Africa Accounting For 9% of Global Suspicious Betting Alerts!
International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has reported in Q1 2026, that Africa accounted for 9% of global suspicious betting alerts. Africa had 6 cases out of 70 worldwide.
These alerts mainly involved football in Burundi, Ghana, and Nigeria, along with tennis in Egypt. The data indicates that Africa represents a comparatively small share of global suspicious betting alerts. This in comparison with some of the world’s largest and most mature wagering markets. Africa fared well as compared to, Europe with 20 alerts (28 per cent), North America with 14 (20 per cent), and Asia with nine alerts (13 per cent) during the same period.
The six alerts recorded on the continent in the first quarter of 2026 linked to football matches in Burundi, Ghana and Nigeria, as well as tennis events in Egypt.
Football produced the highest number of alerts globally with 25 cases or 36% of the total clicks. On second place is tennis with 16 alerts and esports comes in third with 15 alerts.
The findings also continue a trend highlighted in IBIA’s 2025 Sports Betting Integrity Report, which recorded 300 suspicious betting alerts across 16 sports globally. In that report, Africa accounted for around 10% of global alerts. Again, representing a relatively small share compared with other regions.
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Overall, suspicious betting alerts were identified across 10 different sports worldwide, highlighting the wide scope of integrity monitoring within the betting ecosystem.
Who is IBIA?
The International Betting Integrity Association,{IBIA} is a non-profit association backed by over 90 operators and 200 betting brands. IBIA safeguards sport and regulated betting markets through global monitoring, intelligence sharing and stakeholder collaboration.
