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  On the back of promising growth, Carry1st looks to cement its position as the leading regional publisher converging at the intersection of gaming, fintech, and web3 Carry1st , Africa’s leading mobile games publisher, has announced a $20M Series A extension led by  Andreessen Horowitz , with participation from  Avenir  and  Google . The round represents Andreessen Horowitz’s first investment in a company headquartered in Africa, and Partners  David Haber  (fintech) and  Jonathan Lai  (gaming) will be joining Carry1st’s board as observers.   A number of prominent angel investors participated in the round, including Grammy winner and renowned crypto investor  Nas , and founders of  Chipper Cash ,  Sky Mavis , and  Yield Guild Games . In addition, investors from Carry1st’s May 2021 Series A are backing the company again, namely  Riot Games ,  Konvoy Ventures ,  Raine Ventures , and  TTV Capital . ...

Africa’s leading mobile games publisher  Carry1st  has partnered with  Tilting Point   and Nickelodeon  to bring Bikini Bottom’s famed Krabby Patty to Africa with their latest release of the mobile game   SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off ,  available on Google Play and the App Store. At the time of its initial global launch in 2019, the mobile game already had 17 million players pre-registered to play, the strongest pre-registration performance of any Nickelodeon game  ever . Since then, it has been downloaded 44 million times and has gone on to win the Players’ Choice award at the 2021  Mobile Games Awards .    “We’re excited to bring  SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off  to Africa through our partnership with Tilting Point and Nickelodeon,” said Carry1st Co-Founder and CEO Cordel Robbin-Coker. “ SpongeBob SquarePants  is incredibly popular in Africa, and we can’t wait to share the game with its many f...