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SAGES Esports publishes aftermovie for Tekken 8 Swahili Champions event

SAGES Esports has released an aftermovie covering the Swahili Esports Champions event held in Kampala, where women competed in fighting game Tekken 8 on PlayStation 5.

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Organiser SAGES Esports has published an aftermovie detailing the Swahili Esports Champions event held in Kampala, Uganda, Sport News Africa reported. The event took place on March 7 and March 8, 2026, at the MoTIV venue. The programme combined video game industry meetings with competitive play. [1]

The event schedule dedicated its second day to a women's tournament featuring Tekken 8, a fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, played on the PlayStation 5 console. Citing an earlier March 9 report from NBS Sport, Sport News Africa noted that the tournament field included eight players representing eight East African nations. [1]

In the tournament finals, Madagascar player Nioh defeated Kenya player competition to secure the victory, according to Sport News Africa. Tekken 8 is part of the long-running 3D fighting video game franchise centered around martial arts tournaments and tactical combat. [1][5]

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In short

  • The Swahili Esports Champions took place in Kampala on March 7 and March 8, 2026.
  • The tournament featured a women's Tekken 8 competition on PlayStation 5 with eight players.
  • Madagascar's Nioh defeated Kenya's contender to win the Tekken 8 tournament.

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  1. [1]Tekken 8: revisiting the Swahili Champions in Kampala · SNASport News Africa, 11d ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

  1. [2]Standard Swahili language on Wikipedia
  2. [3]Galaga on Wikipedia
  3. [4]Idi Amin on Wikipedia
  4. [5]Tekken on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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