With five African teams making it to the Qatar World Cup, bookmakers and suppliers alike are seeing plenty of betting action across the African continent. But while retail still holds strong for many bettors, BetGames has seen growing momentum towards the online space. James Everett, Sales Director for Africa at BetGames, discusses why Africa is a core market for the …
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Nir Saadon, 10bet: a ‘copy and paste’ approach won’t work in Africa
With “decades of experience” in different international betting markets, 10bet is confident that it can transfer this knowledge to its African operations. But something that will help drive the company’s expansion across the continent is its focus on localisation. Nir Saadon (right), Chief Operating Officer 10bet Africa, spoke to SBC News about the need for gambling operators to offer a …
Read More »888Africa makes first play in East Africa
888 Holdings has announced the launch of its strategic joint-venture 888Africa, which has secured local licences for the markets of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. In March, the FTSE250 gambling group announced that it would back the launch of 888Africa – a dedicated African markets venture led by former PokerStars CMO Christopher Coyne. Launching the venture within East African markets, …
Read More »Clever Advertising: more African markets means more scalability
Many companies have their eye on the new opportunities within the burgeoning African market – but how important is it to have an acquisition partner that has an in-depth knowledge of traffic acquisition and also understands the intricacies of each market? Catarina Marques, lead for the African Markets at Clever Advertising, unpacks the key challenges that face affiliates operating in …
Read More »Ethiopia Youth Ministry seeks to ban sports betting
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women and Social Affairs has outlined its support for a blanket ban on sports betting to protect the nation’s youth and avoid an ‘economic and social crisis’. FANA – Ethiopia’s state broadcaster reported that Abebe Haymanot, a representative of the Ministry focused on ‘Youth Development’ had notified “that work was underway to get sports betting banned”. Haymanot …
Read More »Yolo Group: Leading Africa’s crypto revolution
Albert Climent, Head of Africa at Yolo Group, discusses how innovative approaches and a crypto-first strategy is helping the operator lead the crypto entertainment revolution. Over the last few months, Sportsbet.io and Bitcasino have welcomed to the team a series of high profile global brand ambassadors from Africa, as we look to expand our footprint not only as the crypto …
Read More »Reece Calderbank: Africa is an evolving opportunity for FSB
As Africa continues to evolve at a fast pace due to the adoption of more efficient technology, the opportunity for growth in the continent is greater than ever. One supplier that has found sustained success in the region is FSB. Here, we speak to Business Development Manager – Africa, Reece Calderbank about his company’s commitment to the region. SBC: Hi …
Read More »BetKing provides player tracking in Intelitics data-driven partnership
KingMakers has formed a deal with marketing and analytics platform supplier, Intelitics, in order to power the customer acquisition program for its BetKing brand. The collaboration sees Intelitics provide its data-driven products so that the operator can manage all affiliate and paid media activity. This includes real-time media campaign monitoring and player tracking. Neil Bothma, CEO at BetKing Nigeria, commented: …
Read More »Thomas Molloy: Pronet Gaming – Live streaming is a necessity for untapped markets…
Thomas Molloy, Sportsbook Product and Trading Director at Pronet Gaming, addresses the increasing importance of live streaming and the ways in which operators can use it to differentiate their offer in the marketplace… With sports betting around the globe experiencing evolution and, in some regions, revolution, features like live streaming of sporting events and play-by-play visualisations are increasingly being seen …
Read More »Jessica Mills, SIS: Understanding the numbers betting player community
Jessica Mills, Head of Product Proposition at SIS, highlights how a close-knit audience of numbers betting fans is fuelling engagement across social media channels and revitalising the heritage 49’s live numbers game for betting clients… Social interaction amongst bettors is a key driver of engagement, and the numbers betting environment has this in abundance. The online slots sector takes credit …
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