888Africa Switches To EveryMatrix Platform In Angola
Under the agreement, 888Africa has moved from its previous platform service provider onto the core EveryMatrix platform for both sports wagering and casino video gaming.
The operator formerly used the platform of FSB Technology, which was gotten by EveryMatrix in 2024. After a competitive process, 888Africa chose to move to the EveryMatrix turnkey platform which migration process was complete last week.
FSB had a roster of customers across Africa, however EveryMatrix has put considerable resources into its operations in the headlined through the appointment of Mark Schmidt to the position of Managing Director for Africa. It is thought that it was 888Africa's pivot to offering casino product that resulted in it choosing EveryMatrix, with its solution cited as having 'firepower'.
An EveryMatrix statement stated: "The migration was delivered detailed with the Angola rollout involving extra market-specifics, consisting of localisation, payments, KYC, CRM enablement, and other regional requirements. A few of these items depended upon each other, so doing things in the ideal order was important."
888Africa is a popular player across numerous recognized and emerging markets in Africa, consisting of Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Led by Christopher Coyne, a former executive at Paddy Power and Destiny Group, the operator is looking for podium positions across African markets and decided to strengthen its tech solutions to help it achieve that objective.
Writing on LinkedIn, the operator's Vice President of Product and Operations Steven McIntosh said: "Migrations at this scale are ruthless. Especially inside 10 weeks, which is what makes this one feel so special. Countless information points, intricate combinations, regulatory requirements, and a cross-functional group across multiple workstreams, all converging on a single go-live moment.
"In practice that suggests months of preparation, numerous tickets, endless dev dependences, a bazillion edge cases, constant alignment, and calls. So many calls. Sleepless nights don't make the action products, but they exist too!"
Markets in southern Africa have actually been popular for many operators over the last few years with healthy guideline in place and populations used to banking on sports. While at times the innovation has been lamented as not being good enough, EveryMatrix believes it is modernising the sector in these high growth markets.