Channel
@igamingafrica
On this record: Growth · Engagement · Reactions · Posts · Cite this entry
562subscribers
+25 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
| Telegram ID | -1001924037219 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @igamingafrica |
| Created | Between 1 April 2023 and 31 October 2023 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 8 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 6 September 2026 |
| Measurements held | 6 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 6 September 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/igamingafrica |
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sept 2026, 17:16 | 562 | +6 |
| 28 Aug 2026, 08:34 | 556 | +4 |
| 22 Aug 2026, 02:17 | 552 | +8 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 19:24 | 544 | +7 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 03:49 | 537 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 17:41 | 537 | first reading |
19 posts held, back to 3 August 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 page of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 19 posts for this entry, the most recent from 7 August 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
2 reactions across 2 posts, in 2 distinct kinds. The most used accounts for 50.0% of them.
| Reaction | Count | Share | Share, drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 👍 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 🔥 | 1 | 50.0% |
No sentiment is inferred, and none should be read in. This table is ordered by count and by nothing else. Emoji do not carry stable meaning across languages or communities — 🙏 is thanks in one channel and mourning in another — so we publish which ones were pressed and how often, and pass no judgement on what an audience meant by them.
Precision. Telegram publishes reaction counts per emoji and short-forms each one — 4.34K, 1.2M — so any single kind at or above 1,000 reaches us at three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. The shares above are ratios of those figures and carry the same error. This is also why the total here can differ slightly from a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page: both are sums of the same rounded parts, taken over samples with different edges.
Coverage. Reactions were read on 2 of the 19 sampled posts in this sample. Summed by Telegram’s own count on each post — not by adding up the per-emoji breakdown above — those same posts carry 2 reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.
Measured over the 19 most recent posts we hold, published 3 August 2026 to 7 August 2026, using the newest reading held for each. Telegram Stars are excluded: they are a payment, not a reaction, and they have their own section.
The High Court of Kenya has allowed the Gambling Control (Licensing) Regulations, 2026 to take effect, except for licensing fee increases contained in the Second Schedule and gambling capital requirements set out in the Third Schedule with the full judgment for the case scheduled for October 2, 2026. “The specific circumstances herein are that the ex parte applicants do not have issue with the entirety of the Gambli…
Uganda’s Parliament has moved to align the tax treatment of gaming winnings by removing an exemption that excluded licensed land-based casinos from a proposed 15% withholding tax on betting and gaming winnings. “The committee examined the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the President's request and agrees with the President that the exemption granted to land-based casinos will create unnecessary opportunities …
Responsible gambling cannot remain a tick-box exercise if Africa's gaming industry is to grow sustainably. Meaningful player protection requires stronger enforcement, better technology, and closer collaboration among regulators, operators, advocacy groups, and communities. In Episode 35 of the iGaming AFRIKA webinars titled, "Responsible Gambling: Policy or PR? Protecting Minors from Underage Gambling," industry expe…
betPawa is excited to announce the successful completion of its annual Responsible Gaming training program for customer support teams across all of its 15 African markets. The initiative unified over 500 customer support professionals and was delivered in collaboration with 11 clinical psychology and counseling organizations across the continent. Olabimpe Akingba, Head of Responsible Gaming at betPawa, said: "Respon…
The North West Gambling Board (NWGB) recently joined forces with the North West Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT) and the North West Parks and Tourism Board to celebrate World Ranger Day 2026 at Vaalkop Nature Reserve. Read More: https://igamingafrika.com/nwgb-honors-world-ranger-day-2026-at-vaalkop-nature-reserve/
Sun International delivered new homes to two families in the communities surrounding Sun City Resort. Brett Hoppe, General Manager of Sun City Resort, noted: “For these families, a home offers stability, security and a foundation for the future. We are incredibly proud of the employees, partners and community members who have come together to make this possible.” Read More: https://igamingafrika.com/sun-internation…
Speaking at the recent Enugu Gaming Conference in Nigeria, Jeremiah Maangi, Chief Executive Officer of iGaming AFRIKA said investment will increasingly flow to markets that offer regulatory certainty, efficient payment systems and evidence-based policies. He argued that clear regulatory frameworks build market confidence, attract institutional investment and support the development of technology, jobs and local suppl…
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Safaricom PLC has recorded its highest-ever dividend payout of KES 80.13 billion, including a final dividend of KES 1.15 per share. This brings the total dividend for FY26 to KES 2.00 per share for the financial year ended 31 March 2026. Dr. Peter Ndegwa, Group CEO of Safaricom PLC, stated: "This has been a defining year for us. We marked 25 years of connecting and driving transformation through our services and com…
The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) conducted district-by-district enforcement operations in Lyantonde, Sheema, Isingiro, Ibanda, Mbarara, Rukungiri, and Ntungamo, resulting in the confiscation of 77 unlicensed gaming machines. Read More: https://igamingafrika.com/nlgrb-intensifies-fight-against-illegal-gaming-machines-in-seven-districts-across-uganda/
OdiBets has partnered with QTech to launch its casino offering across Kenya and Tanzania through QTech’s aggregation platform. The partnership brings OdiBets access to QTech’s extensive portfolio of localised iGaming content, including popular crash and lightweight games designed to support players across diverse devices and connectivity environments. Agatha Wanjugu, QTech’s Sales Manager for East Africa, said: “Par…
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When African iGaming regulators from across the continent met at iGB Live 2026, one practical problem shared was that many players remain unwilling to deposit with operators they have not yet had the chance to evaluate. To combat this, legitimate operators in South Africa like Hollywoodbets, Easybet, Tic Tac Bets, and Betway are increasingly using no deposit bonuses, which let players test a platform with no financi…
The African Lotteries & Gaming Association (ALGA) has officially announced the appointment of Mr. John Mutua to its Board of Directors. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Gaming Operators Kenya (AGOK), Mr. Mutua brings 20 years of experience in the African gambling sector and is widely recognized as an award-winning executive, having been named Male Person of the Year at the inaugural iGaming AFRIK…
Showing the 12 most recent of 19 posts we hold for @igamingafrica. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 6 September 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“iGaming AFRIKA News” (@igamingafrica), 562 subscribers as measured 6 September 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/igamingafrica.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.