SBWA+
EVENTUS AWARDS
2025
SBWA+ Eventus Awards will feature an award ceremony scheduled to take place on Day Two of the
Sports Betting West Africa+ Summit, 28 Aug 2025, to celebrate companies that have excelled in various fields within the gaming industry. To ensure awards recognise achievements across all areas of the sports betting and gaming industry, the following categories are presented:
NOMINATION PORTAL CLOSE
15 AUGUST 2025 (5pm SAT)
SHORTLIST RELEASED
20 AUGUST 2025
AWARD CEREMONY
28 AUGUST 2025
SBWA+ EVENTUS AWARDS
CATEGORIES:
SBWA+ Eventus Awards
Innovation of the Year Award
2025
This award acknowledges a standout innovation that has made a measurable impact on the industry during the last year.
Entries are assessed using key metrics such as market performance, the originality of the concept, and the user experience’s effectiveness and design quality.
SBWA+ Eventus Awards
Leader in Online Casino Award
2025
This award pays tribute to the top all-around online casino platform for innovation, user engagement, and sustained growth in 2025.
Judging metrics for this award focus on quality of traffic, scale of lead generation, general growth, originality and innovative thinking.
SBWA+ Eventus Awards
Leader in Responsible Gambling Award
2025
This award has been created to pay tribute to the company which executed an impressive awareness of responsible gambling. The company will be considered for performance during 2025.
Judging metrics for this award focus on the general growth of the product offering, overall investor confidence in the brand and scale of brand awareness.
SBWA+ Eventus Awards
Outstanding Industry Influencer Award
2025
This award has been created to recognise the best gaming industry influencer of 2025.
Judging metrics for this award focus on outstanding contributions to the quality industry advice, input on transactions, collaborations, contributions in research and industry growth.
SBWA+ Eventus Awards
Outstanding Speaker Award
2025
This award has been created to recognise the best SBWA+ 2025 speaker.
Only SBWA+ 2025 speakers will be considered.
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The winner will be announced at the end of the event on day 3, once all speakers have had a chance to speak.