ChatBet, the conversational betting and transactional messaging platform, has partnered with iSolutions to expand access to AI-powered betting experiences across Africa and other emerging markets.
The partnership will allow operators using the iSolutions platform to integrate ChatBet’s conversational betting technology, enabling players to discover markets, build bet slips and complete betting journeys through WhatsApp, Telegram and web or app-based chat widgets.
The collaboration is designed to help operators reach players through the channels they already use, while reducing the friction associated with navigating traditional sportsbook apps and mobile websites.
Africa represents a particularly strong opportunity for conversational betting, with messaging platforms already playing a central role in how consumers communicate, transact and engage with brands.
By combining iSolutions’ platform infrastructure and regional operator relationships with ChatBet’s conversational conversion technology, the companies aim to make betting more accessible, intuitive and locally relevant.
Partnership targets Africa’s mobile-first markets
Josh Swerdlow, founder and CEO of ChatBet, said: “iSolutions gives us a strong platform partner for expanding across Africa and other high-growth markets.
“In many of these markets, messaging is already the primary digital interface. The opportunity is not to force players into another app, but to allow them to discover, engage and transact through conversations they already understand.
“This partnership will make it significantly easier for iSolutions operators to add conversational betting as a new acquisition, engagement and transactional channel.”
Filippo Ceci, co-founder and director of iSolutions, added: “Our policy at iSolutions has always been to integrate the best products available on the market, based on the choices of our clients and supported by our consultancy.
“Our operators drive their own business strategies. Our role is to support those choices with the right technology and the right partners.
“The partnership with ChatBet reflects exactly that approach. Conversational betting is particularly well suited to Africa and other mobile-first markets, and we are pleased to make the technology available across our operator network.”
ChatBet and iSolutions are already working together on an initial operator deployment, with further launches expected across the platform’s network.
ChatBet seeks to reshape digital betting
In April, Bola Group announced the launch of the conversational betting platform ChatBet, stating it was the first of its kind in Africa.
Bola Group CEO Hilton Hasson described the launch as a significant milestone for both the company and the broader African betting industry.
“Our teams have spent six months working on something that has never existed in Africa before,” Hasson said. “WhatsApp is already in everyone’s pocket, data costs make traditional platforms a barrier and sports betting in this market is still massively underserved digitally, and Chatbet solves all three.
ChatBet first launched in Zambia, though the company plans to launch in additional markets in the future with Zimbabwe and Malawi already identified in its expansion plans.
ChatBet，这一对话式投注与交易消息平台，已与iSolutions达成合作，以在非洲及其他新兴市场扩大AI驱动投注体验的覆盖范围。
此次合作将使使用iSolutions平台的运营商能够集成ChatBet的对话式投注技术，让玩家能够通过WhatsApp、Telegram以及基于网页或应用的聊天组件发现盘口、构建投注单并完成投注流程。
该合作旨在帮助运营商通过玩家已在使用的渠道触达他们，同时减少浏览传统体育博彩应用和移动网站所带来的摩擦。
非洲对对话式投注而言代表着尤为强劲的机遇，因为消息平台已在消费者的沟通、交易和品牌互动方式中扮演核心角色。
通过将iSolutions的平台基础设施和区域运营商关系与ChatBet的对话式转化技术相结合，两家公司旨在让投注更加便捷、直观且贴合本地需求。
合作瞄准非洲的移动优先市场
ChatBet创始人兼首席执行官Josh Swerdlow表示：“iSolutions为我们提供了一个强大的平台合作伙伴，助力我们在非洲及其他高增长市场扩张。
“在许多这类市场中，消息传递已经是主要的数字交互界面。机遇不在于强迫玩家使用另一个应用，而在于让他们通过已经熟悉的对话来发现、参与和交易。
“此次合作将使iSolutions的运营商能够更加轻松地添加对话式投注，作为新的获客、互动和交易渠道。”
iSolutions联合创始人兼总监Filippo Ceci补充道：“我们在iSolutions的一贯政策是，基于客户的选择并在我们的咨询支持下，集成市场上最优质的产品。
“我们的运营商主导自己的商业战略。我们的角色是以合适的技术和合适的合作伙伴来支持这些选择。
“与ChatBet的合作正是这一理念的体现。对话式投注尤其适合非洲和其他移动优先市场，我们很高兴能将这项技术提供给我们的运营商网络。”
ChatBet和iSolutions已在就首个运营商部署展开合作，预计将在该平台网络内推出更多上线项目。
ChatBet寻求重塑数字投注
4月，Bola Group宣布推出对话式投注平台ChatBet，称其为非洲首个此类平台。
Bola Group首席执行官Hilton Hasson将此次发布描述为公司以及更广泛的非洲博彩行业的重要里程碑。
“我们的团队花了六个月时间打造非洲此前从未存在过的东西，”Hasson说。“WhatsApp已经在每个人的口袋里，数据成本使传统平台成为障碍，而这个市场的体育博彩在数字化方面仍严重服务不足，Chatbet解决了这全部三个问题。
ChatBet最初在赞比亚上线，不过该公司计划未来在更多市场上线，津巴布韦和马拉维已被列入其扩张计划。