Reliable Betting and Gaming Solution for Diverse African Markets

Our approach 

Symphony Solutions quickly assembled a multi-disciplinary team of experienced iGaming professionals – consultants, architects, designers, and developers. The team outlined the vision, the key focus areas, and the blueprint, engaging the client on all steps of the process, from design through development of a fully serviced operational support model. 

Backed up by Symphony Solutions´ Lean-Agile Centre of Excellence, the development process followed a proven Symphony Solutions Engagement Model, built around best practices in Lean and Agile product development and making use of familiar light-weight Agile frameworks.  

Technology Decisions 

Given some of the challenges associated with mobile connections in Africa, one key area of focus was the varying connection speed of users. The choice of development frameworks used reflected the needs of the end-users: 

• React.js was used to provide a good balance of flexibility with the economy of bundle size. 
• Node.js on the backend and Progressive Server-Side rendering was used to allow the page to be displayed chunk by chunk without waiting for the full page to load. 
• Java was used on the backend, drawing upon the vast ecosystem of libraries affording the developers a great deal of flexibility. 
• GraphQL was chosen as a query language for the API, as it provides a complete and understandable description of the data in the API. It gave our clients the power to ask for exactly what they need without overloading it with additional data. 
• CDN was used to serve static content and to protect against DDoS attacks. 

A progressive web application approach was used (all static site assets are cached), which means that: 

• pages load faster on subsequent visits, regardless of network connectivity; 
• updates are downloaded in the background; 
• the app will work regardless of the network state, even if offline; 
• when used on mobile devices, the app can be added directly to the user’s home screen.