Carry1st and Call of Duty Mobile Announce the Carry1st Africa Cup 2026.
Carry1st and Call of Duty Mobile have unveiled the Carry1st Africa Cup 2026. This will be the continent’s largest mobile esports tournament.
Carry1st and Call of Duty Mobile Qualifiers kick off on June 19. With the tournament building toward a live Grand Finals weekend in Lagos, Nigeria, from September 5 – 6, 2026.
Competitors from Nigeria, West Africa, North Africa, South Africa, and East Africa will battle through Regional Finals, with the strongest teams earning their place on the Grand Finals stage. Having participants across five regions in the continent , the event will see eight teams compete for the grand $30,000.
Tournaments Structure!
Carry1st and Call of Duty Mobile Qualifiers open on June 19, with Nigeria, West Africa, and North Africa competing through online regional finals. Southern Africa and East Africa will host live LAN finals. Southern Africa region on July 19 in Cape Town and East African region on July 26 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The top teams from all five regions will then converge in Lagos for the Grand Finals. Here eight of Africa’s strongest Call of Duty: Mobile squads will compete for continental supremacy.
The winning team will ultimately represent Africa in the up coming Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2026 competing for a share of a $500,000 global prize pool.
Speaking about the competition, Dom Eromosele, Lead Growth Manager at Carry1st said, “The Carry1st Africa Cup is where African talent announces itself to the world. This year, we are going bigger. LAN events on the ground, the biggest prize pool for a mobile tournament in Africa. A Grand Finals in Lagos that will show the global esports community exactly what this continent is capable of. The world is watching, and our players are ready.”
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The Carry1st Africa Cup 2026 underscores the rapid growth of competitive gaming across Africa. Infatuated and pushed to grow by the young and digital savvy Africans. $30,000 prize pool will be won in Grand Finals event in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the biggest price in any esports competition across the continent.
Players and teams across the continent can register now at cup.carry1st.com.
