Edwin Mek Kapesa

Zambia's next big export won't just be mined. It will be designed, 🤭Prompted and built! Through @ChromaPixelGames, we're creating jobs, developing world-class games and providing affordable tech classes for kids and creators. 🎙️ Join me TODAY at 17:00 on Phoenix

👊 A great moment with Mathias Gredal, CEO of @sybogames , the creators of @subwaysurfers , at the @G4C Summit in Nairobi. Great conversations, shared insights, and a shared vision for the future of Africa’s gaming industry. Always learning. Always building. 🎮🌍 @ESportsANews @africacomicade #gaming #chromapixelgames #gamedev

I’m heading to the Games for Change Games & SDG Summit in Nairobi 🇰🇪 next week. From BIOFIN conversations to SDGs in games, my focus remains clear, building strong monetization systems for Africa’s gaming ecosystem. Africa has the talent. Now we build the systems. #gaming @G4C

Great conversation with Guillaume Noé, VP of Growth at @carry1st one of the sharpest growth minds in African gaming. We’re aligned on one thing: scaling games & esports in Africa as a real industry with infrastructure, talent pipelines, and measurable outcomes. Africa was never “left behind.” The audience has always been here. What’s changing now is the structure. Respect to Guillaume for blending creativity + analytics to build high-performing growth teams across gaming & payments. Big thanks to Sam Pottinger for making this happen. Momentum is real from AFCON-week esports activations to pan-African tournaments. The market is maturing. At Chroma Pixel Games, through Esports Africa @EsportsANewsKY , we’re pushing further: helping African players & devs build brands and scalable careers. Africa isn’t up next. Africa is building now. #AfricanGaming #EsportsAfrica #Carry1st #ChromaPixelGames #CapeTown #GamingIndustry #GrowthMindset

It's not even enough to start a project, even if you've got the best partner in the world. You'll still have to learn constantly. Experiment, fail, iterate, improve. Many inexperienced studios think landing the right deal is all it takes for their game to catch fire. But real partnerships require 50/50 commitment. No matter how strong your partner is, if you don't bring equal energy to the table, it won't work. Now is the time to invest in partnerships that will make you unbeatable in the long run. Don't chase "the best" partner in general, chase the best partner for you. @techtrends_zm @africacomicade @Xsolla @IGDA #base #gaming #crypto #games #gaming #videogames

Honored to be a Year One founding member of Base Southern Africa. We showed up before the proof now we build. 2026 goal: I want every game developer on the continent earning big and shipping global hits. What I’m building toward (@base x Xsolla): frictionless payments + better conversion digital assets that players truly own (passes, skins, collectibles) creator-led monetization + sustainable economies (marketplaces, drops) working alongside @Xsolla Web Shop (@XsollaMall ). to help studios own their sals channel and grow revenue real support for African studios (distribution, tooling, community) @BasedSouthernAF @techtrends_zm @forbesafrica @peggyanne @buildbox #base #GamingCommunity @ton_blockchain @IGDA #CoDmobile履歴書

Leadership in the African games industry was never about visibility. It’s been about infrastructure. While most were chasing attention, I’ve been pushing Base-level thinking into African games building foundations, pipelines, and products where none existed.Beyond building, it’s about conversion: turning archives into profit, transforming ideas, IP, and unused assets into real economic value, and activating every layer of the industry chain from talent to tech, from content to commerce.Real movements don’t start loud.They start quiet, underestimated, and ignored. Until consistency compounds and vision turns belief into scale. @BasedSouthernAF @Lady_Light_Lsk @JitoKayumba @blackgirlgamers #chromapixelgames #crypto #gaming #base

Breaking barriers, building futures. Together with @Xsolla , we’re unlocking financial pathways that empower African-made games to scale, earn, and thrive globally. #gaming #web3 #codm #chromapixelgames #Bitcoin

Completed Biodiversity Finance: Designing and Implementing Finance Plans for Nature I’m merging my work in AI, gaming From Mosi-oa-Tunya to the Mukula tree, innovation should protect what inspires it. @Mulengakapwepwe @UNDP @IGDA #GreenEnergy #BIOFIN #UNDP #AI #Gaming #Africa

Honored to stand alongside two great minds Mr. Jito Kayumba, Special Assistant to the President on Finance & Investment, and the acting CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies at the Liquid Zambia Launch. A monumental moment for as we join forces to shape Zambia gaming future.