Licensed/RegulatedNigeria
Premier League. Local leagues.
Africa’s sports betting map
Africa’s Sports Betting Map.Country by Country.
13 resident guides, illegal stubs where private books are banned, and coming-soon for the rest. Comparison and education only — no live tote, no invented brands.
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Public-register namesLocal paymentsDated 14 October 2026
Football · Cricket · Rugby · Basketball
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Featured countries
Start with four markets.
Licensed/Regulated
Licensed/RegulatedSouth Africa
PSL. Rugby. Cricket.
Licensed/RegulatedKenya
Football. Athletics. Local favourites.
Licensed/RegulatedGhana
Premier League. Local markets.
Top sports compared
Football carries the continent.
Cricket and rugby are South African depths. Basketball is a night-owl NBA habit with a BAL footnote.
The continental slip
Football
If you want to understand sports betting in Africa, start with football — Saturday on the shop television, not “soccer” as a US category.
A Southern African book, mostly
Cricket
Cricket betting in Africa is not a continental habit. It is a South African one, with satellite interest when India play and when the IPL colonises a winter evening.
Springboks, then everyone else
Rugby
Rugby betting in Africa has a capital city: South Africa. The rest of the continent watches a World Cup final and then goes back to football.
NBA nights, plus the BAL
Basketball
Basketball is the late slip — NBA on a weeknight data bundle, a younger crowd, and BAL on more slips than it was two seasons ago.
House · Methodology
How we read legality and books.
Three labels from the paperwork — not a ranking and not a tip sheet.
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House · Responsible gambling
If the slip stops being sport, stop.
We compare licences and books; we don’t push deposits. Local help is on the responsible-gambling page.
Open the house page →
Independent. No bookmaker desk.
Licence rows dated.
Bet only what you can lose.
We compare. That’s the Africa way.