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Gaming Startups in Africa

Gaming in East Africa is heating up! Carry1st's local approach is strong, Scorefam's esports focus is promising, and MVM's metaverse play is intriguing. Local biz leaders are excited but cautious - infrastructure limitations and monetization challenges remain.

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31 companies in this sector

Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
I-Gamify Egypt	I-Gamify is an Egyptian startup that provides gamified solutions and services.	-	- -	2-10	No Data
FitNot Egypt	FitNot is an Egyptian gaming platform that fuses Arabic arts into Gaming Experiences.	-	- -	2-10	No Data
Radical Play Egypt	Radical Play is an Egyptian game development and publishing company.	-	- -	11-50	No Data
Gamr Nigeria	Gamr is a Nigerian competitive e-sports startup.	-	Grant -	2-10	No Data
WePlay Arcade Kenya	WePlay Arcade offers mobile multiplayer games with global competition and social interaction features.	-	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Nibble Africa South Africa	Nibble is an African creative agency and lifestyle brand in gaming & esports. More gaming.	-	Seed -	11-50	No Data

SportyBet Nigeria	SportyBet is an online Sports and Gambling betting platform that operates multiple locations across the world.	-	- -	-	No Data
NewGen Studio Tunisia	NewGen is an indie game development startup based in Tunisia that creates Mobile Games ,Virtual Reality and augmented reality Games.	-	Seed -	2-10	No Data
Maliyo Games Nigeria	Maliyo is a Nigerian mobile game development studio that focuses on African-inspired games.	-	Non-equity Assistance -	11-50	No Data
Raskulls Game Studio Egypt	Raskulls Game Studio is a Cairo-based startup that develops video games.	-	- -	2-10	No Data
GLUED Egypt	GLUED is an Egyptian Game-Based Learning User Experience Development platform	-	Pre-seed -	11-50	No Data
Carry1st South Africa	Carry1st leverages mobile technology to delight consumers and empower small businesses across Africa	$57M	Venture -	11-50	No Data
Scorefam Nigeria	Scorefam is a Play to Earn & NFT- based Sports Gaming Platform powered by $SFT	$25M	Initial Coin Offering -	11-50	No Data
Metaverse Magna (MVM) Nigeria	Metaverse Magna is an Africa-focused blockchain gaming platform	$3M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Nimuno Loops South Africa	Nimuno Loops is a game production company that creates puzzle building adventure games for children to help in education.	$2M	Equity Crowdfunding -	-	No Data
ChessCube South Africa	ChessCube is an online chess platform offering free live chess games in a social environment.	$1M	Venture -	11-50	No Data
Gron Digital South Africa	Gron Digital is a secure, transparent, auditable and fair Gaming Platform on the Blockchain.	$1M	Initial Coin Offering -	-	No Data
Beemi Ethiopia	Beemi is a mobile first, game-powered, interactive live-streaming platform.	$1M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Augmentors South Africa	Augmentors is a Blockchain Augmented Reality Game	$1M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Anubis Gaming Egypt	Anubis Gaming is one of the leading professional esports organizations in the MENA region.	$750K	Seed -	11-50	No Data

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