{"id":11698,"date":"2025-10-29T07:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=11698"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:24:50","slug":"lonaci-becomes-competition-sponsor-for-afcon-2025-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lonaci-becomes-competition-sponsor-for-afcon-2025-in-morocco","title":{"rendered":"LONACI becomes competition sponsor for AFCON 2025 in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (LONACI) joins CAF to support 24 top African national teams in the AFCON tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.- The Confederation of African Football<\/strong> (CAF) has listed the National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong> (LONACI) among the official competition sponsors for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations<\/strong> (AFCON), which will take place in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sponsorship highlights LONACI\u2019s ongoing support for African football and its commitment to engaging fans across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONACI appears alongside other recognised partners<\/strong> such as Rexona, Danone, Apsonic and Midea, helping to promote the tournament and engage fans across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFCON will feature matches across six Moroccan host cities<\/strong>: Rabat, Casablanca, F\u00e8s, Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir. The tournament will include 24 national teams<\/strong>, including some of Africa\u2019s biggest football nations such as host Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, South Africa and Kenya. These teams will compete in nine stadiums, promising a showcase of top-tier football<\/strong> talent and continental unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAF General Secretary V\u00e9ron Omba said: \u201cAFCON is more than a football competition. It is a celebration of African unity<\/strong>, passion and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONACI previously supported African football as a National Supporter for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations<\/strong> held in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. This reflects the organisation\u2019s continued commitment to sports development and community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With LONACI\u2019s backing and other official partners, AFCON 2025 in Morocco is expected to be a well-organised and highly celebrated event, combining sporting excellence<\/strong> with African pride and fan engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> LONASE rolls out major football campaign ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (LONACI) joins CAF to support 24 top African national teams in the AFCON tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":11700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (LONACI) has been named an official sponsor for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 in Morocco, continuing its support for African football. This sponsorship positions LONACI alongside other major brands, highlighting its commitment to fan engagement and sports development across the continent. The tournament will feature 24 national teams competing across six Moroccan host cities.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (LONACI), Confederation of African Football (CAF), Rexona, Danone, Apsonic, Midea, V\u00e9ron Omba, LONASE","focusai_location":"C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Morocco, Rabat, Casablanca, F\u00e8s, Tangier, Marrakech, Agadir, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, South Africa, Kenya","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Sponsorship ROI","query":"What are the projected GGR uplift and brand equity improvements LONACI anticipates from this multi-year AFCON sponsorship, and how will these be measured against the investment?"},{"label":"Regulatory Implications","query":"How does LONACI's governance framework ensure transparency and public accountability for significant sponsorship expenditures, particularly given its status as a national lottery?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60017,60012],"tags":[60613,60058,74],"class_list":["post-11698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsbetting-news","category-west-africa","tag-africa-cup-of-nations","tag-football","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11698"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11720,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11698\/revisions\/11720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}