Formula One aspirant Lewis Appiagyei named as patron of the Ghana e-sports Association

The ambitious 17 year-old champion is steadily carving out a meaningful career as an up and coming global superstar

YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK: Lewis Appiagyei

YOUNG FORMULA One aspirant Lewis Appiagyei keeps moving in the right direction with the news that the north Londoner has been revealed as a patron of the Ghana e-sports Association.

The ambitious 17 year-old champion is steadily carving out a meaningful career as an up and coming global superstar. He featured in Forbes magazine America and has appeared in countless news articles on the continent of Africa.

Lewis, was named the youngest on the prestigious Forbes ’30 under 30’ Africa list last year and aims to become the first Formula 1 champion of African heritage.

Ghana e-sports Association’s move to secure a high profile sportsman such as Lewis as their patron could be one of the smartest moves they’ve made to date. The potential of e-sports has been fully acknowledged in the United Kingdom by universities now offering degrees in this field. By becoming a patron to an e-sports association, the young talent is at the frontline of this global revolution and is set on also educating young people to the great potential of e-sports, which covers a broad spectrum of real opportunities beyond the games console.

Lewis’ credentials are impeccably suited for the role as the patron of an e-sports association. He is already a youth ambassador for the biggest youth sporting event in Europe, the London Youth Games, which is sponsored by sportswear giant Nike. He also made history by becoming the youngest person in the world to set a motor racing simulator Gran Turismo Guinness World Record at a tender age of 10. A record which is still unbeaten to this day.

The exponential growth of e-sports around the world in recent years hasn’t gone unnoticed by forward thinking CEOs of companies, who now have their own e-sports teams flying their corporate banners in big money global competitions.

“I am excited for all gamers around the globe and the opportunities this will bring’, said Lewis.

The recent announcement from the IOC International Olympic Committee to include five e-sport games in this year’s Tokyo Olympics which includes the Gran Turismo racing sim should be a real wake up call to those who are totally oblivious to what’s going on in the gaming industry, which raked in far more money than actual sports last year.

A STAR IS BORN: Lewis Appiagyei has a bright racing future

Consider this. The global film industry reached $100 billion in revenue, while the gaming and e-sports global market generated $159 billion in revenue in 2020. It is forecast that e- sports is well on its way to become bigger than music and movies combined.

Taking place ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Virtual Series (e- Sports) will begin on May 13, continuing through to June 23 2021. The Olympic Virtual Series will mobilise virtual sport, e-sports and gaming enthusiasts all around the world in order to reach new Olympic audiences, while also encouraging the development of physical and non-physical forms of sports in line with the recommendations of the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020+5.

Lewis is extremely focused on his main goal to get to Formula 1, but has also had a strong sense of giving back to his peers, weather it be on at a race track or on a transatlantic Zoom call to a fellow gamer seeking advice. He’s also a vocal advocate for young racing drivers using his platform to give young people a voice.

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