Creating the video games industry in Africa requires an uncompromising passion, self-empowerment. In this talk, CEO of award-winning games company, Leti Arts, Eyram Tawiah tells the story of how Africa’s story can be told using games and comics.

Eyram Tawiah is an African game developer. His love for comics and computer games helped to spur his interest to learn to program back in Junior High School. He wanted to make the comics he drew as a youngster, come to life on the computer screen. He is the co-founder and CEO of Leti Arts.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx