# emPawa Africa

> emPawa Africa is a VC fund backing Gaming, Video Games and Media and Entertainment. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empawa-africa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/emPawaAfrica
- Website: https://empawaafrica.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emPawaAfrica

emPawa Africa is a VC fund focused on Gaming and Video Games. emPawa Africa provides publishing administration and marketing solutions to independent music entrepreneurs.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 100% |
| Video Games | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gamr | Gamr is an online subscription platform that allows gamers to interact with each other and enables tournament organizers to host events. It also organises its own e-sports tournaments, including Techplus e-sports, which hosts over 4,000 gamers annually. | $100K | Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adrenaline gaming](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrenaline-gaming) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Microtraction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microtraction) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does emPawa Africa invest in?

emPawa Africa invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did emPawa Africa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for emPawa Africa closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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