SPiCE Middle East 2026

SPiCE Middle East 2026 is the first edition of a new branch of the SPiCE series, which Eventus International started in 2018 as SPiCE India. It runs on 24 and 25 November at the V Hotel, a Red Sea beach resort in Sharks Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. It falls on the same dates as SPiCE The Reunion in Goa, so the organiser is running two events at once. Despite the name, the published speaker list leans towards sub-Saharan Africa. Officials from the Gaming Board of Tanzania, the Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority and Nigeria's Enugu State Gaming Commission sit alongside marketing staff from 22bet Kenya, Bangbet Tanzania and Kessbet, a speaker from bet9ja, and LONASE chairman Moustapha Camara from Senegal. Golden Eagle Gaming Group and the United Group for Engineering & Investment also send speakers. The delegate countries listed by Eventus run from the Gulf states and North Africa to Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Eventus frames the event around regulatory change and new investment in the region, but the public agenda gives only the timetable; the topics are in a brochure sent on request. Conference and expo sessions start at 09:30 on both days, with a networking evening after the first and farewell drinks at 16:45 on the second. The ticket descriptions do not quite match the timetable. The Standard Delegate Pass (EUR 445 early bird, EUR 545 full price) covers day two only, while Premium (EUR 845 or 945) and VIP (EUR 1,245 or 1,345) add a welcome evening on day one and logo placement in mailers, and VIP adds reserved seating. The organiser applies the same audience split it uses for other SPiCE events: 35% operators, 25% suppliers, 20% affiliates, and 10% each from payments and regulators. As a first edition, it has no past attendance to point to and gives no headcount. For affiliates, the speaker list points to East and West African betting brands as the most concrete contacts, more than to Gulf or Egyptian operators. Eventus states on its site that it does not condone any activity banned by local law in the host country, a point that carries weight in a region where gambling rules differ sharply from one country to the next.