Esports Uganda and WekaMawe explore commercial collaboration
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Esports Uganda and WekaMawe Advisory held exploratory talks on possible commercial collaboration during meetings in Dakar from October 14 to 16, 2026, reportedly. No formal partnership or commercial commitments were announced. Esports Uganda CEO Israel Kyarisiima called for investment in infrastructure, structured competitions and investor confidence to develop Africa’s gaming sector.
Esports Uganda has discussed potential business cooperation and international exposure for Uganda’s esports sector with Kaan Bulakeri, founder of WekaMawe Advisory. Both sides said the discussions were preliminary, and neither a formal partnership nor commercial commitments had been publicly announced.
Esports Uganda chief executive Israel Kyarisiima and federation president Bonny Omara attended the meeting. It took place during the 11th annual Sports Betting West Africa+ Summit and the second annual Gaming Event Francophone Africa in Dakar, held from 14 to 16 October 2026.
Players in Kampala should be able to progress from local tournaments to contests elsewhere in Africa, Bulakeri said. He said such links could connect Ugandan organisers and creators with new audiences, sponsors and media partners. He added that work with Esports Uganda was exploring how to help establish those links.
At SBWA+ 2026, Kyarisiima urged investment in venues and facilities, organised competitions and investor confidence to make gaming viable across the continent. He argued that Africa should create intellectual property of its own instead of serving only as a market, and that cooperation between public and private sectors could make Uganda an entry point for esports development in East Africa.