iGaming Business magazine iGB 112 Sept/Oct 2018 | Page 5

iGaming Business 112 EDITOR’S LETTER While the huge potential of a young, football-mad population of 1.2 billion and growing is undoubted, significant hurdles remain for operators and partners looking to enter igaming markets in African countries. Chief among these obstacles are inconsistent regulation and a product landscape shaped by what the CEO of one operator describes as the “leapfrogging phenomenon” of becoming a mobile market virtually overnight, with desktop barely figuring. We unpack the opportunities and complexities in these emerging markets from p45. Elsewhere, we delve into the new iterations of social betting and also look beyond ICOs at the challenges posed to first movers in the blockchain casino space by P2P products, such as decentralised prediction markets, which completely remove the trusted intermediary. This issue also sees the welcome return of the Global iGaming Index, now in partnership with Regulus Partners. This monthly benchmarking of the performance of the leading listed companies in the sector, weighted according to their exposure to real-money igaming, will now be updated every month and is exclusive to iGB. Enjoy the issue. Stephen Carter Editorial director Editorial director Stephen Carter [email protected] Publishing director Richard Linn [email protected] Deputy editor Hannah Gannagé-Stewart [email protected] Director of strategic business development Michael Caselli [email protected] Sub editor Guy Parsons Head of media sales Ian Larcombe [email protected] Regulation advisor Stephen Ketteley Technology advisor Justin Bellinger Designers Simon Brake, Ogo Ikeogu Production and studio manager Craig Young [email protected] Print: Printed in the UK by Pensord Press, www.pensord.co.uk Published by: iGaming Business Ltd, 3rd Floor, Bedford House, Fulham Green, 69-79 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3JW, UK. www.igamingbusiness.com iGaming Business is published bimonthly © iGaming Business Ltd 2018. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without prior written permission, except for permitted fair dealing under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Application for permission for use of copyright material including permission to reproduce extracts in other published works shall be made to the publishers. Full acknowledgement of author, publisher and source must be given. The paper used within this publication has been sourced from a Chain-of- Custody certified manufacturer, operating within international environmental standards such as ISO14001 and EMAS. This is to ensure sustainable sourcing of the raw materials, sustainable production and to minimise our carbon footprint. Cover image: istockphoto.com. ISSN 1756-3437. Senior account manager Laurie Pilate [email protected] Senior account manager Luke Webb [email protected] Subscriptions [email protected] Senior account manager: Katie Woods [email protected] Managing director Alex Pratt [email protected] Account manager: Sandeep Haer [email protected] i GamingBusiness | Issue 112 | September/October 2018 3