Video gaming comes of age as players get lucrative deals

Usiku Games CEO Jay Shapiro during the interview in Nairobi on October 4, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

The gaming industry has grown. From being seen as an addictive game causing mental disorders, to one where parents are forced to spend a lot of money buying expensive games which are then loaded into even more expensive game machines, to one that has benefits.

Now hundreds of Kenyans are earning from online games and teachers are using e-sports to sharpen the mental faculties of children, and teach teamwork, communication, creative thinking, and digital literacy.

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