challenge
MTN DigiFest Game Developer Contest 2026
Launched for MTN Ghana’s 30th anniversary, the challenge invited Ghanaian developers to build games that reflect Ghanaian and African values, then showcase them and defend them in front of judges.
MTN Ghana and Leti Arts created the Game Developer Contest to grow indigenous game development in Ghana: games made here, about here, for players everywhere.
More than 50 games were entered by university students and indie developers, alone or in teams of up to three. Ten finalists, five in each category, pitched and played their games live at KNUST on 26 October, and the winners were announced the same day.
Indie developers and studios. These three are also the overall top three.
Grand prize winner
1stMacBook Pro M5
Caleb Mantey and Nicholas Abakah Eshun
Akofena is a browser-based 2.5D fighting game starring Ghanaian heroes and folk legends. The prototype has three legends, two stages, local two-player matches and guided training.
2ndSamsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra
Abigail Yaa Selasi Birikorang
A choice-based story game: players make decisions in everyday family situations, and their choices shape how the parents react and where the story goes.
3rdiPhone 17 Air
Apau Gyedu Ebenezer
Rotate the blocks to guide Ananse to his destination before time runs out, across 15 handcrafted levels built to run on low-end Android phones.
Students at universities in Ghana.
1stMacBook Pro M5
Isaac Appiah-Quansah and Derrick Makafui Zevor
2ndSamsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra
Moro Abdul Latif
3rdiPhone 17 Air
Clement Asare, Appiah Felix and Wisdom Kwame Agbanyo
The same prizes went to the top three in each category.
For students enrolled at a university, entering alone or in a team of up to three.
For indie developers and studios outside university, entering alone or in a team of up to three.
1 October 2026
MTN Ghana and Leti Arts announced the challenge on stage at the MTN Gaming Conference in Accra.
See the conferenceFriday 9 October 2026, 1:30 PM
Before submitting, participants joined an online session on the rules, how to enter and what the judges would look for.
Entries closed a few days after the webinar. Each came with a playable build, a GitHub link, a gameplay video and a pitch deck.
A few days after the deadline, the judges met on a call, reviewed more than 50 entries and shortlisted ten finalists, five in each category.
26 October 2026
Finalists pitched their games on stage, answered the judges’ questions and let the audience play.
26 October 2026
Later the same day, the winners were announced and presented with their prizes on the DigiFest stage.
