Leti Arts - Meaningful African games since 2009

What We Do

Africa’s Legends is our flagship property: A vast near-future superhero universe steeped in real mythology, culture and history from across Africa – all brought up-to-date to tackle the modern-day issues which affect every African.

AL: Reawakening is the latest in a line of comics and games: A groundbreaking video game that brings AAA quality and scope within reach of everyone in Africa – whether they have the latest smartphone, or an ancient feature-phone. Find out more!

Visit our Africa’s Legends website to find out more about the universe and keep up with development in our Production Diary. Click here!

Leti Consulting

We love sharing our global experience with partners to help them reach audiences across Africa. We can help with:

Audience Insight, Access and Reach

Content & Messaging Strategy

Game Design, Direction, Development and Distribution

Character Design, Artwork Direction & Production

Find out more!

Leti News

January 12, 2017

PARTNERSHIP: VISUAL EFFECTS & VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDIO

Leti Arts is a games-studio based in Ghana and Kenya (www.letiarts.com) who have been making meaningful African video games since 2009. We’re looking for a special studio or individual to work on the promo trailer of our biggest release yet; an epic, story-driven adventure game, set across a near-future Africa. The role is a great […]

January 10, 2017

WE ARE HIRING

JOB POST: JUNIOR GAMEPLAY IMPLEMENTER Leti Arts is a games-studio based in Ghana and Kenya who have been making meaningful African video games since 2009. We’re looking for someone special to work on our biggest release yet; an epic, story-driven adventure game, set across a near-future Africa. The role is a great opportunity for anyone […]

November 18, 2016

YOU GOT UNCOMPROMISING PASSION YET?

Hey Leti Friends, guess who has been a busy bee? Our CEO Eyram Tawia!!!!! To add to his tall list of achievements, he authored the book Uncompromising Passion, The Humble Beginnings of an African Video Game Industry. The book tells the story of how he grew up on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology […]

November 2, 2016

PRESS RELEASE!!!

Uncompromising Passion – The Humble Beginnings of An African Video Game Industry is a book that tells the story of a young man who chose to pursue his dreams with unwavering focus. This young man is Eyram Akofa Tawia, the CEO of Leti Arts and one of the most accomplished, celebrated young entrepreneurs in Africa. […]

September 27, 2016

The god of Thunder

The son of Yemaja and the mother goddess, protector of birth is Shango the god of thunder who is one of the popular worldwide acclaimed legends from West Africa to be precise Nigeria. He is referred to as Chango or Xango in Lantin America and also Jakuta. Like most Yoruba names and their meanings, Shango […]

September 15, 2016

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THE YORUBA TRIBE

One of the biggest ethnic groups in sub-Sahara Africa is the Yoruba from Nigeria. It’s believed that the Yoruba people descended from a hero called Odua or Oduduwa. The Yoruba territory was known as the slavery coast during the slavery era. Their language belongs to the Congo-Kordofanian language family. Yoruba has many dialects, but its […]

September 13, 2016

THE ARTIST ROLE IN GAME DEVELOPMENT

The term Game Artist seems pretty self explanatory . Sure, they take care of all the artwork involved in creating a game but it’s a whole lot more than just creating art. Next to playability, the look and feel of a game is unparalleled. Their work includes detailed creation of the characters, scenes, surfaces, environments, […]

September 7, 2016

The Ashanti Kingdom

The Ashanti kingdom consist of 38 small states in the 1950’s and was formed by Osei Tutu I and Okonfo Anokye his advisor. By 1965 the number was reduced to nine but by 1700 they reunited again to form a confederation with Kumasi as their capital. The name “Asanti” meaning because of war, this was […]

September 6, 2016

THE NARRATIVE DESIGNER

Hi there! I’m back just as I promised. Yes, today is Tuesday. If you missed out on last week’s post, you can read it by clicking here . We are going to discuss the role of the Narrative Designer today. I personally, I repeat, personally I think this is the most important role in game development. […]

August 30, 2016

BUILDING AN INDIE GAME

Let me start by being honest, I had absolutely no idea what went into actually building a game until I started working at a game dev. I had the basic knowledge knowing that there was some art and programming involved but that was it. I have learnt that a whole lot more goes […]

August 23, 2016

AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD UPDATE

Early on this year, Eyram Tawia (CEO), led us to win the Most Heart Award at the African Entrepreneurship Award. This was after a very rigorous process and he didn’t fail to in putting his passion and belief in the African gaming industry across. He recently did a podcast with the AEA Team to update […]

August 19, 2016

THE RICHEST HUMAN BEING EVER

It is estimated that he was $400 billion rich. Yes!! FOUR HUNDRED BILLION, that’s the total wealth of the top 5 living wealthiest on earth, Bill Gate, Amancio Ortega, Warren Buffet, Carlos Slim and Jeff Bezos. In 1312 Musa became emperor following the death of his predecessor, Abu-Bakr II. When he was crowned, he was […]

August 18, 2016

KIDDIE TOUR

We just found out that kids really ask a lot of questions………the hard way. Lol, just kidding! So we had some of the cutest five to seven year olds visit us at the Kenyan office. They were sooooooo curious about how the games were made and the why. They got to try their hands on […]

August 3, 2016

Suicide Squad gets massacred

Have you seen the reviews yet? It was estimated to gross about $125 million but it has shot up to $140 million over the weekend. The impact of reviews after the first week is inevitable. We can all testify the amount of damage negative reviews had on Batman vs Superman. It’s very sad this is […]

August 1, 2016

LET’S WIN THIS!!!! (AFRICA YOUTH CHOICE AWARDS)

Hey Leti Friends,the African Youth Choice Awards is here again and yours truly got nominated in four categories(whoop whoop). The categories in which we are nominated are as follows: YOUTH COMPANY OF THE YEAR Leti Arts YOUTH OF THE YEAR Eyram Tawia ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Eyram Tawia BEST TECH START UP OF THE YEAR […]