Gamers Change Lives

Today’s guests are Chantal-Denise Ortega, the Brand Partnerships Manager at Galaxy Racer North America, and HER Galaxy speaking from Mexico City. And Xinmiao Zhang who manages game pipelines and projects at Tencent speaking from Shanghai, China. Our discussion included: How our guests became involved with esports and gaming plus with Women in Games Women in Games: The goals of the organization: “t...

Today’s guest is Dimitris Farmakis. He is the Head of Esports at Yieldly and Yesports. Our discussion included: An overview of esports in Greece. Yesports: What is the mission of Yesports? How do you recruit teams and streamers? Is language an issue in esports? Investment in esports (and no, this is not financial advice – you need a qualified financial advisor for that): What types of esports orga...

Today’s guest is Dhiman Kashyap, Co - Founder, CEO of Resilience Esports & ex-Head of Operations at Esports Federation of India (ESFI). Our discussion included: Establishing and building a team to create a successful esports organization The importance of having the right people in place The ability to use the team to build for the future Content Creators Who is a content creator in the world of e...

Today’s guest is Ido Brosh, “The Esports Guy from Israel.” Ido is the VP Europe of the International Esports Federation. He is also the President of Esports Europe and Founder and CEO of Winzard. Ido's esports accomplishments demonstrate that working through the many esports organizations on a local, national, and international level, can result in greater accomplishments. Our discussion included:...

Today’s guest is Brad Kirby from Cape Town South Africa. Pioneer in African gaming and esports. Seasoned Project Manager with Business Development and Digital Marketing Management experience. Deep understanding of the gaming and esports industry and experience in planning, developing, streamlining, and implementing multiple successful skill-based gaming strategies which include influencing gaming...

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: Wh...

Today’s guest is Nicholas Holden. He is an industry-respected esports and gaming specialist in South Africa. He is the managing director of African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL.co.za) and works with Entravision 365 Digital as their Gaming Solution Specialist. With over 11 years of work experience in gaming and esports, Nick and his team have played a pivotal role in growing competitive gaming in the...

Today’s guest is Ulises Fahnert from Santiago, Chile. He is the Founder of NowPlayNoGames and has many years of experience in a wide variety of esports ventures. NOTE: The most important message that was brought home in this discussion was that creating esports jobs can be done from anywhere in the world with planning and persistence. Our discussion included: Esports in South and Latin America Wha...

Today’s guest is John Cash, the Founder & Global Professor JCSU Gaming & Esports Initiative at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. In addition, he is the Chief Development & Education Officer and Investor at Cxmmunity in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE: The most important message that was brought home in this discussion was that creating esports programs at the un...

Today’s guest is Atsu Sikanku from Ghana and the UK. He is the International Relations Manager and co-founder of Esports Africa News, Playtourney.live, Tema Esports Club, Team Falcon, Esports Innovation Centre. NOTE: The most important message that was brought home in this discussion was that creating esports businesses can be by working hard, focusing on building locally, and believing in yoursel...

Today’s guest is Mitch Esguerra, CEO of Southeast Asia at Galaxy Racer, a Transmedia Powerhouse focused on Esports, Content Creators, Music and Sports, with over 100 content creators amassing over 500 million followers and generating over 2.5 billion monthly views. He leads the establishment, growth, and scale of Galaxy Racer’s regional operations across the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thail...

Play Games. Create Jobs. Change Lives. Today’s guest is Eniola Edun. She is the Chief Executive Officer/ Co-Founder at Gamr, the leading platform for esports competitions based in Lagos, Nigeria. NOTE: The most important message that was brought home in this discussion was that anyone interested in creating a tournament should first look at building a community. Our discussion included: Tournament...

Play Games. Create Jobs. Change Lives. Today’s guest is Sagar Nair. He is the Co-founder & CEO at Qlan from Mumbai, India. He is also the co-founder of The Times of Esports – an esports news website. His introduction to esports came through attending a college festival and watching the crowd reaction to the streamer “Mortal” playing. NOTE: The most important message that was brought home in this d...

Play Games. Create Jobs. Change Lives. Teams are the backbone of the esports industry, and the professional players are the athletes who are front and center to the audience. In episode 2 we talk with Sylvia ‘Queen Arrow’ Gathoni from Kenya about her fighting game career, where she started, and how she sees the esports landscape in Africa today. Fighting Games Queen Arrow began her fighting game c...

1. The Role of Esports in Creating Jobs Play Games. Create Jobs. Change Lives. In Episode 1 we talk with Kofi Sika LATZOO (Senegal) and Kwesi Hayford (Ghana) about the role of esports in creating jobs around the world. Both of our guests show the depth of their experience and knowledge in almost every facet of esports in Africa. They talk about what is esports, jobs in the industry, and esports in...

Playing games can change lives. Listen to our rally cry, join us on our quest to present the amazing stories of esports entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Gamers Change Lives Podcast Show Notes – Rally Cry Episode Episode Title: Play Games. Create Jobs. Change Lives. Introduction: “Over the next decade, the World Bank estimates one billion young people will try to enter the job market, but less th...