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DAY ONE Monday 4th November 2013
15 – 17 June 2015 * Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos , Nigeria
Hear from leading experts:
Bola Shodipo, Special Adviser, Taxation & Revenue, Lagos State, Nigeria
Lanre Gbajabiamila, CEO, Lagos State Lotteries Board, Nigeria
Adolphus Joe Ekpe, Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission. Nigeria
Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo, Commissioner, Ghana Gaming Commission
Dolan Beuthin, CEO, Bet2Win
Oni ‘Tope Michael, COO, Payday Lotteries Ltd.
Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSports
Colin Udoh, Journalist and Sports Television Presenter, Nigeria
Ivan Zaltsman, CIO, World Sports Betting, South Africa
Yahaya Maikori, Partner, Law Allianz & President, Nigeria Gaming Association
Filippo Ceci, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, iSolutions
Anli Kotzé, CEO, BetTech
Joe Coughlin, Co-Founder/Managing Director, London Betting Company, UK
John Kamara, Director, Global Gaming Company
Key issues being covered:
Explore the issues and trends impacting the gaming industry
Become familiar with the current sports betting environment in West Africa and what is on the horizon
Get a grip on the latest developments and the future opportunities in West Africa’s gaming sector
Learn how to develop, sustain and grow market share while facing new operators entering the market
Connect with leaders and captains of the industry for an unparallel networking opportunities
PLUS: DON’T MISS THESE ESSENTIAL WORKSHOPS Masterclass 1
Step-by-step legal guide to establishing successful partnerships
Facilitator: Yahaya Maikori, Partner, Law Allianz & President, Nigeria Gaming Association
Masterclass 2
Africa… Untapped Gold?
Facilitator: Lee Richardson, Chief Executive, Gaming Economics, UK
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“… the perfect entry into the African betting and gambling market!”
West Africa 2015
SPORTS BETTING
CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Gold Sponsor Organisers Endorsed by Sponsors
Exhibitors
DAY ONE - Monday, 15 June 2015
08.30 Registration and morning coffee
09.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
09.30 Opening address: Reflections on West African gambling
Industry and its regulations
Bola Shodipo, Special Adviser, Taxation & Revenue, Lagos State
10:00 Gaming outlooks: Licensing and operating a gaming company
in Nigeria – what you need to know
• Overview of the Nigerian gaming industry
• Understand how licensing, permits and forex works
• Learn about the rules and regulations
• Discuss the evolution of online gaming
• Learn what to look for in taxation
Yahaya Maikori, Partner, Law Allianz & President, Nigeria Gaming
Association
10:30 Extended coffee break and exhibition walkabout
11:30 Assessing the opportunities, trends and strategies in West
Africa’s sports betting industry
• Embracing the new concepts in sports betting
• Opportunities for offering products into West Africa
• Understanding the African local punter vs. international punters
• Barrier of entry of Africa: When is the time to move in?
Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo, Commissioner, Ghana Gaming
Commission
12:00 Challenges and opportunities of entering West Africa’s gaming
markets
• Advantages and opportunities presented for operators in West
Africa
• How to break into the West Africa’s gaming market – West African
entry strategy
• Finding the right local partner – what traits to look for?
• Maximising marketing spend – how much to use and where to
concentrate efforts
• Navigating the licensing and regulations in different African
jurisdictions
Panelists
Lanre Gbajabiamila, CEO, Lagos State Lotteries Board
Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo, Commissioner, Ghana Gaming
Commission
13:00 Lunch
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14:00 Exploring opportunities in West Africa for regional collaboration
in lottery: A regulatory parspective
Adolphus Joe Ekpe, Director-General, National Lottery
Regulatory Commission, Nigeria
14:30 Insights from the frontlines of sports betting in West Africa
• The current state of affairs?
• What opportunities are there for operators
• What lessons have been learned in other markets?
