DEVELOPING ASPIRING CHAMPIONS
Founded in 2022 Team ZapdOaks (ZO) is a premier Pokémon organization emerging from South Africa which serves home to some of the best local and international competitive gamers within the Pokémon niche. Our player(s) have competed at the highest level of Pokémon esports both locally and internationally as we strive to put Africa on the global Pokémon esports map and continue to tell our story.
It is our aim to help the progression of the Pokémon esports scene both locally and internationally by raising levels of competition and increasing public involvement and developing corporate opportunities.
OUR PURPOSE | BY PLAYERS. FOR PLAYERS.
Team ZapdOaks is a player-centered organization that has been comprehensively built to provide our players with the platform to grow their brand and to leverage our support to achieve excellence throughout the Middle East and Africa Region. The player-focused operating model was designed by Jonah ‘SirAfroPanda’ Alter and Rudolph ‘Athens’ Du Plessis; the local Pokémon scene industry leaders.
OUR COMMITMENT | INVESTING IN OUR PLAYERS
We are committed to providing the platform and resources to our players so that they can achieve success on the local and international platform. We are proud to have worked closely with the key stakeholders of the official Pokémon importers in South Africa to develop a professional brand that serves both the community and supports the top players in South Africa.
In order to assist in the ambitions and commitment to send our players overseas and represent the MEA region we are a proud officially registered eCommerce retailer of Pokémon product in South Africa. Head on over to our store to view what we currently have in stock!
OUR VALUES
We are passionate about the local TCG scene – both as competitors and participants.
We strive to inspire professionalism in others through the way that we operate our teams and investments into the scene.
We are committed to achieving our goals and committed to growing the scene.
We strive for nothing less than excellency – be it inside or outside the game.
We put trust in the person next to us following the same path forward. Put confidence in one’s own and others heroic capacities.
Even in victory we stay humble. We set an example where restless work turns your dreams into reality.