We’re down to the final four in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, with two semifinals, Egypt vs Senegal and host nation Morocco vs Nigeria, kicking off tomorrow. Saturday brings the AFCON third place game while the tournament’s final will be staged on Sunday. Obviously, this is the biggest sporting event in Africa right now, and thus, the most popular attraction for sports betting on the continent right now.
The Kenyan market, just like the markets in all the other African countries, are fixated on AFCON betting trends right now.
However, sites like BestCasinos.casino have an advantage in Kenya that you won’t find in the other African countries. In this ever more digitized world, Kenya is the continent’s leading tech hub. This is best illustrated by a place called Konza Technopolis, which is actually better known as Silicon Savannah.
It’s a large technology hub being built 64 km (39 mi) south of the Kenyan capitol city of Nairobi.
Tech touches our lives more than ever these days, as players now have a level of access to bookmakers, sports betting insights and betting odds that previous generations couldn’t even dream of.
And that’s due to the explosive growth of cutting edge tech, all across the world.
Nowadays all of us can walk across with access to a sports book in our pockets, via our mobile devices. As for the tournament’s betting odds, the host nation is the favorite, typically backed around +150.
That’s understandable, given how Morocco are the class of African national football programs right now, and they have the home pitch advantage.
They reached the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup, with no other African nation getting beyond the round of 16. Senegal is the leading underdog candidate, typically priced at around +240 or so.
Nigeria is not far behind, with odds of about +300.
The fourth and final team, Egypt, has the tournament’s most iconic individual player, in Mo Salah.
However, they also have the longest odds of the four semifinalists, typically priced around +550.
Paul M. Banks is the Founding Editor of The Sports Bank. He’s also the author of “Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” and “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.”
He currently contributes to USA Today’s NFL Wires Network, RG.org and Ratings.org. His past bylines include the New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and the Washington Post.