Mr Eazi's Choplife Gaming brings its Chopwin casino platform to Namibia in latest African push

Choplife Gaming, the pan-African mobile-first gaming group chaired by Nigerian musician and entrepreneur Oluwatosin Ajibade, known professionally as Mr Eazi, is set to launch its Chopwin online casino and instant gaming platform in Namibia, the company has announced, adding a Southern African market to a portfolio that has been expanding rapidly across the continent.

The Namibia entry, which is pending final launch, marks Chopwin's push into a market that differs sharply in profile from the West African countries where the brand first established itself. Namibia has a smaller population but higher per-capita income than most of Choplife's existing markets, and a regulatory environment that the company would have had to navigate separately from the frameworks it has worked with in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

Choplife Gaming operates two distinct brands across Africa. Chopwin is its wholly owned online casino and instant gaming platform, currently active in Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Uganda, with Namibia set to become its next market. Separately, the company operates betPawa, a sports betting brand it runs under a four-year licensing agreement signed with pawaTech Group in January 2025, which is live in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin, Liberia and, most recently, Mali. Together, the two brands give Choplife a licensed presence that now stretches across more than 10 African countries.

The pace of that buildout has been notable. In January 2026, the company secured a license to operate in Liberia. In April 2026, it officially launched Chopwin in The Gambia, hosting a formal event in Banjul that brought together government agencies, telecommunications firms and payments providers. In May 2026, it secured regulatory approval from PMU Mali for betPawa, adding Mali as its tenth licensed market. The Namibia announcement comes days after that Mali milestone.

Ajibade, who built his public profile as one of Nigeria's most streamed musicians before pivoting into business ownership, has described Chopwin as a vehicle for building something that reflects African culture and ambition. At the Chopwin Sierra Leone launch, he said: "We are building a company where entertainment meets opportunities, and where the energy of our culture shows up in everything we do. We want to build something that feels like us — smart, bold, ambitious, and unapologetically African."

Choplife Gaming is headquartered in Rwanda and has been careful to position each market entry around regulatory compliance and responsible gaming. At its Gambia launch, the company made that framing explicit, with its operations manager noting that robust verification systems are in place to block access by underage users. The platform subsequently held discussions with the Gambia Tourism Board on responsible gaming oversight.

The Chopwin platform is built around mobile-first access, which is a deliberate design choice for African markets where smartphone penetration is high but desktop computing is less common. It offers online casino games, instant-win products, crash games and virtual sports, all through a mobile interface designed to work across varying network conditions.

Jolie M. Roland, Choplife Gaming's head of brand experience, said at the Gambia launch that the company holds licenses in 11 jurisdictions and operates in nine African markets — a figure that has grown since that statement as the Mali and Namibia moves have come through.

Namibia's gaming sector is regulated under the Namibia Gambling Board, which oversees all casino and betting operations in the country. Companies seeking to operate online gaming platforms must clear that regulatory body before going live.

Choplife's expansion into Southern Africa through Namibia signals a deliberate geographic spread beyond its West and East African base. Botswana, where Chopwin is already active, gave the company its first Southern African market. Namibia would deepen that foothold in a region where formal, regulated online gaming is still developing.

Ajibade has said publicly that his goal is to build Choplife into the most prominent gaming franchise across Africa, a position the company markets directly on its website. With Namibia in the pipeline and further markets signaled, that ambition is moving from branding into operational reality.