Development of African Digital Competition Platforms

TLDR

• Meanwhile, organisations including AEC Africa and Kon10dr are pursuing continental ambitions, seeking to connect players across national borders while creating distinctly African digital experiences.
• Digital competition platforms represent intellectual property, data ownership and recurring revenue.
• For more than a decade, one of the most persistent criticisms of African esports has been the continent’s dependence on platforms, publishers and tournament infrastructure developed elsewhere.
• Tournament registration, player rankings, competition management and analytics have largely been controlled by organisations outside Africa, leaving African tournament organisers to adapt products designed for different.
• Across the continent, a new generation of African entrepreneurs and esports organisations are quietly developing the digital infrastructure that will underpin the next phase of African competitive gaming.