Gamr
Techstars '23Wilmington, US · Founded 2021 · 35 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Gamr builds infrastructure, community, and technology for esports in Africa, connecting gamers, creators, and brands through tournaments, gaming venues, and creator programs. It operates a gaming network across the continent, including physical gaming spaces, training programs, and live esports events.
Also known as Gamr Africa
Founders & leadership
Gamr was founded in 2021 by Liberty Ekpoto.
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Gamr, also referred to as Gamr Africa, provides infrastructure for gaming and esports communities, with an initial focus on the African continent and Nigeria in particular. The company uses technology to organize and manage competitive gaming, including tournament operations and community management, and positions itself around expanding earning opportunities for players in markets that lack purpose-built esports software and structures.
According to a profile of the company's founders, Gamr's stated mission is to unlock economic opportunities in gaming for participants regardless of background or location, and its solutions are framed around inclusion and access. While the company began with an Africa-centered focus, the founders have said the underlying technology is intended to be applicable to underserved gaming markets worldwide. Operationally, Gamr has run recurring competitive formats such as weekly scrims for mobile titles including PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile, and it invests in developing future professional players.
Founding story
Gamr grew out of the founders' experience hosting esports tournaments under the Techplus tech conference platform for five years. When the 2020 pandemic lockdown accelerated online gaming and engagement, the team found no existing tournament-management software suited to their market and had been coordinating communities through tools such as WhatsApp. Co-founders Eniola Edun and Kunmi Adenipebi asked Seyi Fakoya, then a student at Pace University's Lubin School of Business, to join and build the technology in 2021.
Business model
Gamr operates as a gaming and esports infrastructure provider, organizing and hosting tournaments and competitive gaming activity and managing player communities through its own technology rather than general-purpose tools such as WhatsApp, which the founders used before building the platform.
Traction
Reported traction includes more than 210,000 gamers onboarded and participation in over 600 tournaments, as well as weekly scrims for PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile with a minimum of 3,000 recurring players in the early period after launch.
Latest developments
Gamr accessed collateral-free growth capital through Brass Capital as part of its business banking relationship in Nigeria, which it credited with supporting its expansion and investment in future professional players.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
A Brass customer case study describes Gamr as occupying the leading position in African esports and as "the home of gaming in Africa"; these are characterizations from a commercial partner rather than independent measurement.
Technology
Gamr built its own software to manage tournaments and gaming communities, addressing the absence of tournament-management tools adapted to its markets; the founders describe the technology as applicable beyond Africa.
Go-to-market
Gamers and aspiring professional esports players, initially in Nigeria and across Africa, alongside gaming and esports communities in other underserved markets.
Geography
Activity centered on Nigeria and the wider African continent, with the founding team also operating from the United States through Pace University's entrepreneurship program in New York.
History
The founding team previously ran esports tournaments for about five years under Techplus, a tech conference platform, until the 2020 pandemic lockdown. The shift to online gaming and higher engagement during COVID-19 prompted the creation of Gamr; Seyi Fakoya was brought in by co-founders Eniola Edun and Kunmi Adenipebi in 2021 to build the technology, and the company began running weekly mobile esports scrims. Gamr later took part in the Pace Entrepreneurship Studio at Pace University, where the team was encouraged to extend its scope beyond Africa. The company has also used Brass Business Banking in Nigeria, drawing on the Brass Capital facility to fund growth.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsGamr Africa accessed working capital via the Brass Capital feature of Brass Business Banking, described as collateral-free borrowing at competitive interest rates to fund business growth. No amount was disclosed.
Gamr was profiled as a Pace Entrepreneurship Studio startup; the founders said the program encouraged them to broaden their focus from Africa to underserved gaming markets globally.
After running esports tournaments for five years under the Techplus tech conference platform, Eniola Edun and Kunmi Adenipebi were joined by Seyi Fakoya in 2021 to build the technology behind Gamr, which began running weekly PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile scrims.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- gamr.africa - YouTubeyoutube.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Gamr do?
- Gamr builds gaming and esports infrastructure for Africa and other underserved markets, running tournaments and community platforms.
- Who founded Gamr?
- Gamr was founded by Liberty Ekpoto in 2021.
- Who are Gamr's investors?
- Gamr's investors include Microtraction, Techstars.
- Where is Gamr headquartered?
- Gamr is headquartered in Wilmington, US.