Africa
South Africa: Tribunal Grants Lottoland Interim Relief – Orders Google to Grant Lottoland Access to its Advertising Platform
The Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) has issued an interim order directing Google Ireland Ltd and Google South Africa (Pty) Ltd (collectively, “Google”) to permit Lottoland South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Lottoland”) to access its advertising services known as “Google Ads”, for so long as Google permits any firm in South Africa to utilise Google’s Ads Services to advertise fixed-odds betting on the outcome of lotteries. The Tribunal’s order applies for a period of six months from its date, or the conclusion of a hearing into the prohibited practices alleged by Lottoland, whichever is the earlier.
This platform enables advertisers to display ads to users who utilise Google search, with Google Ireland acting as the service provider for Google Ads in South Africa.
The Tribunal’s order follows an interim relief application by Lottoland, a licensed bookmaker, which, inter alia, offers fixed-odds bets on the outcome of various lotteries around the world, including the South African national lottery, sporting events and other betting contingencies. Lottoland competes with other licensed bookmakers in South Africa such as Hollywood Bets, World Sports Betting, Betway, Betfred (which owns Lottostar) and Netbet (which trades as Sportingbet).
In summary, Lottoland alleged that Google terminated its access to Google Ads without justification while allowing access to its competitors, causing it financial harm and distorting competition in the market that Lottoland operates in, to the detriment of consumers.
Google contended that Lottoland’s offering of fixed-odds bets on the outcome of the national lottery in South Africa contravenes sections 57(1) and 57(2)(g) of the Lotteries Act. It submitted that in terms of its online advertising policies, which are designed to protect users, restrictions are placed on the promotion of certain gambling activities. Of particular relevance, the promotion of lotteries is limited to state-licensed entities and that this restriction is in place to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Lotteries Act.
Reasons for Decision
A non-confidential version of the Tribunal’s reasons will be published in due course once any confidentiality claims in relation to the reasons have been finalised with the parties involved. In deciding the matter, the Tribunal considered the following three factors holistically, balancing each factor against the other to determine what is reasonable and just:
• Evidence relating to the alleged prohibited practice;
• The need to prevent serious or irreparable damage to the applicant (Lottoland); and
• The balance of convenience.
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Africa
MozzartBet is Live on Fast Track’s AI-native CRM Platform
MozzartBet, one of South-East Europe’s largest sports betting and gaming operators, has gone live with Fast Track CRM platform, rolling out the platform across its brands in the Balkans, Romania and Africa.
MozzartBet operates across a range of regulated markets, with brands in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Malta, Kenya and Nigeria. The launch is the next step in MozzartBet’s player engagement strategy, as the operator continues to scale its multi-market presence and deepen the experience it delivers across its brands.
“We have been genuinely impressed with Fast Track from day one. Their team understood our operation, our markets, and what we needed to achieve – and the platform has lived up to it. Our CRM team is already running campaigns in ways we could not before, across all of our markets, and we are excited about what this partnership will let us build for our players going forward,” said Nemanja Savkovic, COO at MozzartBet.
The launch gives MozzartBet’s team a single real-time customer model across its brands, alongside Fast Track AI – the platform’s natural-language and agentic-workflow capabilities, which let operators interact with the platform conversationally and delegate end-to-end CRM tasks to AI agents.
“What MozzartBet have built across the Balkans and Africa is genuinely impressive. We are deeply aligned with their vision for where they are going, and we will continue to do everything we can to help them see that vision through,” said Simon Lidzén, Co-Founder and CEO of Fast Track.
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Africa
Kiron rolls out Kiron.Lite Virtual League with MojaBet brands across six African markets
Kiron Interactive has launched its Kiron.Lite Virtual League with MojaBet brands across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Zambia and Nigeria. The rollout also includes Ghana via Keedbet and Benin via LNB Pari.
Kiron said Kiron.Lite is built for mobile-first and low-bandwidth environments, aiming to maintain performance across varying network conditions. The company positioned the deployment as a response to operator demand for content that can reach more players without impacting gameplay.
Steven Spartinos, Co-CEO of Kiron Interactive, said: “The expansion of Kiron.Lite with MojaBet is an important step in making virtual sports content more accessible across diverse African markets. In many regions, players are engaging primarily through mobile devices and often within bandwidth constrained environments. Kiron.Lite was developed specifically to address those realities, delivering a high quality virtual sports experience with significantly reduced data requirements. This launch reflects our continued focus on creating products that are commercially effective for operators while remaining accessible and relevant to local player behaviours.”
Aris Filippopoulos for MojaBet added: “Kiron.Lite Virtual League aligns strongly with the needs of our player base across multiple African markets. The product delivers an engaging football entertainment experience while supporting the mobile first environments that are increasingly defining player interaction today.”
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Africa
Sun International Appoints Nthabi Motsoeneng as Chief Marketing Office
Sun International has announced the appointment of Nthabi Motsoeneng as Chief Marketing Officer. A seasoned marketing leader, she brings over 20 years of experience driving consumer-centric brand strategies across emerging and developed markets.
She joins Sun International from Pernod Ricard, where she served as Chief Marketing Officer for Africa and the Middle East, leading regional marketing strategy and delivering award-winning campaigns and strong commercial results. Her work has earned global recognition at Cannes Lions and the WARC Awards, where she has also served as jury member and jury president.
Prior to Pernod Ricard, Nthabi held senior marketing leadership roles at Tetra Pak as Marketing Director for Southern Africa, and at Kimberly-Clark, Tiger Brands, The Coca-Cola Company, GlaxoSmithKline and SABMiller, building deep expertise across FMCG and global brand environments.
In her new role, effective 1 June 2026, she will lead Sun International’s marketing strategy across the group’s portfolio of urban casinos, resorts, hotels and online platforms, with a focus on strengthening brand equity, deepening customer engagement and supporting growth through the group’s omnichannel ecosystem.
“Nthabi brings extremely relevant experience from lifestyle brands to Sun International and our portfolio of experience‑centric resorts and casinos. Her understanding of how to translate deep consumer insights into actionable marketing initiatives will be critically important as we continue our journey to build a digitally led, market‑leading, omnichannel gaming company of scale,” said Ulrik Bengtsson, Chief Executive.
“Sun International is a truly iconic African business with a rich heritage and tremendous potential. I am thrilled to join the organisation and contribute to shaping the next chapter of growth by building stronger customer connections, elevating our brands, and creating experiences that people will remember and return to,” said Nthabi.
Nthabi joins the leadership team at a critical time as the group accelerates its evolution into a digitally led, omnichannel gaming and hospitality business. She holds a BA in Marketing Communication and Industrial Psychology and is accredited in Lean Six Sigma and Agile Scrum methodologies.
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