A new report reveals insights into Africa's iGaming industry.

Gaming Compliance International (GCI), a frontrunner in regulatory gaming compliance technology and consultancy, has unveiled the first comprehensive report on online gambling across all African nations.

The report explores the iGaming sector in all 54 African nations, providing insights over two consecutive years. Drawing on data from 2024 to 2025, it highlights trends, challenges, and growth in Africa's online gambling industry. According to GCI, the gross gambling revenue (GGR) from regulated operators in 2024 was $4.4 billion, accounting for 22% of the market. Notably, in 2025, the regulated GGR saw a significant increase, reaching $5.2 billion or 23% of the market. Despite the $1 billion growth in regulated revenue, most of the GGR still goes to unregulated, offshore operators. In 2024, GCI reported unregulated GGR at $15.6 billion, rising to $17.8 billion in 2025, representing 78% and 77% of the market, respectively. Matt Holt, CEO of GCI, discussed the newly released report in a press release obtained by Casino House Group News. For the first time, we clearly see Africa's entire online gambling market. Nation by nation, over two years, it's an encouraging picture, he said. Holt also noted the positive growth of the regulated sector in several African countries. This tells us these tools are effective. Our mission is to provide regulators with a comprehensive and honest view of their market, so they can build on the progress shown in this data, he concluded.

African countries are losing billions of dollars due to illegal online gambling, as highlighted in GCI's report. In 2024, 198 million people, representing 13% of the region's population, engaged with online gambling. By the following year, this number rose to 215 million people, or 14% of the population, engaging with iGaming. Demand is not the issue in Africa. The challenge lies in capturing this demand within the regulated sector, the report from GCI states. The report focuses on losses from unregulated online gambling and notes that with $17.8 billion in unregulated online gambling revenue in 2025, African governments missed out on an estimated $3.55 billion in gambling taxes. While the regulated sector did see growth, so too did the number of unregulated iGaming operators targeting African players. GCI warned that the number of these unregulated companies targeting Africa rose from 3,644 in 2024 to 4,129 in 2025.