Lual Mayen

Lual Mayen
Mayen in 2021
Born (1993-11-04) 4 November 1993 (age 30)[1]
Aswa, South Sudan[2]
OccupationVideo game developer[3]

Lual Mayen is a South Sudanese video game developer and video game designer.[4] He was born at the Aswa refugee camp in Sudan.[2] In 1993,[5] his family relocated to a refugee camp in Uganda.[2][6][1] He was born into a family of seven.[1][7]

  1. ^ a b c Andrejev, Alex. "Once he was a refugee. Now he's a CEO making video games for peace" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. ^ a b c Mohamed Malim. "Lual Mayen: Entrepreneur, Game Developer and South Sudanese Refugee". Epimonia. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. ^ "Ugandan man creates video game to educate world about refugees". 13 Wham. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. ^ Emily Vaughn. "A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them". NPR. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  5. ^ Al-Naimi, Reem Shaddad,Jawahir. "The peace games: Dreaming big for South Sudan's youth". www.aljazeera.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Kylie Kiunguyu. "Meet Lual Mayen a South Sudanese refugee turned gaming CEO". This is Africa. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  7. ^ "Video: Gaming for good: Lual Mayen". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-03-22.