2021 - Inaugural Conference

Inaugural GRA Conference: Exploring the rapid Growth of Commercialised Gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa

GRA held its inaugural conference on 14th July 2021 via Zoom. The conference attracted 71 participants who joined a programme which covered:

  • Sport and Gambling
  • Gambling, Religion and Youth Culture
  • Creative, Psychological and Policy Responses to Gambling
  • An introduction to the Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling
  • Discussion about the future of the network

 

Watch or listen to the papers

Paper 1: Soccer betting in rural and peri urban spaces in Zimbabwe: experiences from Domboshava, Seke and Goromonzi – Dr Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

Paper 2: Football fandom and gambling cultures in rural Gokwe, Zimbabwe –  Dr Lyton Ncube

Paper 3: The establishment and strategies of gambling providers in French-speaking Africa: The case of Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) –  Dr Sébastien Berret and Dr Virve Marionneau

Paper 4: Exploring the intersections of sports betting and socioreligious values in Ghana: a qualitative study – Ziyaad Ibn Shiraz

Paper 5: Conceptualizing the normalization of fetishism in gambling among young Nigerians – Tunde Adebisi

Paper 6: Counterverts: using marketing to un-market gambling – Otiyela Mtema

Paper 7: Exploring the relationship between substance/non- substance addiction and types of executive function deficits – Michael Adjei

Paper 8: Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): preliminary findings from a comparative policy analysis – Junious Sichali