Markets and recognition.
Where we work, who regulates each market, and exactly where we stand with each regulator.
Recognition is earned market by market.
A laboratory's reports count only where a regulator accepts them. This table shows the markets we serve and our status in each. We update it as each recognition is granted, and we do not claim recognition before then.
| Market | Regulator | Fairmetric status |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) | Home market. KENAS accreditation in progress; regulator recognition being sought under the Gambling Control Act 2025. |
| Uganda | National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board | Recognition to be sought. |
| Tanzania | Gaming Board of Tanzania | Recognition to be sought. |
| Rwanda | National gaming regulator | Planned. |
| Nigeria | National Lottery Regulatory Commission and state regulators, including the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority | Planned. |
| Ghana | Gaming Commission of Ghana | Planned. |
Kenya first. The Gambling Control Act 2025 licenses the testing of gambling equipment and software and requires certification of gambling machines, with periodic standards verification. Fairmetric is being built for that requirement, from Nairobi.
Three layers stand behind a certificate.
Accreditation
A national accreditation body assesses the laboratory against ISO/IEC 17025, 17020 and 17065. For Fairmetric that body is KENAS, a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement for testing.
Regulator recognition
Each gambling regulator decides which laboratories it accepts. Recognition is applied for separately in every market.
Transfer of approval
Where a regulator allows it, existing test evidence can be reused, so only the differences need testing. How transfer of approval works.
Entering Africa from elsewhere?
If your products are already certified in Europe, Latin America or elsewhere, we can review that evidence against African requirements and test only the gaps. You get a local laboratory, in your target region's time zone, close to the regulator.
Recognition status
Updated as each recognition is granted.
Planning a launch in Africa?
Tell us the product and the markets. We will map what each regulator requires and the fastest compliant route.