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Fantasy Sports Interactive (FSI) continues its strong commercial momentum, announcing its first African market partnership with AfricaBet international BV.
Updating the market, FSI has been selected as AfricaBet’s lead supplier of fantasy sports systems, which will complement the bookmakers multi-market online betting platform.
Further to the contract FSI development meets its partnership target of delivering AfricaBet its fantasy sports product during World Cup Russia 2018 trading.
Following its initial installation, the B2B fantasy sports supplier is set to further extend AfricaBet’s fantasy sports offering beyond football, offering its NBA inventory from October onwards.
FSI’s Chief Executive Dennis Tsalikis, backed AfricaBet as its new partner “We are proud to be partnering with one of Africa’s most innovative and dynamic gaming providers. The African market is currently one of the most promising iGaming markets and AfricaBet is a pioneering Team with a powerful vision for Africa’s iGaming future and international growth.
We are excited to be announcing our partnership to the world and we are looking forward to enjoying a long and prosperous collaboration with AfricaBet”.
AfricaBet’s CEO, Brian Makwabarara, detailed that FSI fantasy sports services would be utilised to advance cross-play opportunities and enhance retention elements between the operator’s verticals. Makwabarara commented on the partnership
“Africabet.com has been a first in many ways in Africa. We have always sought to provide innovative and interactive solutions within the gaming sphere, so as to provide a world-class Gaming Website to our Clients who hail from all over the world, not just Africa! As such, we were very excited to partner with Fantasy Sports Interactive, a leader in their own right within the Fantasy sports Arena, who are forward thinking and see the massive potential not only in Africa but specifically in partnering withafricabet.com.
We always seek to provide the Best services, and to do so we partner with the Best providers in the world! We are very happy to count FSI amongst our list of valued Partners, whose integrity, long experience, and superior products will see a successful and long partnership between us!”
