Tanzania

News & Analysis

News In Brief: October 3-October 7, 2022

GambleAware seeks treatment partner, 888 makes good on promise on pan-African launch and evidence of Malaysian slave labour surfaces in Laos casinos.

Tanzania Advertising Code Includes TV, Radio 'Blackout'

The Gaming Board of Tanzania has proposed a new code of practice for gambling adverts which would see a TV and radio “blackout” from Monday to Friday between 6am and 9am.

Tanzania Sets Specific Online Rules For First Time

Tanzania’s gambling regulator has released specific regulations for online gambling for the first time, as the industry becomes an even more central contributor to the country’s tax coffers.

News In Brief: February 8-February 12, 2021

UK underage ad compliance improves again in regulator report, historic racing machines legalised in Kentucky and another Crown Resorts executive resigns.

SportPesa Founders Scrap Over 'Suspicious Transactions'

Paul Ndung’u, the former chair of Pevans East Africa, the entity behind SportPesa in Kenya, has accused the company’s foreign shareholders of siphoning more than $250m to offshore accounts at the expense of local investors.

Research & Reports

Special Report: Africa Gambling Outlook 2019

This special report takes a look in detail at the six African jurisdictions that are considered to be most relevant to the gambling industry: Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; South Africa; Tanzania; and Uganda. The report discusses the degree of development of juridical systems, the maturity of the gambling markets and both the political and regulatory developments that occurred in the countries in the first half of 2019.