[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The topic of diversity within gaming and eSports has become an increasingly significant one over the past several years. The gaming industry has grown exponentially over the past decade with a global market estimated to be worth U.S.$135 billion in 2018. According to Statista, the video game market size in the U.S. alone was calculated to be worth more than U.S.$95 billion in 2022, eclipsing the previous record high of U.S.$86.5 billion for 2021.