Lusaka, Zambia & Dubai, UAE- Sep 10, 2025

Nativity Gamebox studio and FasterCapital today announced a strategic partnership through the EquityPilot program to accelerate Nativity’s culturally focused educational games and youth training initiatives across Zambia and broader African markets. The collaboration begins immediately, combining Nativity’s local content expertise with FasterCapital’s global acceleration resources to address gaps in digital skills, cultural tourism, and edtech gamification.

Market opportunity & problem statement

Africa’s youth population is the fastest-growing globally, yet education systems and local creative industries face gaps in practical digital-skills training and culturally relevant learning content. Global edtech and game-based learning markets are expanding rapidly, but few solutions authentically reflect Zambian heritage or offer scalable pathways into game development careers. Nativity targets this white space by delivering curriculum-linked game development training and culturally themed games that boost learning outcomes, local storytelling, and tourism engagement.

Startup solution & differentiation

Nativity Gamebox Studio develops culturally themed games, school bootcamps, and AR/VR tourist simulations that teach coding, design, and introductory AI. The studio’s dual model—paid workshops and client-based creative services—generates revenue while building local talent pipelines. Early pilots in school clubs and community workshops showed strong engagement and repeat attendance, validating demand. Nativity differentiates through authentic Zambian narratives, local-language learning features, and an outcomes-driven curriculum designed to translate workshop participants into junior developers and creative contributors.

FasterCapital partnership value

Selected for FasterCapital’s EquityPilot program, Nativity gains strategic mentoring, technical review, go-to-market support, and investor preparation from a firm with a proven track record of scaling early-stage tech ventures. FasterCapital’s selective criteria and global network provide validation and access to follow-on funding, channel partnerships, and distribution channels. The program will fast-track Nativity’s flagship game launches, expand workshop capacity, and prepare a seed fundraising round within 9–12 months.

Executive quotes

“Harnessing culturally rich content to teach modern tech skills is precisely the kind of impact-driven innovation we look to scale,” said Hesham Zreik, investment lead at FasterCapital. “Nativity’s team combines technical talent with deep cultural insight—an ideal candidate for EquityPilot’s acceleration and market-readiness support.”
“Partnering with FasterCapital transforms our capacity to train youth and produce professional-grade cultural games,” said Chishomyo Munyama, founder and CEO of Nativity Gamebox Studio. “This support will help us launch flagship titles, expand school partnerships, and create real career pathways for Zambian youth.”

Growth trajectory & next steps

Over the next 12 months Nativity will launch two flagship titles (one cultural, one educational), scale quarterly workshops to 10+ schools, run a national game jam, and complete EquityPilot milestones toward seed funding. The partnership targets regional rollout across Southern Africa within 24 months.

About Nativity Gamebox Studio

Nativity Gamebox Studio is a Lusaka-based indie game developer and edtech studio using games to teach digital skills, preserve Zambian culture, and create career pathways for youth. Founded by Chishomyo Munyama and Mathews Kapasa, Nativity blends curriculum-led workshops with culturally rich game projects.

About FasterCapital

FasterCapital is a global tech accelerator and startup investment firm providing mentoring, product development support, and fundraising resources for early-stage companies via programs such as EquityPilot.