Some African regulators need to ‘step up’ with regard to dealing with unlicensed operators and enforcing safer gambling, in the opinion of Olabimpe Akingba, Executive Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Bookmakers (ANB).

Sharing her views on the ‘Accessing Africa’ panel at the SBC Summit Barcelona, Akingba was joined by four other stakeholders in the African market – three operators and one regulator – and made her views on regulatory action in her home country very clear.

“From my observation, Nigeria and other African countries definitely focus more on revenue generation than responsible gaming,” she said. “At the moment regulators are not doing much on that part.