{"id":12419,"date":"2025-11-10T04:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=12419"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:00:48","slug":"burkina-faso-national-lottery-ramps-up-year-end-operations-ahead-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/burkina-faso-national-lottery-ramps-up-year-end-operations-ahead-of-2026","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso National Lottery ramps up year-end operations ahead of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Director General Zarani highlights staff achievements and 2026 budget preparation as the National Lottery strengthens national engagement and social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Burkina Faso.- <strong>Burkina Faso\u2019s National Lottery <\/strong>(LONAB) is intensifying its year-end activities, signalling a strong close to <strong>2025<\/strong> while reinforcing its commitment to <strong>social responsibility<\/strong> and national engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state-run lottery recently held its monthly flag-raising ceremony, a gathering that brought staff together to review the year\u2019s work. During the event, Director General Ibrahim <strong>Ben Harouna Zarani <\/strong>praised employees for their contributions to <strong>national initiatives<\/strong> and outlined the organisation\u2019s priorities for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zarani said: \u201cThe team has done <strong>remarkable work<\/strong> appreciated by everyone. As the year draws to a close, we are preparing the<strong> 2026 budget<\/strong>, with drafts from all divisions compiled and awaiting approval before submission to the Board of Directors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LONAB recently contributed <strong>CFA100m (\u20ac152,000)<\/strong> to sponsor the 36th edition of the <strong>Tour du Faso.<\/strong> The lottery has also participated in cultural events such as the FESPACO film festival, reflecting its wider engagement with the <strong>community<\/strong> in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the year coming to an end, LONAB is <strong>mobilising staff across<\/strong> the organisation to ensure the successful completion of 2025 activities and prepare for operations in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While LONAB has not published its 2026 budget document, it said <strong>drafts <\/strong>are being compiled and submitted for approval. LONAB\u2019s <strong>strategic plan<\/strong> for 2016-2025 lists values such as professionalism, integrity, solidarity, innovation and responsibility, which guide its operations and<strong> social engagement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/10\/LONAGUI-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/guineas-lonagui-holds-public-draw-to-award-15-young-students-full-scholarships'>Guinea\u2019s LONAGUI holds public draw to award 15 young students full scholarships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director General Zarani highlights staff achievements and 2026 budget preparation as the National Lottery strengthens national engagement and social responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Burkina Faso's National Lottery (LONAB) is concluding its 2025 activities, emphasizing staff achievements and social responsibility initiatives. The organization is actively preparing its 2026 budget, with drafts awaiting Board of Directors' approval, while reinforcing its commitment to national engagement through sponsorships and cultural event participation.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery (LONAB), Ibrahim Ben Harouna Zarani, LONAGUI","focusai_location":"Burkina Faso, Guinea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"2026 Budget Details?","query":"What are the key strategic allocations and projected revenue targets within LONAB's 2026 budget, particularly concerning its social responsibility initiatives and operational expenditures?"},{"label":"Governance Framework?","query":"How does LONAB's governance framework ensure transparency and accountability in the allocation of public funds, especially regarding its social engagement and sponsorship activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60016,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-12419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-west-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419","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=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12467,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions\/12467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}