South Africa (SA) is deemed by many industry experts as the greatest opportunity when it comes to the gambling industry in Africa.<\/p>\n
The country is, according to\u00a0BtoBet Chairman Alessandro Fried<\/strong>, way ahead of its neighbours in terms of technological infrastructure.<\/p>\n All factors are indicating that should the country introduce a legal framework and regularise its online market, the chances are that it could well set an example in the region in terms of where the African industry should be heading.<\/p>\n It boasts a high mobile penetration \u2013 170% penetration in terms of mobile subscriptions \u2013 and also a high internet penetration, especially when compared to the median penetration in Africa, with 54% of SA\u2019s population considered to be internet users.<\/p>\n This solid basis has led to a year-on-year growth of the local iGaming industry, with statistics published by the\u00a0National Gaming Board<\/strong>indicating that the overall Gross Gambling Revenue (GGR) increased by 8.8% from 23.9 billion rand in 2015, to 26 billion the following year.<\/p>\n The GGR registered a further 3.8% increase to 27 billion rand in 2017, and by 6.7% to 28.8 billion rand in 2018. Things also look bright in terms of mobile broadband penetration, with 28.99 million people (50% of the total population) considered active mobile internet users<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n