Panelists
Colin Udoh, Journalist and Sports Television Presenter, Nigeria
Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSports
15.30 Online sportsbook marketing
• Overview of the commonly used tactics
• Affiliate marketing
• Bonuses and special offers
• Loyalty schemes
• Search engine marketing
• The importance of your multi-channel product
Joe Coughlin, Co-Founder/Managing Director, London Gaming
Company, UK
16:00 Closing remarks from the chair
17:00 Networking cocktail reception
Sponsored by World Sports Betting
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EVENT BACKGROUND
We are proud to bring together participants representing African and European
facing sports books, gaming companies and industry experts to Lagos to discuss
the strategies needed to succeed in Africa’s sports betting and lottery market. The
Sports Betting West Africa 2015 summit & exhibition, will be held in Lagos at
the Eko Hotel & Suites on 15-17 June, 2015. The inaugural summit will be
presenting an all new presentation formats, new exclusive workshops, never heard
before speakers and more networking opportunities than ever before.
The summit will take a close look at the specific strategies for growth and market
development for West Africa’s sports betting and lottery sector. During the first day
of the summit, our expert panel of speakers will be discussing the challenges and
opportunities of entering West Africa’s gaming markets, understand how licensing,
permits and forex works in Nigeria, assessing the opportunities, trends and
strategies in West Africa’s sports betting industry. The second day of the summit
will cover the latest online and mobile sports betting innovation, new sports betting
regulations, marketing and player acquisition approaches for sports betting, as well
where the future of iGaming and what next for betting exchanges.
We look forward to seeing you at Sports Betting West Africa 2015 summit &
exhibition along with over 100 of Africa’s leading gaming, racing, regulators and
sporting executives.
DAY TWO - Tuesday, 16 June 2015
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
09:30 Africa as the new gaming frontier: How to develop, sustain and
grow market share while facing new operators entering your
market
• Innovative localised product offerings
• Knowledge of target market and customer base
• Importance of Business Analytics and data for business
sustainability
Anli Kotzé, CEO, BetTech
10:00 Your ideas, our goal: Building relationship of trust for
successful and reliable growth
Filippo Ceci, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, iSolutions
10:30 Extended coffee break and exhibition walkabout
11.30 What does the payment gateway landscape look like in West
Africa?
• Exploring the payment gateway landscape in Africa
• Key success factors for operating in Africa
• What does the future look like?
12:00 Opportunities, trends, strategies and challenges in sport betting
• Exploring opportunities in sports betting – punters, bookmaker and
as an agent
• The latest trends in sports betting such as in-play bets etc
• Strategies needed to move the industry forward in Nigeria
• Discussing the challenges in match fixing, manipulations,
payments etc
Dolan Beuthin, CEO, Bet2Win
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Land based versus online – the growing opportunities
John Kamara, Director, Global Gaming Company
14:30 Mobile gaming in Africa – Hype or real potential?
• Overview of mobile telecoms in Africa
• What devices are actually in the market and are being used?
• USSD vs. SMS vs. Rich Mobile Services (e.g. Mobile Apps) for
gaming in Africa
• How does or can gamification and social elements enhance your
brand?
• Case studies and observations from around the continent volume
of betting and what it means for your bottom line
Oni ‘Tope Michael, COO, Payday Lotteries Ltd.
15.00 Convergence between online and mobile
• African mobile penetration
• Mobile internet growth potential (3G, LTE)
• Advances in mobile money
• Brand awareness
• Retail migration to online platforms and why they are essential
• Virtual vouchers
• Educating punters: Reduced winning percentage, higher turnover,
increased betting opportunities, sports betting satisfaction,
customer retention and marketing strategies
Ivan Zaltsman, CIO, World Sports Betting, South Africa
15:30 Closing remarks from the chair
16:30 Networking cocktail reception
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To register CALL +852 5511 8385 EMAIL [email protected]
Sports Betting West Africa 2015
15 - 17 June 2015, Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, Nigeria
DAY THREE - Wednesday, 17 June 2015
08.30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Masterclass 1
Step-by-step legal guide to establishing successful partnerships
• What elements of the developments cycle can be acquired
externally?
• What business models can be used to engage with another
operator or suppliers?
• What terms and conditions should you insist on being included in a
contract?
• What level of due diligence needs to be conducted?
