{"id":31821,"date":"2026-08-24T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=31821"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:26:12","slug":"lonase-staff-begin-ai-training-as-senegal-accelerates-digital-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lonase-staff-begin-ai-training-as-senegal-accelerates-digital-gaming","title":{"rendered":"LONASE staff begin AI training as Senegal accelerates digital gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONASE is training 50 employees in artificial intelligence as the Senegalese national lottery advances its digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Senegal.- Senegal’s National Lottery<\/strong> (LONASE) has 50 employees taking part in practical artificial intelligence (AI) training organised by the LONASE Executive Staff Association (APCL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first session took place on August 22, with the second and final session scheduled for August 29. The programme involves APCL members and 12 non-managerial LONASE employees, according to the association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop forms part of APCL’s effort to strengthen the professional skills of its members under its current management team, which has been in place since late 2025. \u201cBeyond the discovery of AI tools<\/strong>, the objective is resolutely practical: to allow participants to better understand these technologies,\u201d APCL said in a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association said the training will help participants progressively incorporate AI into their professional practices and use it to improve efficiency, productivity <\/strong>and innovation. \u201cThe challenge is clear: to prepare LONASE employees for the jobs and working methods of tomorrow,\u201d APCL said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative gives LONASE employees practical exposure to AI as part of their professional development<\/strong> and the operator’s wider digital activities, with the second and final workshop taking place on August 29.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training comes as LONASE expands its digital presence in Senegal’s gaming market. In July, LONASE launched LPbet<\/a>, an online sports-betting platform aimed at strengthening the state lottery’s position in Senegal’s digital betting market. The platform is available on mobile and desktop and incorporates multiple mobile-payment solutions. LONASE described LPbet as another step in its digital transformation and its drive for greater sovereignty in gambling and sports betting.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> LONASE hosts Gabon lottery for five-day benchmarking mission<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONASE is training 50 employees in artificial intelligence as the Senegalese national lottery advances its digital transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":6383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senegal's national lottery, LONASE, is advancing its digital transformation by training 50 employees in artificial intelligence, an initiative led by its Executive Staff Association (APCL). This strategic move follows the recent launch of LPbet, an online sports betting platform, underscoring LONASE's commitment to enhancing digital presence, operational efficiency, and market sovereignty within Senegal's gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"LONASE, APCL, LPbet","focusai_location":"Senegal","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AI Impact on GGR?","query":"What specific operational efficiencies or new revenue streams does LONASE anticipate from integrating AI into its LPbet platform and broader operations, and how might this impact future GGR projections?"},{"label":"LPbet Market Share?","query":"How does LONASE's LPbet platform intend to differentiate itself in the competitive Senegalese digital betting market, and what market share objectives has the state lottery established for this new vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60016,60012],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-31821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-west-africa","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31821","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=31821"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31862,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31821\/revisions\/31862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}