Interview With Kunle Ogungbamila, CEO of African Gaming Site (Kuluya.com)
Without much doubt, Oga at the Top gaffe appears to be the gaffe that attracted the biggest social media reaction in Nigeria. It is therefore not surprising that many capitalized on the NSCDC official's regrettable mistakes to make money and have fun at the same. Kunle Ogungbamila is one of such individuals. His fast growing online gaming website, kuluya.com, rapidly launched an Oga at the Top game.
In this interview I did exclusively for HumanIPO, Kunle spoke extensively on the Oga at the Top game and other projects currently underway at Kuluya.com.
Can
we get to know you?
I'm Olakunle Ogungbamila,
the CEO Kuluya Ltd owners of kuluya.com
The
speed with which the Oga at the Top game was developed was quite phenomenal. So
I'm wondering is this a calculated move?
It wasn't calculated; it was
“spur of the moment” thing. It was an impulse. Oga at the top was a top trend
in Nigeria's web space that we just wanted to see what we can do around it.
We've seen people do songs and t-shirts around it. It just made sense to create
a game around it. We have skill sets to develop games within 24 hours. We just
did it!
So
far, what has the response been? How many people are currently playing the
game?
A lot of people have been to
our site to play the game so far, but I can’t give you the exact number right
now. But since we put it on our site last week Friday, quite a lot of
interesting things have happened concerning the game in particular. One of such
is that people are playing the game and posting the scores on Twitter.
From
your personal perspective, who do you blame more – the journalist or the NSCDC
official, because there are several strong insinuations that the journalists
weren’t professional. Were they right, or did he deserve it?
Stuffs like this happen every
time; it’s nothing new – journalist interviewing somebody and the person saying
something wrong or doesn’t respond properly. It happens. Just that this time,
it just turned into a mess. It happens all the time, only that the internet
noticed this time
Apart
from the oga at the top game, what else is kuluya.com into?
Kuluya.com was launched in
the middle of October last year (2012) and we launched with a few games. Our
games are mostly concentrated around Africa hence they are Africa-themed. They
are all casual games that you can play on your browser at any time. So far, on
the website we have over 55 games that are playable on the website. We are
currently developing a new website which will be launched by the end of March.
A lot of people are
interested in producing lots of games. We’ve had top brands requesting that we
develop some games for them.
What’s
the plan for expansion, especially in 2013?
We have good plans, some of
which we’ll be rolling out very soon. By the end of March, we’ll be releasing a
new website that will put into focus how we can generate revenue from the
games. And once we do that, our actions and plans would be brought to focus.
Thank
you for your time.
Thank you.
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2 Responses to “Interview With Kunle Ogungbamila, CEO of African Gaming Site (Kuluya.com)”
16 May 2016 at 10:00
How do I get in contact with kunle, I would love to be part of his training in his company please I need your help to get in contact with him.
13 June 2016 at 18:32
08034356155 call him on this number
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