iGaming Companies Directory
4733 companies across live casino, slots, payments, operators, and more.
Octa88 iGaming Advisory
9 West Building, 7th floor, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Octa88 iGaming Advisory is a specialised consulting firm that helps sports-betting, online casino and iGaming operators expand into African and other emerging markets. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the firm bridges global iGaming excellence with local market realities across the continent. Its core services encompass licensing and compliance, market-entry strategy, localisation, and digital marketing. With a team of professionals who have lived and worked across Africa, Octa88 leverages deep regulatory relationships in 15+ markets and has completed over 50 projects. The company operates as a partnership, employs between 11 and 50 people, and counts leading gaming operators among its clients, facilitating responsible growth in a region known for its fragmented regulatory environment. The firm’s name likely references the number 88, which symbolises prosperity in many cultures. Octa88’s growth has been organic, driven by word-of-mouth within the iGaming community, and it has not announced any public funding rounds or acquisitions.
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Black Lagoon Games
Stockholm, Sweden
Black Lagoon Games is a privately held iGaming studio headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2024. The company positions itself as a 'New Age Casino Games Studio' that moves beyond developing single slot titles to creating entire 'game families' – interconnected ecosystems of themed games designed to boost player engagement, retention, and operational simplicity for operators, aggregators, and platform providers. With a core focus on emerging markets such as Africa, Latin America, and the CIS region, Black Lagoon Games claims deep localisation expertise in game mathematics, network optimisation, and betting habits. Its product lineup includes innovative categories such as Spinners, Masters of Luck, and Monster Mega Hit, alongside backend tools like Special Fire Jackpots and Universal Bet Sizes. The company's team is small, but it has already secured integrations with major platforms such as BlueOcean Gaming's GameHub and announced a partnership with the African operator betPawa. Co-founder Jan Ridenfeldt serves as Chief Commercial Officer.
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Praptidhi Consulting
Vikaspuri, New Delhi, India
Praptidhi Consulting is a boutique technology and consulting firm headquartered in New Delhi, India, that focuses exclusively on iGaming software development and digital transformation. Founded in 2021, the company operates as a self-owned entity with a headcount of 2–10 employees, positioning itself as a nimble white-label iGaming platform provider. Its core offering is a customizable online casino platform equipped with real-time game modules, payment gateway integrations, KYC verification, risk management controls, and administrative analytics dashboards. Despite a polished website showcasing these products, Praptidhi maintains a minimal online footprint: no named executives, founders, or leadership are disclosed anywhere, and the company has no visible partnerships, client references, or independent reviews. This opacity, combined with its very small team size, raises important due diligence considerations for potential B2B clients. The company's primary service vertical is the online gambling and betting industry, and it claims support for multiple languages, currencies, and RNG compliance, though no verifiable licensing or technical certifications are publicly available.
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SKEIYA Group
Nairobi, Kenya
SKEIYA Group is a privately held sports commercial company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, dedicated to transforming Africa’s sports industry through innovation, inclusivity, and strategic market development. Founded by Syombua A. Kibue, the company started as a small agency and has evolved into a full‑blown sports commercial enterprise. It operates an integrated platform offering ticket booking, accommodation arrangements for live events, a social media community for sports enthusiasts, and a proprietary all‑in‑one sports management software for academies, clubs, and associations. The group also organizes Kenya’s premier sports festival, NaiCup, runs a football academy under the brand SKEIYA Academy, and has a communications arm called The Tribe Comm. With a lean team of 2–10 employees, SKEIYA positions itself as a hub for African athletic excellence, aiming to commercialize leagues, develop talent, and connect athletes and brands to structured market opportunities. The company has gained recognition, with its CEO being named among the 50 Most Influential African Women in Sports. SKEIYA’s mission is to build vibrant sports communities across the continent by leveraging media, technology, and strategic partnerships, including a pilot immersive XR education platform with Mindflight7. The group is privately owned by IMMVULA & RUWAN SAMA.
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Velex Advisory Limited
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Velex Advisory Limited is a strategic, financial, and legal advisory firm focused on high‑growth ventures across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). It operates as one of the core divisions of Velex Group, a privately held technology investment advisory and management consortium established in 2014. The firm brings together professionals with backgrounds in finance, law, consulting, and technology, offering end‑to‑end support for startups, scale‑ups, and established enterprises seeking to enter or expand within emerging markets. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, Velex Advisory maintains regional offices in Nairobi, Lagos, Kinshasa, Kampala, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Abidjan, and Lusaka. The firm delivers a three‑pillar service model comprising Business Advisory (strategy, operations, market entry), Legal Advisory (licensing, compliance, governance, IP, data protection), and Financial Advisory (planning, risk management, investment guidance). Its client base spans fintech, mobility, e‑commerce, logistics, edtech, proptech, lifestyle and entertainment, and other technology‑driven sectors. Velex Advisory also offers credit scoring and decisioning solutions for lenders in Africa, and provides specialised compliance and licensing support for the gaming and gambling industry, leveraging deep regulatory knowledge across multiple African jurisdictions. The firm claims over a decade of impact (effectively since the mid‑2010s) and a team of 50+ professionals, with roots tracing back to the Velex Group’s founding in Kenya in 1996 (the group itself was formally established as a consortium in 2014).
