Lagos Life Game Made by Nigerian Dev Hits 2M Players in Days
TheOyinbooke · x · 2026-10-10
Shalom, a young Nigerian developer who started her tech journey in a modest training room in Aba, Abia State, built Lagos Life, a game that drew over 2 million players within its first days. The story was widely shared as proof of Africa's untapped tech talent, with commenters offering to help scale such programs further.
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