South African Games Access Still Blocked

I've posted an earlier topic on access to the Games on the iTunes App Store in South Africa (this category does not exist). I'm getting nowhere. I've recently discovered that the game Doodle Jump (one trivial but significant example) is available in South Africa on the Nokia OVI store. Nokia customers have access games and often the same ones!
Why then is it that we cannot access games content in South Africa? It can't be due to legal issues as we have the same and similar games available on non-Apple platforms. It can't be up to developers to decide where they would like to publish their games surely. And if its not the development companies and not Apple - who is it? I will mail them, call them even meet them face to face, but please just give me an explorable answer to clarify this.

Thanks for the response! I'm worried about this - why does Nokia OVI publish applications with the same or similar titles (e.g. games that are often free) and give people access to a vast database of Music in South Africa (6 million tracks+) ?
They (the Nokia platform developers) would have had to go through the same process of certification - which is apparently quite costly. OVI is not as old or mature as App Store, yet they are penetrating the market like a steamroller.
Maybe their revenue model and licensing agreements are better or more appropriately suited to SA? Or maybe they are jumping through some loopholes? I'm almost forced to buy and redeem gift vouchers to gain access to these applications. This seems legal, but maybe not as ethical due to the fact that I'm purchasing a gift....for myself.

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