Carry1st is an African mobile-games publisher and digital-commerce platform that develops, licenses and publishes games while operating a payments and Web3-gaming business across Africa. Carry1st's Twitter Score is 5.4 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #167,469 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Carry1st was co-founded by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman and Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu in 2018. Its publishing operation delivers localized marketing, user acquisition, live operations and influencer services, while its Pay1st alternative-payments platform accepts more than 200 local payment methods across Africa. Carry1st has also launched Play1st, a Web3 gaming app store, and partnered with Cassava Network on a Web3 esports league, placing it squarely in the blockchain-gaming space.
Carry1st has attracted backing from some of the most prominent names in technology and gaming investment. Andreessen Horowitz led a $20 million investment in January 2022, joined by Avenir, Google Africa Investment Fund and individual investors including Nas and founders of Axie Infinity, Yield Guild Games and Chipper Cash. In January 2023, BITKRAFT Ventures led a $27 million round with participation from a16z, TTV Capital, Alumni Ventures, Lateral Capital, Kepple Ventures and Konvoy Ventures. Most recently, Sony Innovation Fund: Africa made a strategic investment in January 2024.
Carry1st has built publishing partnerships with Activision on Call of Duty: Mobile, Riot Games on VALORANT and Supercell, and publishes its own titles including Mergedom, Mancala Adventures and Mine Rescue. Carry1st has 7,876 followers as of July 2026 and has published 2,766 posts. The account has been mentioned by 30 accounts a total of 59 times.
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The accounts that follow Carry1st include 13 founders, 5 angel investors, 14 influencers and 6 VCs, among them Mario Nawfal, Andrew Chen, Elisa, Unstoppable Domains, Jon Lai and cryptomaestro.hl.