About our organisation

Esports Botswana is an initiative to bring awareness to a new trend in technology and to create exciting, competitive and fun events for the Botswana gaming community.
Our programs are designed to explore the potential of virtual reality, augmented reality and 3D gaming in sports and entertainment, commonly known as eSports. We believe this will broaden interest and use of technology and similar resources, and ultimately drive increased adoption of STEM-based activities in sports, business and learning.

The esports community in Botswana has existed since 2010 and they have been competing in various online forums across console and PC platforms. Moreover, their desire to compete at a national level became apparent with the worldwide appeal of eSports. We want to organize competitive esports events and tournaments to raise awareness and enable the Bots community to share their passion for esports as platforms, technology and conventions evolve.

As a youth initiative, we have the need for expanding technologies, space and staff expertise in esports technologies to support the growing esports community and ensure our resources are widely available. For example, we need consumer and professional grade:

• Gaming systems, large-format visualization and display, and staff expertise
• Gaming seats, Cockpits and racing simulators
• Video recording equipment, editing software, and staff expertise
• VR systems such as Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard
• AR systems such as Hololens and Zappar