Entrepreneur-in-Residence Market Expansion
Carry1st is a gaming and fintech company focused on scaling games and digital content across Africa and the Middle East. It provides game publishing, localized payments, a digital gaming shop, community programs, and operates its own games.
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About Carry1st
Carry1st operates at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, helping global game developers and publishers reach and monetize players across Africa and the Middle East. Its services include localized game publishing, player growth, influencer marketing, live operations, alternative distribution, and funding. Through Pay1st, it offers an API-based payment gateway supporting more than 120 local payment methods across six African markets, while Carry1st Shop provides digital game goods, vouchers, subscriptions, and direct top-ups with instant delivery and customer support. The company also operates gaming communities, esports events, an affiliate program, and its own games.
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About the Role
You will lead Carry1st’s market expansion in your territory through a 12-month high-intensity Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. You will own commercial performance, develop growth initiatives, establish strategic partnerships, monitor competitors, and provide market intelligence to inform product and engineering decisions.
Requirements
- Experience in high-growth environments
- Experience scaling consumer products in the target market
- E-commerce experience is a bonus
- Connections within the local technology or gaming ecosystem
- Knowledge of local consumer payment, gaming, and digital-content behavior
- Ability to negotiate with high-level stakeholders and execute daily tactics
- Data-driven decision-making
- Fluency in English and the primary local language or languages of the target market
Responsibilities
- Own profit and loss accountability for revenue growth and customer acquisition for Carry1st Shop in your country
- Design and deploy go-to-market plans across performance marketing, influencer activations, and community-led growth
- Identify and close partnerships with local payment providers, telecommunications companies, and retail chains
- Monitor and analyze the local competitive landscape
- Provide intelligence on local gaming culture, consumer behavior, and regulatory shifts
Benefits
- Fully remote work