In Africa’s emerging iGaming markets, download speed is key to a provider’s popularity among players. In their new study, TESTA experts analysed the download speed of slots from different gaming providers in four GEOs: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. SiGMA News presents the developer rankings with commentary from one of the leaders, NGM Games.
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Ghana leads the way in slot-loading speeds
According to a new study, the average slot load time in the analysed African countries is 24.15 seconds. The ranking of countries in terms of download speed looks like this:
- Ghana: 18.73 sec
Nigeria: 24.60 sec
Kenya: 26.13 sec
South Africa: 27.13 sec
KA Gaming has the best slot download speeds
The top 10 providers with the best average slot-loading speeds across the four countries look like this:
- KA Gaming: 14.00 sec
- Nolimit City: 16.83 sec
- NGM Game: 17.22 sec
- Slotfactory: 23.00 sec
- Spinomenal: 24.11 sec
- Mancala: 26.56 sec
- Barbara Bang: 28.50 sec
- Netent: 29.50 sec
- Playson: 31.67 sec
- Red Tiger: 38,00 sec
Ranking of providers by slot loading speed in each GEO
| Country | Provider | Loading time (sec) |
| Ghana | KA Gaming | 14,00 |
| NGM Game | 16,00 | |
| Spinomenal | 18,67 | |
| Slotfactory | 20,00 | |
| Mancala | 25,00 | |
| Nigeria | NGM Game | 18,00 |
| Spinomenal | 18,00 | |
| Barbara Bang | 23,67 | |
| Playson | 31,67 | |
| Mancala | 31,67 | |
| Kenya | Nolimit City | 15,67 |
| Netent | 28,33 | |
| Red Tiger | 38,00 | |
| South Africa | NGM Game | 17,67 |
| Mancala | 23,00 | |
| Slotfactory | 26,00 | |
| Barbara Bang | 33,33 | |
| Spinomenal | 35,67 |
Source: SiGMA News.
NGM Game on the rollercoaster of internet connectivity in Africa
The team at NGM Game, South Africa’s fastest gaming provider, warns that when launching in the region, you need to be prepared for the rollercoaster of internet connectivity and create slots with this in mind. According to Sergei, CPO of NGM Game, the African market is one of the fastest growing in the world, but it places unique demands on the quality and speed of content.
To ensure fast loading times even on unstable network connections and on budget Android devices, NGM Game consciously invests in optimising its games. The 17.22 seconds figure is the result of a well-coordinated team of developers, testers and product managers. ‘We are proud that against the background of such recognised leaders as KA Gaming and Nolimit City, our technology shows competitive loading speed,’ Sergey notes.
NGM Game has plans for new stages of optimisation, local servers, customisation for devices and site formats in different regions to suit the languages and preferences of players in the promising market. As we wrote earlier, several macroeconomic factors are responsible for the boom of online gambling on the African continent. Economic growth, coupled with rising disposable incomes, has led to an increase in entertainment spending. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this process as lockdowns triggered a rise in demand for remote services.
This article was first published in Russian on 8 April 2025.
