Press, media, and updates
What we're saying, building, and shipping.
Stories, mentions, and the milestones that got us here. If you write about Nigerian sport or African community tech, we have things to share.
Logos, palette, and a one-page company overview. Use them within the guidelines below.
Quick facts
The shortest version of the story.
If you only need a paragraph, this is the paragraph.
5
Event formats
2026
Live since
12+
Cities served
Five event formats.
Knockouts, round robins, time trials, judged panels, mass participation. All first-class.
Built for WhatsApp.
Every result generates a shareable card. The viral loop is the product.
Multi-tenant SaaS.
Schools, clubs, academies, and gyms each run their own competitions on shared infrastructure.
In the news
Coverage and conversations.
A selection of recent press mentions. Reach out to the comms team for anything else you need.
Lagos-based platform takes school sport from spreadsheets to brackets.
BusinessDay
12 Aug 2026
Egen Games raises pre-seed to digitise Nigerian community competitions.
TechCabal
03 Sep 2026
How Naira payments unlock weekend sports for Nigerian schools.
Techpoint Africa
21 Sep 2026
A new tournament platform aims to bring transparent results to school sports.
Premium Times
07 Oct 2026
Inside the rise of community-led sports tournaments in Lagos.
The Cable
24 Oct 2026
Why grassroots sports tech is the next quiet growth story.
Ventures Africa
11 Nov 2026
Press kit
Use our name and logo the way we use them.
Egen Games is always two words, both capitalised. Use the wordmark on light or dark backgrounds, never recolour it outside the supplied palette, and keep clear space around the mark equal to the height of the "E".
When describing what we do, the official boilerplate is to the right. Quote it verbatim, or paraphrase to fit the rest of your piece.
Official boilerplate
Egen Games is the multi-tenant competition and events platform within the EgenActive ecosystem. Schools, clubs, academies, and community groups in Nigeria use Egen Games to run real events with brackets, time trials, judged panels, mass participation, and Naira payments. Built in Lagos by Elitesgen Academy.
Founders and contacts
The people behind the platform.
Remi Adeyemi
Founder and CEO
Built Elitesgen Academy. Spent a decade running competitions on spreadsheets before deciding spreadsheets were the bottleneck.
Tunde Okafor
Head of communications
Press relations, story development, partnership announcements. Reach out for interviews, comments, and quote requests.
Press contact
We respond within 48 hours, Monday to Friday, West Africa time.
Changelog
What shipped, when, and what it unlocks.
Most recent on top. A public RSS feed is on the roadmap; for now the page is the source of truth.
Nov 2026
v0.5Nov 2026, v0.5
- Judged panel scoring with weighted criteria and audit trail
- Athlete profile pages with public results timeline
- Refund flows wired into Paystack reversals
Oct 2026
v0.4Oct 2026, v0.4
- Mass-participation finisher tracking with bib numbers
- Pace band reports for road race organizers
- Bulk CSV import for registration lists
Sep 2026
v0.3Sep 2026, v0.3
- WhatsApp share cards generally available on every result
- Standings JSON exposed via public read endpoint
- Mobile scorer flow shipped for time-trial events
Aug 2026
v0.2Aug 2026, v0.2
- Multi-organizer dashboards for school sports networks
- Round robin group stages with configurable tiebreakers
- Guardian consent flow for minor athlete profiles
Jul 2026
v0.1Jul 2026, v0.1
- Knockout brackets with seeding and bye handling
- Time-trial heats with lane assignments and finish times
- Naira payments via Paystack across registration flow
For journalists and editors
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Reach out and we will get back inside two business days, with founder bios, photos, and any data points you need.