Tag: e-sports

From classrooms to boardrooms, gaming is building the leaders of tomorrow. Picture this: millions of people worldwide are voluntarily putting themselves through intensive cognitive training programmes. These programmes would make corporate leadership courses look like child’s play. They are developing lightning-fast decision-making abilities, mastering complex strategic thinking and building teamwork skills.

The Africa’s entertainment and media industry is expected to outpace global growth in the next five years, driven by internet advertising and streaming services.

This best-selling series celebrates the greatest achievements in videogaming by exploring the biggest-selling titles, the fastest speed runners, the most prolific collectors, the highest-earning e-sports stars and the most critically acclaimed developers.

E-sports, once dismissed as a frivolous pastime, has evolved into a dynamic intersection of entertainment, technology, and education. This transformation is not only reshaping perceptions but also providing significant benefits across educational levels.

Nielsen Sports recently released a Commercial Trends Report that outlines the key global and local developments in sports for rights holders and brands. Increasing competition, fragmenting audiences, greater business sophistication and a proliferation of products are producing a variety of challenges and opportunities for rights holders and brands.

Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase - a third wave of convergence. The borders that once separated the entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer in a world that is rapidly digitising.