SBC Aligns with GRAF to Integrate African Regulators into Core Industry Forums
TL;DR — SBC and GRAF have formed a strategic partnership to deepen regulatory dialogue across African gaming markets. SBC will support the GRAF 2026 Conference in Maputo while GRAF joins the African Gaming Forum at SBC Summit Lisbon, hosting a dedicated regulatory panel with confirmed leaders from Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Lagos. The move creates direct channels between regulators, operators and global stakeholders.
SCCG Take — This framework gives operators structured access to regulators shaping divergent national regimes and signals that compliance strategies must account for jurisdiction-specific pacing rather than continental generalities.
SBC and the Gaming Regulators Africa Forum (GRAF) have formed a strategic partnership to strengthen regulatory dialogue, knowledge exchange and collaboration across Africa’s gaming markets. The agreement integrates the organizations’ respective events and places regulators at the heart of discussions with operators and other stakeholders. The partnership reflects shared goals of connecting African regulatory authorities with the international gaming industry.
Rasmus Sojmark, Founder and CEO of SBC, said: “Africa is not one gaming market. Every jurisdiction is developing at its own pace, with different regulatory frameworks, priorities and challenges. If we want to have meaningful conversations about the future of gaming across the continent, regulators need to be at the centre of them.” Reuben Mabutho Zwane, President of GRAF, said: “This partnership marks an important step in strengthening Africa’s voice within the global gaming conversation.”
Mutual Event Commitments
SBC will support the GRAF 2026 Conference, set for 14–17 September 2026 at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo, Mozambique. GRAF in turn becomes an Event Partner of the African Gaming Forum, held on 30 September at the Myriad Hotel during SBC Summit 2026 in Lisbon. The invite-only forum runs from 11:30 to 19:00 and features the dedicated panel GRAF: African Gaming under the microscope.
Confirmed regulatory participants include Moruntshi Kemorwale, CEO of the Gambling Authority Botswana; Lungile Dukwana, CEO of South Africa’s National Gambling Board; Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo, Acting Commissioner of the Gaming Commission of Ghana; Peter Maina Karimi, Director General of Kenya’s Gaming Regulatory Authority; Muchanankhwaye Mpuluka, CEO of Malawi Gaming & Lotteries Authority; and Bashir Are, CEO of the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority. Sessions will cover market entry, evolving regulatory frameworks, taxation, responsible gambling and jurisdictional opportunities.
Regulatory Alignment Ahead
The arrangement creates a two-way platform that supports GRAF’s internal collaboration while feeding African perspectives directly into SBC’s global events. SBC Summit 2026 itself runs 29 September to 1 October at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa and MEO Arena and is projected to draw 40,000 industry professionals. This structured exchange addresses the practical need for regulators and operators to align on developments that differ sharply by jurisdiction, without assuming uniform solutions across the continent. Outcomes from the Lisbon panel and Maputo conference will indicate how effectively those distinct priorities can be reconciled in real time.
Reporting: SBC News
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Direct regulator access beats guesswork — six jurisdictions confirmed, and Africa's compliance fragmentation demands structured dialogue, not assumptions.
We've placed teams in eleven African markets, and every operator learns the same lesson: Africa isn't one market. Botswana moves differently than Lagos, Kenya differently than Malawi. This SBC-GRAF framework creates the structured regulator dialogue our partners need — not theoretical panels, but named decision-makers from six live jurisdictions shaping the rules your license depends on.
- Six confirmed regulators — Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Lagos — joining structured forums
- Dual-event model: GRAF 2026 in Maputo (Sept 14–17), African Gaming Forum at SBC Lisbon (Sept 30)
- Sessions target market entry, tax frameworks, responsible gaming, jurisdiction-specific compliance strategies
SCCG angle: SCCG has active partnerships across African jurisdictions and direct relationships with several authorities in this room. When a client needs practical introductions, compliance mapping or market-entry counsel ahead of these forums, we connect the dots — regulator to operator, license consultant to local counsel — so you walk in prepared, not pitching blind.
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