Esports in Africa with Michael Akintaju in Atlanta

Today’s guest is Michael Akintaju. He lives in Atlanta, GA in the US, and is from Lagos, Nigeria. He is a writer at the AfroGamer where you may have heard him on the AfroGamer Podcast. He is also a project manager Lagos Esports Forum (LESF) and Co-Founder of Mobiele.

Michael demonstrates that it is possible to support esports around the world from anywhere in the world.

Our discussion included:

What is it like to work on esports in Africa and Nigeria while living in the US?

The Lagos Esports Forum (LESF)

• What is the LEST and how did it come about?
• What was it like to start a project in the middle of the COVID pandemic?
• How LESF began returning to in person events in a big way with Mortal Kombat on a cinema screen

Mobile

• Is mobile the future of esports in Africa?
• The three reasons it will dominate in the future
• Mobile events
• Mobiele – what is this new platform and how did it come about?
• Future plans for Mobiele

The Afro Gamer

• Michael talks about the podcast and some of his favorite moments
• Other Afro Gamer projects and how it got started

Investment in Esports

• The investment climate in esports
• International funding for Africa esports

The difference between gaming and esports

Olympics

• Should the Olympics include esports in their program?
• The Commonwealth Games

 

Episode Webpage: https://www.gamerschangelivespodcast.com/10-esports-in-africa-with-michael-akintaju-in-atlanta

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FEATURED IN THIS EPISDOE:

Michael Akintaju:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelakintaju/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifeakintaju

Lagos Esports Forum: https://thelesf.com/

The AfroGamer: https://theafrogamer.com/

The AfroGamer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-afrogamer/id1492919060

Mobiele - https://themobiele.com/Home

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