Africa’s Women’s Day virtual event engages innovators in gaming and tech
From gaming to igaming and beyond, the 2025 Africa’s Women’s Day Awareness celebration calls on women across industries to connect, lead and celebrate their digital impact.
Kenya.- As Africa’s digital economy accelerates, women from all sectors across the continent are invited to join the Africa’s Women’s Day (AWD) virtual celebration that honours their achievements and contributions.
While the event welcomes women from every industry, it especially hopes to highlight and include those making strides in gaming, igaming, digital entertainment and related fields.
Now in its fifth year and taking place on July 31, the AWD celebration adopts the theme “Rooted in Greatness: Celebrating Women of African Descent”. The entire event is online, using Zoom and StreamYard, giving women who are leading Africa’s digital industries a chance to share their experiences and leadership.
The programme recognises women across Africa, including those active in the gaming and tech sectors. The AWD initiative was started by Joy Zenz, who is from Kenya, alongside Nigerian co-founder Abigail Egbunine. Well-known life coach, Tera Carissa Hodges, will be a keynote speaker, sharing her experience helping Africans both in Africa and around the world.
Africa’s gaming industry is growing fast, almost six times quicker than the rest of the world, making this event significant. It will have keynote speakers and panel talks about identity, innovation and new digital ideas.
Celebrating African women’s impact
The free online event will spotlight the work of women helping to shape Africa’s digital future, while also calling for females in the continent’s growing digital sectors to take part in the event.
AWD organisers said the event is a way to honour the diversity of African women’s experiences and highlight their role in shaping a more inclusive digital future.
“History has left emotional, physical and generational gaps. Not everyone feels personally connected to Africa, which can sometimes feel more symbolic than tangible. We do not seek to label, but rather to unite, celebrating the greatness that runs through the global African community,” said the AWD, on its website.
Africa’s Women’s Day is held every year on the same date to commemorate the establishment of the Pan African Women’s Organisation (PAWO) in 1962, the continent’s first women’s collective dedicated to empowerment.
