{"id":138897,"date":"2019-06-08T19:53:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/all-roads-leads-to-soweto-biggest-gaming-festival\/"},"modified":"2019-06-08T19:53:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:53:47","slug":"all-roads-leads-to-soweto-biggest-gaming-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/all-roads-leads-to-soweto-biggest-gaming-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"All Roads Leads To Soweto Biggest Gaming Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/all-roads-leads-to-soweto-biggest-gaming-festival\/\">All Roads Leads To Soweto Biggest Gaming Festival<\/a>: <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76199\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76199 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ekasi Tech Festival 2018 Photo: Ekasi Tech Festival 2018\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-1248x832.jpg 1248w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ekasi-Esports-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ekasi Tech Festival 2018 Photo: Ekasi Tech Festival 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>28 &#8211; 29 June 2019, Soweto Theatre, Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest township tech &amp; gaming expo announced today that the 2019 Esports tournament will be co-hosted in 3 African countries i.e. Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The esports tournament will have a prize pool of R 20 000, which will be the first of its kind and will be hosted at the prestigious Soweto Theatre, Soweto\u2019s finest venue.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd annual gaming festival will feature popular esports titles on the agenda such as FIFA 19, Tekken 7 and Counter \u2013 Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), as well as giveaways, arcade corner and technology experience rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cin keeping with our mission, we have designed this event to be accessible to everyone and creating a tournament structure that is more inclusive. Said Gabriel Ramokotjo, Director, I-Village Foundation NPC. The Tech Fest really allows us to open the doors to many who are interested in entering the gaming arena meet the needs of technology and gaming enthusiasts in Soweto and the surrounding areas which are together home to several million people, most of them under 30 years of age\u201d.<br \/> The Ekasi Tech Fest 2019 will also introduce a wide variety of educational and entertainment video games and other next-generation platforms such as Virtual Reality (VR) &amp; Augmented Reality (AR) to a whole new audience.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd annual Tech fest is sponsored by AOC Gaming, Comsol Networks, Syntech, Redragon and Nexus Hub.<\/p>\n<p>The Tickets for the Ekasi Tech Fest Esports Tournament ranges from R 80.00 for day pass, R 150.00 for 2-day pass and R 250.00 for the FFA 19, Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V tournaments participation.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the event are available at www.e-kasifest.co.za and any Pick n Pay outlets in South Africa.<br \/> For further enquiries, please contact gabriel@e-kasifest.co.za \/ info@e-kasifest.co.za<br \/> About<\/p>\n<p>Ekasi Tech Fest &amp; Gaming Expo<br \/> The e-Kasi Tech Fest is an initiative by the Innovation Village Foundation NPC, based in Soweto. 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