{"id":16945,"date":"2024-12-20T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/esports-are-booming-in-africa-but-can-its-infrastructure-keep-pace\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T12:38:11","slug":"esports-are-booming-in-africa-but-can-its-infrastructure-keep-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/esports-are-booming-in-africa-but-can-its-infrastructure-keep-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports are booming in Africa \u2013 but can its infrastructure keep pace?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esports teams, leagues and competitions are flourishing, but poor connectivity and rarity of Africa-based servers are hampering expansion<\/p>\n

On a recent Sunday afternoon in an upmarket neighbourhood of Nairobi, Daniel Badu was rapidly pressing the screen of his mobile phone, headphones wrapped around his head, his elbows resting on a pillow.<\/p>\n

Badu and his four teammates in the Aura 233 team, all decked in black-and-yellow kits and representing Ghana, were taking on Kenya\u2019s Delta eSports in the finals of the inaugural Carry1st Africa Cup, a continental tournament for the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Mobile.<\/p>\n

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\nEsports teams, leagues and competitions are flourishing, but poor connectivity and rarity of Africa-based servers are hampering expansion
\nOn a recent Sunday afternoon in an upmarket neighbourhood of Nairobi, Daniel Badu was rapidly pressing the screen of his mobile phone, headphones wrapped around his head, his elbows resting on a pillow.
\nBadu and his four teammates in the Aura 233 team, all decked in black-and-yellow kits and representing Ghana, were taking on Kenya\u2019s Delta eSports in the finals of the inaugural Carry1st Africa Cup, a continental tournament for the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Mobile. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Esports teams, leagues and competitions are flourishing, but poor connectivity and rarity of Africa-based servers are hampering expansion On a recent Sunday afternoon in an upmarket neighbourhood of Nairobi, Daniel Badu was rapidly pressing the screen of his mobile phone, headphones wrapped around his head, his elbows resting on a pillow. Badu and his four …<\/p>\n

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