{
  "id": 9308887,
  "title": "Africa’s gaming boom is becoming a billion-dollar business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/africas-gaming-boom-is-becoming-a-billion-dollar-business",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/2026-09-23-africas-gaming-boom-is-becoming-a-billion-dollar-business/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Africa’s gaming market is growing almost twice as fast as the global industry, while studios, payment systems and competitive events are beginning to build the infrastructure around its rapidly expanding player base.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}