Carry1st publishes mobile games and digital content in Africa, running a remote team across 15+ countries and offering payments and storefront infrastructure via Pay1st and Carry1st Shop.
Carry1st is a publisher of mobile games and digital content in Africa, working at the intersection of games, publishing and fintech. It helps global publishers and content creators scale their content across the continent by addressing the payment and distribution challenges that complicate access to African markets. The company operates in six countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt and Morocco, with offices in Cape Town and New York.
The team is fully remote and distributed across more than 15 countries. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas, and the company partners with global game companies such as Riot Games, Activision and Supercell.
Carry1st's work spans three business lines. Publishing supports global game publishers and content creators in expanding across Africa. Pay1st, its payments platform, provides access to more than 200 local payment methods, allowing customers to buy digital content without a credit card. Carry1st Shop is a digital storefront through which customers purchase digital content across African markets.
Technical domains covered by the company include mobile games publishing, digital content distribution, fintech, payments infrastructure and digital commerce marketplace platforms.
