Under the contract, 888Africa has moved from its previous platform supplier onto the core EveryMatrix platform for both sports wagering and gambling establishment video gaming.

The operator previously utilized the platform of FSB Technology, which was acquired by EveryMatrix in 2024. After a competitive process, 888Africa decided to move to the EveryMatrix turnkey platform and that migration process was total recently.

FSB had a roster of customers across Africa, however EveryMatrix has put significant resources into its operations in the continent - headlined through the consultation of Mark Schmidt to the position of Managing Director for Africa. It is thought that it was 888Africa's pivot to offering gambling establishment product that led to it picking EveryMatrix, with its solution pointed out as having 'firepower'.

An EveryMatrix statement said: "The migration was provided step-by-step with the Angola rollout involving extra market-specifics, including localisation, payments, KYC, CRM enablement, and other regional requirements. A few of these products depended upon each other, so doing things in the ideal order was very important."

888Africa is a popular player across numerous recognized and emerging markets in Africa, including Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Led by Christopher Coyne, a former executive at Paddy Power and Destiny Group, the operator is seeking podium positions throughout African markets and chose to bolster its tech services to help it accomplish that goal.

Writing on LinkedIn, the operator's Vice President of Product and Operations Steven McIntosh stated: "Migrations at this scale are brutal. Especially inside 10 weeks, which is what makes this one feel so unique. Countless data points, intricate integrations, regulative requirements, and a cross-functional group throughout numerous workstreams, all assembling on a single go-live moment.

"In practice that implies months of planning, numerous tickets, limitless dev reliances, a bazillion edge cases, consistent alignment, and calls. Numerous calls. Sleepless nights don't make the action items, but they exist too!"

Markets in southern Africa have been popular for many operators in recent years with healthy policy in place and populations utilized to banking on sports. While at times the technology has been regreted as not being good enough, EveryMatrix believes it is modernising the sector in these high development markets.