Walid Sultan Midani
Walid Sultan Midani | |
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 Walid at the 2014 | |
| Born | April 22, 1983 |
| Alma mater | ESPRIT |
| Occupation | CEO of DigitalMania |
Walid Sultan Midani (born April 3, 1983) is the founder and CEO of DigitalMania Studio, the first video game development studio in Tunisia.
Career
[edit]Walid gets his computer engineering degree from the private college of engineering and technology of Tunis (ESPRIT) in July 2008[1] and began his career in the field of video games.
In 2004, he co-founded startup Tunisia games[1] that organised the Electronic Sports Tunisian Cup from 2005 to 2009. He also took part in the organisation board of the "Electronic Sports World Cup - ESWC" in Paris 2005 to 2007 and in California on 2008.
He launched the first video game studio in Tunisia: DigitalMania in 2011[2] of which he is the CEO.
In 2017, founded Yourun Ltd, video games and entertainment studio based in Malta. Their main title is Warshmallows a 2D arena shooter starring the Warshmallows, a tiny creatures with amazing powers. Yourun Ltd is also working on entertainment platforms mixing AI, blockchain and gamification.
He is also actually the co-founder of a Tunisian accelerator, Boost,[3] and the co-director & co-founder of the Tunisian branch of the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, The Founder Institute.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bezad, Hanae. "Quand entreprendre devient un jeu".
- ^ Kottoor, Naveena (August 27, 2014). "Tunisia's first video games boss" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Agence de Communication en Tunisie : Wecom – Web – Mobile – Design en Tunisie".
- ^ "In Response to Huge Demand, Founder Institute Launches Newest Chapter in Tunisia". The Founder Institute.