{"id":2000125898,"date":"2026-09-14T08:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000125898"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:48:12","slug":"egyptian-anas-badr-wins-african-esports-title-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egyptian-anas-badr-wins-african-esports-title-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Anas Badr wins African eSports title in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Badr secured the title with two consecutive wins, beating Toxic Joe 5-3 in the first match before winning the second 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tournament was held as part of activities organised alongside the SportsBiz Africa Forum 2026, a conference focused on sports investment in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The competition featured two categories: eFootball Mobile, played on mobile phones, and EA Sports FC 26, played using game controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixteen players who reached the round of 16 in the EA Sports FC 26 category competed on the final day for a share of the $10,000 prize pool, worth more than Rwf14.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the four Rwandan players reached the knockout stage after being eliminated in the group phase. They were Samy, Tresol, Franklin and Nyamwasa Praise, who was the highest-ranked Rwandan player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The semi-finals featured four of the tournament’s strongest players: Moaaz Ahmed Ibrahim, who reached the final last year, defending champion Zaid April, and Egyptian debutants Badr and Toxic Joe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toxic Joe eliminated Moaaz, while Badr defeated Zaid, who was seeking to retain the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final was played as a best-of-three series, with players allowed to select their preferred teams and players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Badr won the first two matches to claim the championship, leaving Toxic Joe as runner-up. Zaid finished third, while Moaaz placed fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moroccan player Anass Moussa won the eFootball Mobile category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players representing 16 African countries, as well as India, took part in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The African participants came from South Africa, Egypt, Somalia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Algeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Uganda, Ghana, Comoros, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Morocco, Madagascar and Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faruk Manzo of Nigeria was eliminated in the round of 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zaid April was eliminated in the semi-finals.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Egypt had the highest number of players in the tournament.<\/strong>


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Nigeria’s Faruk Manzo was among the tournament favourites but was eliminated early.<\/strong>


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Somalia’s Nhaych was among the players who competed on the final day.<\/strong>


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The matches featured live commentators who provided analysis throughout the games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anas Badr won all his matches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anas Badr is regarded as one of Africa’s top players.<\/strong>


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Moaaz was eliminated in the semi-finals.<\/strong>


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Toxic Joe was beaten in the final.<\/strong>


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Fans enjoyed an exciting final.<\/strong>
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eSports fans stayed up late to watch the tournament.<\/strong>


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These were the top players in the mobile football category.<\/strong>


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Alexis Sharangabo presented the award to Anass Moussa


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Morocco\u2019s Anass Moussa won the eFootball Mobile title at the SportsBiz Africa Esports Cup.<\/strong>


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Zaid April failed to defend his African eSports title as the tournament returned to Rwanda for a second edition.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ronny Lusigi, president of Kenya\u2019s Esports Federation, presented the award to Anas Badr.


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Egyptian players congratulate their compatriot Anas Badr after he won the tournament.<\/strong>


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The top-performing players shared a $10,000 prize pool.<\/strong>


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Egyptian eSports player Anas Badr won the African EA Sports FC 26 championship after defeating compatriot Toxic Joe in the final at BK Arena on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000125900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000125898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":2000122456,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-11.58.47-AM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 11.58.47 AM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":2000122456,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-11.58.47-AM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 11.58.47 AM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000125900,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","width":1000,"height":800},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","width":1000,"height":800},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","width":1000,"height":800},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","width":1000,"height":800},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/1309_42-d1444.jpg","width":1000,"height":800}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000125898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000125918,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125898\/revisions\/2000125918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000125900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000125898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000125898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000125898"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000125898"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000125898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}