The West Africa 2017 Sports Betting Summit will be taking place in Nigeria from the July 17-19th. The event, held by Eventus International, is one of the most significant annual gaming conferences on the calendar and aims to stimulate and explore the emerging markets in West African countries, Ghana notwithstanding. The prestigious summit functions as a gathering place for all sectors of the gaming industry with software providers, operators, regulators, bookmakers, and investors all present to network and collaborate on issues and business deals, as well as share insights and expertise with each other.
The Sports Betting Summit is a sales platform, but it is also a social space for debating and sharing ideas. The focus this year, as in previous years, will be on emerging markets and opportunities for the gaming industry: a market that is rapidly growing for a number of reasons.
Africa hasn’t long been associated with opportunities in the iGaming market, but markets change and grow all of the time. You only have to look at the rise of Macau over Vegas as the international gaming destination to see how times and trends can change, and the market in West Africa is growing for a number of reasons.