{"id":24569,"date":"2026-05-11T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=24569"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:58:58","slug":"wiga-ea-launches-to-drive-womens-leadership-across-east-africas-gaming-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wiga-ea-launches-to-drive-womens-leadership-across-east-africas-gaming-sector","title":{"rendered":"WIGA-EA launched to promote women in East Africa gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Women in Gaming Association East Africa was launched during the iGaming AFRIKA Summit in Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya.- The<strong> Women in Gaming Association East Africa (WIGA-EA)<\/strong> has officially been launched during the inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit in Nairobi, bringing together women from sports betting operators, regulators, casinos and gaming suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association aims to offer mentorship programmes, networking platforms and leadership support for women in the regional gaming sector. WIGA-EA chairperson<strong> Emily Asava<\/strong> said: \u201cOur aim is to support, conduct mentorship programmes, provide networking platforms, and create a sisterhood that will support various career goals and aspirations within this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board also includes Cynthia Onyango, Lola Okulo, Borah Omary and Rwanda\u2019s Aimee Cyuzuzo. The association has adopted the tagline \u201cIdentify, Mentor, Empower\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/WOMEN-ATTEND-JC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/WOMEN-ATTEND-JC.jpg 600w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/WOMEN-ATTEND-JC-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Industry delegates and stakeholders attend the official launch of WIGA-EA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Supporters include Association of Gaming Operators Kenya (AGOK), Mozzart, Ocean Gaming Consult, Suss Ads\/Suss Digital, Pepeta and Maybets. AGOK representative John Mutua said: \u201cWe need this &#8211; not as a gesture, not as a diversity footnote in an annual report. We need Women in Gaming East Africa because our industry has a talent problem, and the talent is in this room: underutilised, underpromoted, and frankly underestimated for far too long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that AGOK\u2019s support for the association was not a charitable move, but rather a strategic one. \u201c<strong>Diverse leadership<\/strong> teams make fewer blind-spot errors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch attracted women gaming leaders, including founders of Women in Nigeria Gaming Network Olabimpe Akingba and Olafadeke Akeju, and Lois Bright of Women in Gaming Africa.<\/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\/CEOWIGLA-JC--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\/alga-confirms-women-in-gaming-and-lotteries-africa-leadership-team-to-boost-female-industry-representation'>ALGA unveils Women in Gaming and Lotteries Africa leadership team to boost female industry representation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Gaming Association East Africa was launched during the iGaming AFRIKA Summit in Nairobi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":24574,"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":[60016,60013],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-24569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-africa","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569","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=24569"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24700,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions\/24700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}