Game “Zeus” Bantsi

BIO

Game "Zeus" Bantsi is a multifaceted Motswana creative — director, producer, writer, and recording artist — whose two-decade career spans music and film. He rose to prominence in Botswana's hip-hop scene with album releases like Freshly Baked, The Flipside, African Time, and War & Peace, earning multiple Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, a Botswana President's Day Award, and AFRIMMA nominations and more. As founder of DIY Entertainment, Zeus has directed and produced acclaimed documentaries and campaigns including the national research excellence award-winning Climate Change in Botswana docuseries, Ka Fa Mosing, and the Hoop City reality series, alongside co-directing the Multichoice Africa–commissioned Mzansi Magic feature film Mokwalo. A Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus and AFDA Botswana honors graduate in Motion Picture Film and Television, he blends storytelling, entrepreneurship, and social advocacy — championing causes throughout his career from youth as well as creative industry development to sexual reproductive health awareness — cementing his place as one of Botswana's most versatile creative forces.