{"id":18678,"date":"2026-02-24T05:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=18678"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:40:17","slug":"qtech-games-wins-best-innovator-at-2026-big-africa-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/qtech-games-wins-best-innovator-at-2026-big-africa-summit","title":{"rendered":"QTech Games wins best Innovator at 2026 BiG Africa Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Shining Savannah Award recognises QTech Games\u2019 groundbreaking innovations, including QTech Hybrid, which bridges retail and digital gaming across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Botswana.- QTech Games, the leading force in emerging-market gaming, has seized the <strong>Best Innovator<\/strong> title at the 2026 <strong>BiG Africa <\/strong>Summit in Botswana, claiming the prestigious Shining Savannah Award for its groundbreaking impact across <strong>Africa\u2019s iGaming<\/strong> landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Award is perennially given to the best all-round igaming innovator in Africa, recognising \u201cgroundbreaking innovation and<strong> technological innovation<\/strong>\u201d, tailored solutions for the continent\u2019s igaming market and excellence in user <strong>engagement<\/strong> and sustained growth over the past year. QTech Games prevailed over well-known competitors including Skilrock and GlobaLab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QTech Games CEO <strong>Philip Doftvik <\/strong>said the company was delighted to have won another award for overall innovation in Africa over the past 12 months and noted that being shortlisted was already a feather in the team\u2019s cap, while the victory validated their<strong> growth <\/strong>and innovations like QTech Hybrid and QTechLabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThis win is testimony to our diligent team at QTech, and to the <strong>ever-evolving <\/strong>group of innovative suppliers that our offering represents. It\u2019s a real team effort. We\u2019ve made our name as the <strong>go-to aggregator <\/strong>for emerging markets and we remain committed to rolling out <strong>top-class content <\/strong>and retail innovation that drives new revenues for our worldwide partners across Africa and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driving innovation across Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>QTech\u2019s win follows the launch of <strong>QTech Hybrid<\/strong>, a platform enabling a seamless transition between retail and <strong>digital gaming<\/strong>. The rollout across Soccabet\u2019s network in Ghana has allowed operators to scale brick-and-mortar operations online. The software combines QTech Games\u2019 AI-powered casino lobby, <strong>QTech Play<\/strong>, with a retail management system and a state-of-the-art Agent Management System (AMS), streamlining deposits, withdrawals and gameplay for players both in-store and on personal devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doftvik also highlighted the <strong>broader strategy<\/strong> behind QTech\u2019s expansion: \u201cBeing recognised for our innovation, impact and bottom-line results \u2013 to name just a few of the key judging criteria \u2013 will only embolden our expansive <strong>African mission<\/strong>. It\u2019s also indicative of QTech\u2019s broader strategic direction across emerging markets, where we are setting the<strong> gold standard<\/strong> and defining the future of the online casino industry, with an established reach throughout and outside of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BiG Africa Summit celebrates <strong>excellence <\/strong>and innovation across the continent\u2019s iGaming and sports betting sector. This year, it recognised operators, technology innovators, <strong>regulatory leaders<\/strong> and distributors who provide engaging and diverse content for Africa\u2019s fast-growing gaming community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The BiG Africa judging panel said: \u201cThis year, the calibre of nominations was<strong> exceptional<\/strong>, making the selection process extremely <strong>competitive<\/strong>. Being recognised not only as a finalist but also the market leader in Africa for its relentless innovation in our prestigious Shining Savannah category highlights the outstanding <strong>impact <\/strong>and achievements QTech Games has made within the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/WAZAA-BET-JC28-300x200.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/sierra-leones-wazaa-bet-posts-double-digit-growth-following-qtech-games-rollout'>Sierra Leone\u2019s Wazaa Bet posts double-digit growth following QTech Games rollout<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shining Savannah Award recognises QTech Games\u2019 groundbreaking innovations, including QTech Hybrid, which bridges retail and digital gaming across Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":18676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"QTech Games secured the Best Innovator title at the 2026 BiG Africa Summit in Botswana, receiving the Shining Savannah Award for its significant impact on Africa's iGaming landscape. The recognition highlights QTech Hybrid, a platform enabling seamless retail-to-digital gaming transitions, which has been instrumental in driving new revenue streams and scaling operations for partners like Soccabet in Ghana. This award validates QTech's strategic direction in emerging markets, setting a benchmark for innovation in the online casino sector.","focusai_entities":"QTech Games, Philip Doftvik, Skilrock, GlobaLab, Soccabet, Wazaa Bet, BiG Africa Summit","focusai_location":"Botswana, Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.85), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hybrid Platform ROI","query":"What specific GGR uplift or NGR growth metrics have QTech Games' partners, such as Soccabet, observed following the implementation of the QTech Hybrid platform in their retail-to-digital conversion strategies?"},{"label":"Regulatory Implications","query":"How does the QTech Hybrid platform's seamless retail-to-digital integration navigate the disparate B2B\/B2C licensing and regulatory compliance frameworks across various African jurisdictions, particularly concerning KYC and AML protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60021],"tags":[60853,60858,60859],"class_list":["post-18678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","tag-qtech-games","tag-qtech-hybrid","tag-soccabet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18678"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18721,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18678\/revisions\/18721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}