WORLD 01//About us
Females in Gaming Network
A pan-African community and federation helping women and girls participate, build careers, and lead through gaming, esports, board games, and creative technology.
What we run
Show up. Play.
Level up.
Founded in Nigeria and growing across the continent, FIGN exists to challenge exclusion, inspire participation, and unlock career pathways for female talent in gaming. Concretely, that looks like this:
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Tournaments with a message
Competitive brackets where the stakes go beyond the prize pool — like Game Over: GBV, an esports event pairing competition with practical digital-safety learning.
Competition · Digital safety · Community
See our events
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The Esports 10x series
A monthly classroom for the industry: 101 intro to esports, 102 the ecosystem, 103 game dev & tech, 104 content, media & monetization.
Browse the series
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Launches & meetups
Real rooms, real controllers. Our launch night brought women and girls together at Renaissance Innovation Labs in Port Harcourt.
Join the community
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Partnered activations
Built with organizations including Alliance Française, the French Embassy in Nigeria, and Daimyo Arena across gaming, education, and tech.
Meet the partnersThe story so far
From one launch night
to a movement.
Founded in 2025, FIGN is a pan-African community and federation at the intersection of video games, board games, digital safety, and women's participation. This is the run so far — every stop a real room full of real people.
Feb 2026
Esports 101, February Edition: Introduction to EsportsPort Harcourt, Nigeria · 80+ attendees
Apr 2026
Esports 103, April Edition: Game Development & Tech in EsportsPort Harcourt, Nigeria · 90+ attendees
Next stage
Bolé Festival X — FIGN Gaming ExperiencePort Harcourt, Nigeria · New date incoming
Meanwhile: founder Sophia Nei featured as speaker and judge at RISE Of Africa BAS25 and NGICT Rivers State Demo Day, with Game Over: GBV covered by The Tide newspaper.
World map
One network.
Across Africa.
Pan-African · EST. 2025
FIGN is a federation, not a franchise. Member organizations keep their name, community, and scene while connecting through shared infrastructure. This map visualizes the pan-African connections the network is designed to grow.
- 01Nigeria · Port HarcourtHQ
- 02Cameroon · DoualaConnect
- 03Ghana · AccraConnect
- 04Uganda · KampalaConnect
- 05Kenya · NairobiConnect
- 06Zambia · LusakaConnect
- 07South Africa · JohannesburgConnect
740+ event attendees · community + federation
What we stand for
Four things we won't compromise.
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Representation
We're building a space where girls don't just play. They lead, design, code, and win.
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Education
Through workshops, school programs, and community outreach, we introduce digital skills and creative tech early and accessibly.
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Community
We connect women across Africa through a vibrant and supportive ecosystem of creators, studios, educators, and gamers.
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Innovation
We don't just join trends. We set them. Our programs combine AI, storytelling, and gaming to build smarter futures.
Our vision
To build an Africa where women and girls lead in gaming, esports, and creative tech: as innovators, storytellers, competitors, and community builders.
We believe play is powerful. At FIGN, we harness it to create new futures.
Our mission
To empower, educate, and elevate women and girls across Africa through:
- ●Accessible entry points into gaming and game development
- ●Inclusive esports experiences in schools, communities, and festivals
- ●Creative technology exposure, from digital art to AI-powered storytelling
- ●Mentorship and upskilling that drives representation in the industry
- ●A pan-African support network where talent thrives and belongs
Our community in action
What's next
The 2026 roadmap.
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FIGN School Tour
Inclusive esports, digital literacy & safe gaming culture across African schools
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Monthly Hackathons & Game Jams
Focusing on AI, storytelling, and inclusion
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Mentorship & Career Pathways
Matching girls with devs, designers, and studios across the globe
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National Chapters
Country-based clubs with curriculum-aligned outreach
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FIGN Annual Summit
A pan-African celebration of women in games, play, and tech
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Join Us
FIGN isn't just an initiative. It's a movement. Whether you're a studio, teacher, creator, gamer, or ally, we invite you to be part of this.
Partner with us. Volunteer. Start a local chapter.
We're shaping the future of play, together.