Carry1st Africa Cup Announced: Call of Duty: Mobile Tournament

Carry1st, an Africa-based mobile games publisher, has announced the launch of the Carry1st Africa Cup, a regional esports tournament featuring Call of Duty: Mobile. The competition aims to engage the gaming community across the African continent, specifically targeting players in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa.

The tournament features a total prize pool of $15,000 USD. The structure includes online qualifying rounds held throughout June and July, where five-player teams will compete using special lobby codes to secure a position in the grand finals. The event will culminate in an in-person grand final in August. In addition to the team prize pool, the tournament will award $1,000 to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the grand finals, with further MVP prizes distributed throughout the regional qualifying matches. To ensure accessibility, the publisher has committed to supporting travel arrangements for qualifying teams.

Carry1st, founded in 2018, operates as a developer and publisher that leverages its proprietary payments and marketplace platform, Pay1st, to monetize its titles. The company is backed by notable investors including Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT, Google, and Riot Games. This initiative represents a strategic effort to foster mobile esports development within the African market by providing a structured competitive platform for top-tier regional talent.