Partnership with the leading global monitoring body reinforces pawaTech’s efforts to combat betting corruption
pawaTech, a leading sportsbook provider in Africa and licensee of the betPawa brand, which operates in 17 African countries, has officially joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Through this partnership, pawaTech’s sportsbook trading data will contribute to IBIA’s global monitoring and alert platform, which tracks over $300 billion in annual betting turnover across more than 140 brands.
This move highlights pawaTech’s ongoing commitment to responsible betting, fraud prevention, and the protection of sports integrity throughout the African market.
Juri Sidorenko, CEO of pawaTech, stated:
“Joining IBIA reflects our commitment to fair play, integrity, and safer betting. We are proud to support a trusted ecosystem that enhances security, transparency, and player protection across Africa.”
Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, commented:
“We are thrilled to welcome pawaTech to IBIA. The company’s unique operational footprint in Africa and its advanced technological infrastructure bring valuable regional expertise and monitoring capacity to our association. This partnership further strengthens our global network and supports our shared goal of safeguarding the integrity of sport and regulated betting markets.”
IBIA is a not-for-profit organization established by operators for operators, with no conflicts of interest in providing commercial services to other sectors. Its mission is to protect regulated sports betting markets from match-fixing. IBIA’s global monitoring network serves as a highly effective anti-corruption tool, identifying and reporting suspicious betting activity in regulated markets.
Through this system, transactional activity linked to individual betting accounts can be tracked—data that is accessible exclusively to IBIA and its members.
In its Q1 2025 report, IBIA recorded 63 suspicious betting alerts submitted to relevant authorities. These alerts contributed to investigations that led to successful sanctions against 17 clubs, players, and officials during 2024.
