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Assessing Esports’ Debut At The 2022 Asian Games

Kenn Leandre, Founder & CEO, Kakuchopurei.com

16-Oct-23 21:00

Assessing Esports’ Debut At The 2022 Asian Games

Kenn Leandre, CEO and Founder of Kakuchopurei.com had the chance to be at the recent Asian Games as a technical officer. He joins us on the show to share what his role was like there, how esports fared in its debut as a medal event at the Asian Games, as well as how we can help to elevate Malaysia’s esports success further, on the back of their good performance at the event. Kenn also gives his thoughts on the allocation made to the industry during the tabling of Budget 2024 recently.

Produced by: Haniff Baharudin, Dani Hazanif

Presented by: Haniff Baharudin


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