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Carry1st confirms the Africa Cup 2026 Grand Finals for Sept 5 to 6 in Abuja. Winners qualify for the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship.
Carry1st Africa Cup 2026 will hold its Grand Finals in Abuja on September 5 to 6. The winning team will qualify for the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship.
Carry1st Africa Cup 2026 is heading to a live Grand Finals event in Abuja, Nigeria. Carry1st said the finals will take place on September 5 to 6 at the Los Angeles Event Centre.
The tournament is run in partnership with Call of Duty: Mobile, and it serves as the official African qualifier for the global championship. That means the team that wins in Abuja earns a spot to represent the continent at the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship.
Regional qualifiers have been running since June. Teams that top their regions will travel to Abuja for the last stage.
The organisers are positioning this as a major in-person esports moment, with LAN finals. A LAN event is when players compete on the same local network in one venue, not online, which reduces connection issues and makes matches easier to officiate.
Tickets for fans are expected to go on sale in August. The announcement describes this year’s prize pool as the largest in African mobile esports, although the exact figure was not included.
Mobile esports matters in Africa because most gamers access competitive titles through smartphones, not consoles or PCs. A large, structured tournament can also help build clearer player pathways, team operations, and sponsorship interest.
For Nigeria, hosting the grand finals is another signal that Abuja is trying to attract more large tech and entertainment events beyond Lagos. For the wider ecosystem, the event shows how gaming, creator content, and community-led competitions are becoming more organised, and more commercially important.
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