Tournaments with Eniola Edun of GAMR Africa

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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:

Tournaments

• how tournaments fit into the esports ecosystem
• mobile/console/PC platform differences
• logistics on venues, equipment, publisher permissions, and more

GAMR X 10 Nation Tournament in 2021

• how it was created in only a few months to create an event to global standards
• the scope and number of jobs created

Jobs

• how the GAMR X Tournament created 250 jobs
• the variety of jobs created, and yes, even for drone pilots
• how they were able to make the event free for all attendees, including food and drink

Sponsorship/Money

• the costs of putting on Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 events
• the difference between sponsorships and partnerships
• setting prize pools

Emerging Markets

• the challenges of ping rates and servers
• internet constraints

Plus, her three pieces of advice for anyone interested in creating their first tournament.

Episode Page: https://www.gamerschangelivespodcast.com/4-tournaments-eniola-edun-gamr-africa/

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FEATURED IN THIS EPISDOE:

Eniola Edun

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

Gamr: https://gamr.africa/

Awarii: https://www.awarri.com/

Esports Africa News Coverage of the GAMR X 10 Nation Tour: https://esportsafricanews.com/?s=gamr

 

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