Why East African Players Deserve a Dedicated Call of Duty: Mobile Server
With Africa finally being added to the Call of Duty: Mobile (CoD:M) World Championship, it's time for the region to be treated with the infrastructure it deserves—starting with a dedicated server for East Africa.
Currently, East African players are at a clear disadvantage. Our ping situation is far worse than other regions:
80+ms ping to European servers
90+ms ping to both South African and West African servers
West Africa already has its own server in Nigeria, giving players in that region great performance with ping as low as 30–50ms.
South African players benefit from local servers and consistently low ping.
Meanwhile, East African players are left out—with no nearby server to connect to and no fair access to low-latency gameplay.
For countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and others in the region, we’re stuck between all the major servers—with the worst ping to each of them. This affects competitive performance, ranked play, and even the ability to qualify fairly in the World Championship.
A dedicated server in Nairobi or Addis Ababa would drastically improve this. These cities are central to East Africa, and already serve as growing digital and internet hubs. A new server here would:
Reduce ping to 30–50ms for most of East Africa
Create smoother and more competitive gameplay
Allow East African players to finally compete on a level playing field
Support the mobile esports ecosystem in a region that’s ready to grow
Now that Africa is officially part of the World Championship, we need investment in all African regions—not just the south and west. East Africa has the players, the passion, and the potential. Now we need the server.
It’s time for a CoD:M East African server.