Best Betting Sites in Africa and the Top Betting Companies

Best betting sites in Africa that cover several markets

The best betting sites in Africa for a punter who moves between markets are the sportsbooks that run a local version in most of them.

A small group of brands appears on nearly every country sheet we keep, and the licence position of each one shifts at the border. The figures under each name come from the operators' own rule pages, read between 30 October and 1 November 2026.

1xBet

1xBet is on all of our market sheets and holds the local licence in six: Kenya (GRA BK 0001232), Ghana (GCSB26F1615T), Uganda (NLGRB-BM-26-0206), Tanzania (SBI000000029), Cameroon (MINAT) and Lagos State in Nigeria. Its first-deposit match starts at 200% in Kenya, capped at KES 20,000, and climbs to 300% in Uganda, where the cap is USh 1,250,000.

Local licences6 markets

Kenya rollover5× · 3 legs @1.40

Tanzania rollover8× · 3 legs @2.10

AppsAndroid + iOS

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22Bet

22Bet carries local paperwork in Kenya (BK 0001293), Nigeria (LSLGA/OP/OSB/22B230524), Ghana (GCSB26R31970), Uganda (NLGRB-BM-26-0221) and Tanzania (SBI000000015). The offer is a 100% match almost everywhere. The catch is the clock: in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda the bonus must turn over 5 times inside 7 days.

Local licences5 markets

Match100%

Clock7 days

Zambia extra110 Aviator free flies

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BetWinner

BetWinner pays the bigger 200% match in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Cameroon, and 100% in Kenya and Tanzania. The rollover is the same 5 times on slips of 3 or more legs at 1.40, with 30 days to finish. Ghana (GCSB26Y4779U) and Cameroon (MINAT) list it under local numbers; Kenya and Uganda see a Curaçao licence.

Match100% to 200%

Rollover5× · 30 days

Ghana licenceGCSB26Y4779U

AppsAndroid + iOS

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Melbet

Melbet's sports rule asks for longer prices than most. In Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia the bonus turns over 8 times on 3-leg slips where every leg is priced 2.10 or longer. It holds the GRA licence BK 0001174 in Kenya through Game Tosha Limited, plus local numbers in Lagos, Ghana and Cameroon.

Kenya offer200% to KES 25,700

Rollover8× · legs @2.10

Kenya min depositKSh 130

UgandaAbsent

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Paripesa

Paripesa keeps one plain structure: a 100% first-deposit match, cashed out after 5 turnovers on 3-leg slips at 1.40 within 30 days where the rules are published. Its single local licence is in Lagos, held by Mediamart Entertainment Limited. In Nigeria the cap reaches ₦180,000.

Match100%

Rollover5× · 30 days

Local licenceLagos

Ghana capGH₵1,700

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1win

1win spreads its welcome across four deposits for a total of up to 500%, released through casino games on its Bonus Wagering list. Football slips leave that balance untouched, so it suits casino players more than punters. Tanzania is the market where it holds the local Gaming Board licence.

PackageUp to 500%

Deposits4

Local licenceTanzania

AppAndroid

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Top betting companies in Africa with a local licence

The top betting companies in Africa with a local licence are the ones whose company name and number sit on the regulator's register in your market. A local licence means a company registered in that country, a tax account with its revenue authority and a regulator who takes complaints.

Licences issued abroad, most often in Curaçao, cover the same brands in markets where they hold no local paper.

Kenya's Gambling Regulatory Authority publishes its 2025/26 list online, and the Gaming Board of Tanzania and Uganda's NLGRB do the same.

Ghana's Gaming Commission keeps a list of licensed operators, while Nigeria splits the job between state boards after the Supreme Court ruling of 22 November 2024. In South Africa the licence is provincial, issued by boards such as the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board.

South Africa is the market where none of our partner sportsbooks holds the local licence.

In Zambia, BetWinner prints a casino number from the Ministry of Tourism, while the sportsbooks show foreign licences or none. South African punters who want a provincial licence should read the register table on the South Africa line-up, which lists Betway, Hollywoodbets, SportyBet and Supabets with their board numbers.

Biggest betting sites in Africa by footprint

The biggest betting sites in Africa by footprint are home-grown brands that hold licences in many markets at once. SportyBet appears on registers or licence statements in six of the eight markets we cover, from Kenya (BK 0001203) to South Africa (9-2-1-09799 in Mpumalanga). betPawa follows with five, including Uganda under NLGRB-CS-26-0182.

None of these brands is an ABG partner, so they sit in our register tables and in the bookmaker directory with their licence details, without an exit button.

Betika is the Kenyan case: Shop & Deliver Limited holds GRA licence BK 0001117, and the brand adds Uganda (NLGRB-CS-25-0161) and Tanzania. SportPesa runs in Kenya under Milestone Games Limited (BK 0001193) and in Tanzania under Nexis Global Limited.

Footprint and welcome offers point in different directions. The international sportsbooks on the line-ups print larger first-deposit matches. Several local brands answer with weekly jackpots and USSD betting for basic phones, as Betika did with its USSD launch in Ghana in 2023.

Best betting sites in East Africa

The best betting sites in East Africa share one habit: deposits and payouts run through mobile money, led by M-Pesa in Kenya and Tanzania Mixx by Yas and Airtel Money in Tanzania, and MTN MoMo in Uganda. The rules around that wallet differ in all three markets.

