Africa’s Gaming Boom Doesn’t Have a Referee. Here’s What One Looks Like.

Africa’s gambling market is worth an estimated $17 billion, and the online segment alone, $1.85 billion as of 2025, is projected to reach $2.36 billion by 2028. Every week seems to bring a fresh data point confirming the same story: mobile-first betting is one of the fastest-growing digital economies on the continent,…