Yahaya Maikori, Partner, Law Allianz &
President, Nigeria Gaming Association
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Masterclass 2
Africa…Untapped Gold? Lee Richardson, Chief Executive, Gaming Economics, UK
16:30 Workshop ends
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sports Betting Asia 10 – 12 August 2015 Solaire Resort and Casino, Manila, Philippines www.sportsbettingevents.com
Betting & iGaming (BiG) Africa Summit 26 – 28 October 2015 Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa www.bigafricasummit.com
GOLD SPONSOR
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SPONSORS
BetConstruct is an award-winning developer and provider of online and land-based betting and gaming solutions, with eight global sales offices, BetConstruct’s innovative and proven offerings include market-leading online and land-based Sportsbook, Live Dealer Casino, RNG Casino Suite, Poker, Skill Games, Virtual Betting, Financial Betting and Fantasy Sports. BetConstruct currently powers more than 80 partners globally, fully supporting them in offering their players the finest betting and gaming experience, while efficiently managing their business through a single back office suite. For more information, please visit BetConstruct website at www.betconstruct.com.
World Sports Betting, is one of South Africa’s and ultimately Africa’s leading bookmakers which offers national, continental and international sports betting, live in play betting, lotto and powerball as well as global horse race betting.
Kiron Interactive, established in 2001, is a leading supplier of virtual games and gaming systems to the global gaming industry. Kiron’s virtual gaming products have been successfully deployed across a number of distribution platforms including the internet, mobile, satellite broadcast, And WAN/LAN networked environments and gaming machines. Using the latest animation and proven gaming systems, Kiron's solutions have grown to be the leaders in their field.
EXHIBITORS
Golden Race is the “one stop partner” for virtual sports betting solutions that can fulfill all special needs regarding different clients, countries and habits. We constantly work on our products and have an in-house development team to build new innovative products; we build up “one stop clients” with the best support for a lifetime partnership.
Meridian Gaming Ltd is a leading licensed gambling company in South East Europe. We offer our services in 4 continents, 26 countries, 86 cities, 520+ betting shops. Fully developed business in all gambling sectors and channels. More than 1700 employees. specialised in retail betting. Over 30 years of continuous service in Europe. Several years ago started in South Africa, Africa and Caribbean. Meridian Gaming has plug and play solutions with trading departments, fraud teams, It services and customer services. World-class technology operates behind Meridian betting business. Our significant investments in technology reinforce our commitment to serve our customers for long term and enable us to provide an unrivalled service to our clients. Our service is our bestseller. Each year Meridian is adding new features, incentives and services to be able to deliver the highest performance and security to the worldwide markets.
Goldbet was founded in Austria in year 2000 and is licensed under the Austrian law. Goldbet operates directly as an operator via its website: Goldbet.com and also as a gaming and betting service provider. In Africa, Goldbet services Bet9ja, which operates online and via a retail network of betting shops located in Nigeria.
Betradar is a brand of Sportradar, the world’s leading supplier of sports and betting-related live data, odds solutions and fraud detection services to bookmakers, media companies, sports federations and government agencies. Sportradar provides compelling products, services and solutions with its brand Betradar to the bookmaking world, and through its Scoreradar brand to the international media industry. More than 6000 businesses in over 70 countries rely on Sportradar’s data depth and quality services in their daily business. Sportradar employs more than 750 highly experienced staff worldwide. Since the company’s founding in 2001, Betradar has developed into a key player providing all necessary data for bookmakers, such as fixtures, results, odds compiling, monitoring and in-running services, front-end content solutions like statistics and live scores, as well as innovative virtual sports betting solutions. The launch of Betradar’s new Live Channel represents another key milestone in the execution of its strategy of becoming the unique “one-stop-shop” provider, offering a diverse portfolio of sports data products for you and your clients. This service portfolio allows Betradar to meet the challenges and demands of the international bookmaking industry in a forward-looking manner and help to maximize the profit of each customer.
Betologic is a software development company specializing on the design and development of sports betting software solutions and sportsbook associate applications. The company provides iBet, a multi-language, multi-channel platform that manages all aspects of sports betting for the operator such as market selection, customer management, risk management and more.
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITON OPPORTUNITIES
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