Kiro'o Games

Country: Cameroon

Founded: 2012

Team Size: 20+

Platforms: PC, Mobile, Console (Xbox)

Status: Active

Overview

Kiro’o Games is a veteran Cameroon-based game studio known for pioneering narrative-driven African fantasy. The studio gained international recognition with Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, which evolved into a cross-media universe spanning PC, mobile, and graphic novels.

In 2024, Kiro’o became the first Africa-based studio to launch a game on Xbox and pioneered seamless mobile money payments for games on the continent. The studio is currently developing Elites of Mboa, a socially driven multiplayer parody game targeting Africa’s growing player base.

Beyond games, Kiro'o operates a wider family of ventures including Rebuntu, a methodology and coaching brand, and Kiro'o Tchop, a Cameroon-based bistro chain open to public shareholders. The studio has run multiple public investment rounds across its various ventures

Games & Projects

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
Elites of Mboa
Aurion cross-media expansions
Aurion: Kajuta Gems Fighters

Intelligence

Kiro'o Games has spent over 12 years building the most ambitious IP universe to come out of sub-Saharan Africa, moving from PC RPG to Xbox, graphic novels, and now a mobile social parody game designed to reach 170 million African players.

The studio's current focus is completing and launching Elites of Mboa, a multiplayer social game it believes will be its first major commercial hit and the catalyst for everything it has built across a decade.

Funding & Backing

Total raised: $900,000 via equity crowdfunding from 800 micro-investors, primarily young Africans
Current raise: $1 million targeted
Profit target: $5 million within three years of current raise
External backers: Early business angel interest from the US and India
Strategic support: Xbox (first Africa-based studio to launch on the platform)
Capital stage: Crowdfunded, angel-stage

Strategic Model

Platform direction: Mobile-primary with Android prioritised for scale; iOS targeted for higher revenue yield despite greater marketing difficulty; PC and console repositioned through active market research
Core genres: Social parody, narrative RPG, cross-media IP
Monetisation approach: Hybrid model combining mobile money IAP, classic payment methods, VIP pass for high-value players, and performance advertising; premium currency never offered free to preserve payment intent
Geographic focus: Cameroon-based with pan-African market orientation and diaspora reach in France, Germany, and the US
Positioning: Africa's leading cross-media IP studio with a proprietary monetisation and sociology-driven player acquisition framework

Active & Upcoming Projects

Elites of Mboa (mobile social parody multiplayer, in development)
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan (PC, Xbox, cross-media universe)
Aurion 2 (early repositioning research phase)
Aurion graphic novel series
Film and animation adaptation (early interest stage)

Performance Signals

First Africa-based studio to launch a game on Xbox
85,000 demo downloads for Elites of Mboa, with 55,000 organic across Cameroon, Ivory Coast, France, Germany, and the US
4,300 successful mobile money IAP transactions from 1,600 unique payers in Cameroon and Ivory Coast during prototype testing
Average revenue per payment of $1.80 from unfinished game builds
Mobile payers averaged 2.6 transactions each during test phase
With only 3% of current Elites of Mboa playtime available, studio reports achieving 22% of client LTV objectives via mobile money IAP

Operational Footprint

15 lean core team members
40+ trained alumni operating as freelancers
12+ years operating history
Cross-media production capability spanning games, graphic novels, and prototype film IP
Five years of proprietary behavioural and sociological market research invested in African player psychology

Key Person

Madiba Guillaume Olivier - Founder and CEO

Accepting introduction requests: Yes

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Last verified - August 2026