{"id":24367,"date":"2026-05-07T11:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=24367"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:42:25","slug":"graf-2026-gains-early-momentum-with-speaker-submissions-from-four-african-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/graf-2026-gains-early-momentum-with-speaker-submissions-from-four-african-markets","title":{"rendered":"GRAF 2026 gains early momentum with speaker submissions from four African markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Gaming Regulators Africa Forum says speaker submissions have already been received from Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and Nigeria ahead of the May 31 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya.- The Gaming Regulators Africa Forum (GRAF) has reported strong early engagement for its <strong>GRAF 2026 Call for Speakers campaign<\/strong>, with speaker submissions already received from Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GRAF said \u201cthe response to our Call for Speakers has been encouraging\u201d, adding that the submissions reflect \u201cthe voices shaping <strong>regulatory conversations <\/strong>across the continent\u201d. The organisation also encouraged additional stakeholders to participate, stating: \u201cThere\u2019s still time to contribute your perspective\u201d ahead of the May 31 deadline for speaker submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GRAF 2026 is scheduled to take place in Mozambique from September 14-17 2026 under the theme \u201cWhere Africa Connects\u201d. GRAF recently announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/gaming-regulators-africa-forum-2026-to-highlight-stronger-regulation-and-player-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the 2026 forum<\/a> will focus on issues including stronger regulation, player protection, responsible gambling, compliance and cross-border cooperation across Africa\u2019s gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is set to bring together <strong>gaming regulators, policymakers and industry stakeholders<\/strong> from across the continent as African jurisdictions continue adapting to the rapid growth of online betting and gaming markets. Discussions are also expected to cover technological innovation and cooperation among African gaming authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign poster highlighted the four countries already participating in the speaker process and urged additional stakeholders to \u201c<strong>be part of the conversation<\/strong>\u201d before submissions close later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GRAF has emerged as one of several regional initiatives aimed at strengthening cooperation between African gaming regulators as betting markets continue to expand across the continent.<\/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\/04\/GRAF-2026JC--300x200.jpg\" 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\/gaming-regulators-africa-forum-2026-to-highlight-stronger-regulation-and-player-protection'>Gaming Regulators Africa Forum 2026 to highlight stronger regulation and player protection<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaming Regulators Africa Forum says speaker submissions have already been received from Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and Nigeria ahead of the May 31 deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":24378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60019],"tags":[1338,60083,1593],"class_list":["post-24367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-player-protection","tag-responsible-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24367","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=24367"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24400,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24367\/revisions\/24400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}