• Kenya: 5% excise duty on each deposit and 5% withholding tax on each payout, both from 1 July 2026; the legal age is 18.
• Tanzania: a 15% gaming tax on winnings under the Gaming Act, after the Finance Act 2026 deleted the old 12% sports rate.
• Uganda: the bookmaker withholds 15% of net winnings for the URA, and nobody under 25 may bet, under the Lotteries and Gaming Act 2016.

1xBet and 22Bet hold the local licence in all three markets: 1xBet (BK 0001232, SBI000000029 and NLGRB-BM-26-0206) and 22Bet (BK 0001293, SBI000000015 and NLGRB-BM-26-0221). For a punter who travels between Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kampala, those are the accounts that stay under a home regulator in each city.

M-Pesa itself sets a ceiling of KSh 250,000 per transaction and KSh 500,000 per day in Kenya, so a large win comes home in parts.

List of betting sites in Africa by market

Our list of betting sites in Africa is split by market, because the licence, the tax and the wallet all change at the border. Each country sheet ranks the sportsbooks we work with and adds a register table for the local brands, and every market side by side compares the rules in one table.

• Nigeria runs on state licences, with Lagos as the busiest board and a 5% withholding tax on net winnings since February 2026.
• Kenya has a single national regulator, the GRA, and the two-step 5% plus 5% tax.
• South Africa licenses online sports betting province by province and leaves winnings from licensed betting free of tax.
• Ghana removed its 10% withholding tax on winnings on 2 April 2025, which lifted the value of every slip.
• Tanzania and Uganda both take 15% of winnings, at different points of the calculation.
• Zambia charges a 5% levy on every deposit and every withdrawal from 1 January 2026.
• Cameroon sets the age at 21 and taxes transfers to and from gaming platforms at 1%.

Crypto betting sites in Africa

Crypto betting sites in Africa take deposits in coins such as Bitcoin, USDT and Ethereum and quote their offers in US dollars. The route back to M-Pesa, MoMo or a bank account runs through an exchange, which adds a spread and an identity check of its own.

BC.Game is the crypto brand on our line-ups, and the BC.Game profile sets out each market. Our Ghana sheet shows it under the Gaming Commission, and its welcome package stacks to 360% across four deposits, each with its own wagering.

Coins also reach the cashier at sportsbooks that keep a local-currency account. In Nigeria, Melbet, Paripesa, 22Bet and BetWinner accept Bitcoin and USDT under their Lagos licences, and in Kenya 22Bet and BetWinner take Bitcoin beside M-Pesa. For a football punter that mix keeps the local licence and the local payout route in place.

Betting tax in each African market

Betting tax decides what reaches your wallet, and in African markets it is charged at four different points: the deposit, the payout, the net win or the withdrawal. The scoreboard applies each market's 2026 rules to a slip of your choice.

Ghana and South Africa leave winnings from licensed betting untaxed. Kenya taxes twice, 5% of each deposit and 5% of each payout. Tanzania takes 15% of winnings, Uganda 15% of net winnings, and Lagos 5% of net winnings. Zambia and Cameroon tax the money movement itself: 5% and 1% on deposits and withdrawals.

On a 1,000 stake at odds of 3.50, a Kenyan punter keeps 3,158.75 of the 3,325 return, after 50 off the deposit and 166.25 off the payout. A Ghanaian punter keeps the full 3,500.

Betting sites that pay out to mobile money

Betting sites that pay out to mobile money are the norm in East and West Africa, and the wallet you use narrows the line-up. Kenya runs on M-Pesa and Airtel Money, Uganda on MTN MoMo and Airtel Money, and Ghana on MTN MoMo and Telecel Cash.

Each country sheet lists the wallets per sportsbook where the operator states them. Sportsbooks hold the first payout until the identity check is finished, so the account is best verified before the first large slip. Our guide to fast withdrawal betting sites walks through the checks per market.

The tax on the money movement matters here as well. Zambia takes 5% on each deposit and each withdrawal, and Cameroon 1% on transfers to and from gaming platforms, against 0.2% on an ordinary transfer. In Kenya the 5% excise duty comes off the deposit before the stake reaches your slip.

Legal betting sites in Africa and their regulators

Legal betting sites in Africa are the ones licensed by the regulator in your own market, and the age limit moves with the law. Uganda sets it at 25, Cameroon at 21, and the other markets we cover at 18. Sort the table by any column.

Changes to these rules are followed on the ABG blog.

The laws behind those numbers are recent in several markets. Kenya replaced its 1966 act with the Gambling Control Act, 2025. Zambia passed the Betting Levy Act, 2025 (Act No. 27). Nigeria's Supreme Court ruled on 22 November 2024 that lotteries and gaming belong to the states, which left Lagos State's authority as the main licensing desk.

South Africa works under the National Gambling Act 7 of 2004, with provincial boards issuing the licences and the National Gambling Board keeping the list of verified operators.

How to choose the best betting site in Africa

Choosing the best betting site in Africa comes down to five checks, in this order. Each one points to the part of the site that answers it, and the guide index lists them all.

1. Licence in your market. Look up the number on the regulator's register; our country sheets print it beside each name.
2. Your wallet in the cashier. The deposit route and the payout route both need to support the wallet on your SIM.
3. Tax on the slip. Run the scoreboard for your market before comparing odds, since a 15% cut outweighs a small price edge.
4. Bonus maths. A 200% match at 8 turnovers costs more play than a 100% match at 5; the free bets guide has the clock calculator.
5. App and data use. Android files, iOS listings and lite modes are compared in our betting apps guide.

Aviator players get a separate check list in the Aviator sites guide, with the maths of the multiplier explained round by round.

What punters ask about African betting sites