francisx1999/naija-games-archive

Open, community-contributed dataset measuring Nigeria's game-development sector. Provenance-tiered, free sources only. By Apex Grid Technologies. # Naija Games Archive **The open dataset the Nigerian games sector uses to measure itself.** *An open project by Apex Grid Technologies · apexgridapps.com* Nobody publishes this data — no official count of studios, games, downloads, or revenue. So we build it **in the open, together**: anyone can add a studio or developer, and every value carries a **provenance tier** that says exactly where it came from and how much to trust it. - **Free for everyone. Open-source.** Code: MIT · Data: CC BY-SA 4.0. See `LICENSE`. - **Community-contributed** — add yourself via the GitHub issue form, a PR, or a Google Form. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`. There is **no gatekept list**. - **Honest by design** — self-reported numbers are labelled 🟡, never dressed up as audited. 📄 **Why this exists — the problem & business case** · **Technical white paper** ## Provenance tiers (the heart of the project) Every value in the dataset is tagged with where it came from — and when we hold more than one, we **keep and show them all** (self-report *and* our independent estimate, side by side): | Tier | Meaning | Trust | |---|---|---| | 🟡 `self_reported` | The studio told us. Always labelled. | claimed | | 🔵 `public_source` | From Wikipedia / a store / press, with the link. | sourced | | 🟣 `modeled` | Our estimate band (e.g. Boxleiter). Never audited. | estimated | | 🟢 `verified` | A self-report corroborated by an independent public value. | confirmed | That transparency *is* the credibility. "Self-reported" isn't an apology — it's a precise, honest claim, and studios are pulled toward the green 🟢 tier by sharing evidence. ## How it works ``` contributions/*.json → validate + sanity-check → layer independent machine checks → data/ (anyone adds a file) (open, but guardrailed) (Wikipedia 🔵, Steam/Boxleiter 🟣) (tiered dataset) │ │ 🟡 self-reported 🟢 verified = self-report ≈ public …