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Tola Mobile
Dublin, Ireland
Tola Mobile is a privately held payments infrastructure company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specialises in connecting merchants and platforms to mobile money operators across sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 2016, it provides a unified API enabling businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and orchestrate transactions across 24 African markets and more than 60 payment integrations. The company has processed over 3 billion transactions with a cumulative volume exceeding $2 billion, making it one of the fastest-growing independent mobile money integration providers in the region. Following a management buyout in early 2022, Tola Mobile has expanded its footprint, including adding card payment capabilities in December 2025. Serving clients in e-commerce, transport & logistics, insurance, fintech, and iGaming, it offers real-time deposits, withdrawals, and direct settlement through a single integration layer. With a lean team of 11–50 employees and a core technology hub in Dublin plus in-region presence across Africa, Tola Mobile is a critical enabler of digital payments in one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile money markets.
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Choplife Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Choplife Tanzania is the Tanzanian operating division of Choplife Gaming Limited, a pan-African iGaming franchise that manages licensed online sports betting and online casino brands across multiple African markets. Headquartered in Dar es Salaam, the company operates two primary consumer brands: Betpawa, a sportsbook present in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Mali, and Liberia; and Chopwin, a casino-style platform active in Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Botswana, and Namibia. Choplife Gaming distinguishes itself through a high-compliance strategy, having received Tanzania’s prestigious Presidential Taxpayers’ Award for 2024/2025 and the Overall Large Taxpayer Award for the Eastern Zone from the Tanzania Revenue Authority. The company’s proprietary technology stack integrates risk management, AML controls, and responsible gambling tools, supporting its growth across East and West Africa. Led by Founder & CEO Edwin Mek Kapesa and local Managing Director Loyce Oluoch, Choplife Gaming has rapidly expanded its footprint and is recognized for its tax contributions and job creation in Tanzania’s digital economy.
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Gamb&IT Consult is a pan-African legal, tax, and corporate advisory firm founded in 2015, specializing in iGaming, payments and cryptocurrency, forex, and healthcare industries. The company provides consulting services to businesses seeking to enter or expand across Africa, drawing on a network of over 50 specialist lawyers and maintaining offices in three African countries. Its services span professional legal consultations, dispute resolution, licensing and permit acquisition, tax optimization, intellectual property protection, business formation, recruitment, HR processes, payment system configuration, and marketing campaigns. Gamb&IT Consult positions itself as a strategic partner for gambling operators, payment solution providers, and enterprises navigating Africa’s complex regulatory and cultural terrain. The firm is privately held and has not publicly disclosed funding rounds or major partnerships. While its LinkedIn profile lists 11–50 employees, the affiliated website gambit-africa.com mentions over 100 local experts across Africa, likely reflecting the broader Gamb&IT Group. The company’s primary competitive advantage is its pan-African reach and specialized focus on heavily regulated industries, though limited public information on leadership and office locations poses challenges for due diligence.
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Betgr8
Alagomeji-Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria
Betgr8 is a Nigerian-licensed online sports betting and casino operator that also serves select African markets, primarily Kenya. Launched in 2020 as the consumer-facing brand of Jack Nickel Integrated Concepts Limited, the company is privately held and regulated by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, the Lagos State Lotteries Board, and the Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board. Headquartered in Alagomeji-Yaba, Lagos, Betgr8 employs between 201 and 500 people and has quickly grown into a mid-sized digital sports entertainment platform. The operator differentiates itself through high sportsbook odds, a feature-rich mobile app for Android and iOS, and deep localisation of payments, supporting Nigerian bank transfers, USSD, and fintech services like Kuda, PalmPay, OPay, and M-Pesa in Kenya. Betgr8's product portfolio includes pre-match and live sports betting with features like Bet Builder, Cash Out, and Multiboost, alongside a casino lobby, virtual sports, and proprietary mini-games such as Aviator, Spin2Win, and Quiz Bet. The company emphasises responsible gaming with an 18+ age requirement and self-exclusion options, and it competes with established operators like Bet9ja, SportyBet, and 1xBet in a crowded Nigerian market.
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