Africa
Ethiopia.
Offshore only Data profile. Full research not written yet.
No local licensing regime; players use international operators.
Market snapshot
- Online GGR 2026
- USD 280m
- Regulated GGR
- USD 130m
- Offshore GGR
- USD 70m
- Growth, year on year
- 40%
- CAGR
- 0%
- Channelisation
- 65%
- Mobile share
- 75%
The market
Ethiopia is a offshore only market overseen by NLA (state lottery); all private sports-betting licences revoked Dec 2025. Online gross gaming revenue is running at USD 280m for 2026, of which USD 130m is licensed. Roughly 65% of play sits with licensed operators.
Boomed through 2025, then govt revoked ALL sports-betting licences nationwide 15 Dec 2025 over tax/revenue concealment and security concerns; market in reset pending a new framework.
This is the measured profile. A full research write-up, with the licensing route, the advertising rules, the player limits and cited sources, is not written for Ethiopia yet. The figures above come from the market dataset rather than from a per-country source review, so treat them as a screen rather than as a basis for a launch decision.
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