Africa

Editorial consultant Scott Longley takes a look at the burgeoning African betting market and how football is paving a way for the industry. Now might not be the best time to be citing statistics from Fifa to bolster an argument, but when it comes to the popularity of football in the West African nations, we can at least set some …

Gambling technology providers Kiron Interactive and Vermantia have launched their virtual games TV channel with two operators in East Africa. Uganda’s Kings Bet and BETnSport are the country’s first retail bookmakers to take the premium service, which went live with Nigeria’s largest operator, Nairabet, last month. The virtual solution, which features human commentary, showcases Kiron’s market-leading portfolio, including sports such horses, …

Clarion Events has announced that EiG (Excellence in iGaming) will return to Berlin in October, with mergers, acquisitions and consolidation set to be high up on the agenda. EiG 2015, which will run from October 20-22 at Arena Berlin, will serve as a platform for debate surrounding the evolving iGaming sector, with the confirmation this week of multiple bids for …

The Zimbabwe government has stopped its processing of gambling/betting licenses amid fears of a surge in the nations gambling addiction. Its drastic actions regarding betting licensing have been granted approval by President Robert Mugabe and the Department of Home Affairs. Throughout 2014 and 2015 Zimbabwe ministers have demonstrated concerns regarding the number of new and existing bookmakers targeting the country’s …

South African online sports betting operator BET.co.za c has partnered with London content platform provider Your PRSS to launch BET.co.za Sports News, a dedicated betting and sports news aggregation portal. Your Prss technology enables sportsbooks to deliver a dynamic selection of the latest sports news headlines in real-time from the leading publishers from across the web, all through their brand, …

Inspired Gaming has announces that its Virtual Sports product is now live in Nigeria across  retail venues via a satellite TV feed. Surebet247  Nigeria has over 1,900 betting shops.The operator has launched nine of Inspired’s Virtual Sports and games – horses, dogs, cars, speedway, cycling, tennis, football, roulette and keno. Inspired’s Virtual Sports are already live in 1,100 of Surebet247’s …

Football pools mega jackpots provider Colossus Bets,has made its first steps into the burgeoning African sports betting market by announcing a distribution partnership with Nigerian operator 1960Bet. The partnership will see Colossus Bets products including the pools operators’ flagship £10,000,000 Colossus jackpot being distributed throughout 1960Bet Nigerian sports betting network. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets commented on …

South Africa’s National Gambling Board (NGB) have been described as being in a “sorry state” by a report commissioned by the Department of Trade & Industry on irregularities which led to last years suspension of the board. The preliminary report presented by Dr Rob Davies to the Portfolio Committee on Trade & Industry, gave insight into the financial affairs of …

A group of Ghana Premier League (GPL) players have been accused by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) that they bet on their sides to lose matches. GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi stated that his association were taking the matter very seriously as it was a “very dangerous development for football in Ghana”. Last week former GPL manager Mohammed Gargo, stated that …