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The winners will be chosen by the decision of an authoritative jury, and the vote results on the prize page. The award ceremony will be held on March 10, the opening day of the SiGMA Africa 2025 summit, at the Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town, South Africa.

“Last year, 1xBet was named the best sportsbook operator in Africa, and we want to confirm this status. Our team has tried to provide clients with the best gaming experience, including various sports events and exciting promos. We also paid special attention to the mobile app, making it even more convenient for users. We are pleased that leading industry experts have recognized our work,” said a 1xBet representative.

Being a finalist at the SiGMA Africa Awards 2025 is not the only significant success for 1xBet over the past year. The brand has also previously won the Mobile Sports Product of the Year prize at the International Gaming Awards 2025, the title of Best Affiliate Program at the SiGMA Asia Awards 2024, and was recognized as Best Esports Operator in Latin America at the SiGMA Americas Awards 2024.

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About SiGMA Africa Awards 2025

SiGMA Africa Awards is organized by the international company SiGMA Group – a recognized authority in iGaming, digital security, and affiliate marketing. SiGMA Group operates in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America and has great credibility in each region. SiGMA Africa Awards is part of the awards system and is presented annually to the most successful gambling industry representatives.

By Iddi Yire  

Accra, March 08, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday visited  his Malian counterpart, President General Assimi Goita in Bamako. 

The visit was a continuation of his visits to neighbouring countries to consolidate Ghana’s good neighbourliness policy. 

The two leaders took the opportunity to discuss issues of bilateral cooperation, trade and economic cooperation between their two countries. 

They also discussed defence cooperation in the light of the fight against terrorism and the departure of three Sahelian countries – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the ECOWAS bloc to form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). 

Speaking to the press after their meeting,, President John Dramani Mahama, who described his visit to Mali as a friendly one, noted that everybody knew the historical relations that existed between Ghana and Mali since the period of their first Presidents: Dr Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Modibo Keita of Mali. 

He  reiterated that Ghana and Mali had had close relations. 

President Mahama expressed gratitude to President Goita for sending Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga to grace his inauguration on January 7, in Accra, which he added was a good sign that Ghanaians appreciated. 

“We know that for a very long time our countries trade among each other. Our people travel freely among each other. There is a big Malian population living in Ghana, they are involved in business, they are settled peacefully in Ghana, they are actually citizens of both Ghana and Mali,” President Mahama said. 

He said, he and Malian counterpart had had the opportunity to discuss how to make their economic relations stronger. 

He said there were transit corridors between Ghana and Mali; stating that a lot of long distance drivers, both Malians and Ghanaians transport goods from ports in Ghana to Mali and from Mali back to Ghana’s ports for export. 

He said they also discussed how they could remove the challenges to facilitate the movement of drivers in the the countries. 

President MMahamasaid they discussed the strengthening of their defence cooperation in the light of the fight against terrorism and how Ghana could be of help in terms of cooperating with Alliance in terms of fight against terrorism. 

This, he said was because they were all in the same sub-region and terrorism in one country was a threat to all of them. 

“And so we had a discussion on how we can strengthen our bilateral relations in terms of the fight against terrorism.” 

On the departure of the three Sahelian countries from ECOWAS to form the AES, President Mahama said they recognized that there had been some issues of trust between the two groups (ECOWAS and AES). 

“At the same time I think that we have to have mutual respect for each other and I am sure that if we re able to do that we can continue to work together,” President Mahama said. 

“And I think that it is choice that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have made but that wouldn’t be an impediment for us to continue to have our bilateral relations. 

“We are brothers and God put us in this sub-region for a purpose and so whether we like it or not, we are to live together.” 

President Mahama said there was the need to establish a mutual respect between the AES and ECOWAS; saying “And I am sure that if we are able to build on trust, we should be able to work together”. 

Among members of President Mahama’s delegation were Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government Communications, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Stan Dogbe, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency in-charge of Operations and Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Special Envoy for the Alliance of Sahel States. 

GNA  

GRB