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Regulators came together at iGB Live in London to discuss sustainability, market competitiveness and channel players. Regulators from across Africa gathered in London this week to intensify collaborative efforts on licensing, taxation and player protection within the continent’s expanding industry. The meeting was hosted by the African iGaming Alliance (AiA) as a high-level session alongside […]

Regulators came together at iGB Live in London to discuss sustainability, market competitiveness and channel players. Regulators from across Africa gathered in London this week to intensify collaborative efforts on licensing, taxation and player protection within the continent’s expanding industry. The meeting was hosted by the African iGaming Alliance (AiA) as a high-level session alongside […]

South Africa’s gambling industry is moving deeper into digital territory, putting fresh pressure on regulators to modernise oversight as online betting demand rises sharply. For Mabutho Zwane, chief executive of the Eastern Cape Gambling Board and president of the Gaming Regulators Africa Forum, the central question is no longer whether the market can grow. It […]

African Gambit May 31, 2026 This week across African gambling markets highlighted a recurring tension: demand and investment continue to grow, but structural constraints remain difficult to ignore. From labor disputes in South Africa and regulatory uncertainty across multiple jurisdictions to new market expansion in West Africa, the week’s developments showed that growth alone does […]

Erik Arenhill is the CTO and sole developer at Umara, a Swedish sports nutrition company going global. Nearly a decade after joining the founders to improve the company’s e-commerce platform, he is now witnessing a fundamental shift in his role and across the organization. From marketing to engineering, development cycles have accelerated, and the nature of the work itself is changing. […]

The generative pre-trained transformer chatbot (ChatGPT) is used as a search engine that replaces Google. It also serves as a generator of a variety of things, from images to meal planning and role-playing games [1]. A specific feature of the chatbot makes it especially relevant to developers — it can read and write programming code. How […]

Genius Sports to acquire Legend for up to $1.2 billion The sports data and technology company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire gaming media network Legend for up to $1.2 billion (£900 million/ €1 billion), including $900 million payable at closing and an earnout of up to $300 million. Founded by Nick Kisberg […]

In its agreement the Dutch coalition government took a seemingly hard-line stance against gambling, comparing it to sex work and warning that both sectors were susceptible to crime and human trafficking. The Netherlands’ new minority government has laid out plans to fully ban gambling ads and potentially restrict the online licences available within the market. In its agreement, […]

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has asked Vladimir Putin to lift the ban on online casinos, reportedly to fund the war in Ukraine. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has reportedly asked President Vladimir Putin to legalise online gambling in the former Soviet Union. Siluanov proposes a single operator that would remit “at least 30% of […]

Online freelancing platforms, such as Upwork, have become a major gateway to remote work. They connect freelancers with clients worldwide, offering opportunities across several industries, including tech. However, in recent years, many of these platforms have introduced payment requirements for freelancers — meaning professionals have to spend money just to apply for projects or increase their visibility. This shift raises an […]