{"id":34422,"date":"2026-10-02T02:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=34422"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:00:04","slug":"lonase-foundation-makane-diop-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lonase-foundation-makane-diop-administrator","title":{"rendered":"Makane Diop appointed to lead LONASE Foundation with focus on social impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new administrator pledges to strengthen the Foundation&#8217;s visibility, effectiveness and support for vulnerable communities across Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Makane Diop was appointed General Administrator of the LONASE Foundation, taking over from Pape Daouda Diatta on October 1, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The LONASE Foundation is the social arm of Senegal&#8217;s national lottery operator, carrying out social, humanitarian and civic initiatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diop&#8217;s priorities include strengthening the Foundation&#8217;s visibility, improving intervention quality and keeping beneficiaries at the centre of its work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new administrator emphasised the need to accompany vulnerable people, support high-impact social initiatives and respond to emergency situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outgoing administrator Diatta handed over a functioning organisation with a prepared team and up-to-date files, according to a LONASE statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senegal.- Senegal\u2019s National Lottery operator (LONASE) has appointed <strong>Makane Diop<\/strong> as the new General Administrator of its Foundation. Diop took over from outgoing General Administrator Pape Daouda Diatta on October 1 during a handover ceremony at the Foundation\u2019s premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LONASE Foundation is the social arm of Senegal\u2019s national lottery operator, carrying out <strong>social, humanitarian<\/strong> and civic initiatives. \u201cOur motto, &#8216;Fortune to the subscribers, benefits to the Nation&#8217;, sums up this philosophy in itself. It reminds us that behind the activities of LONASE, there is a responsibility towards the Nation,\u201d said Diop, according to a LONASE statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diop thanked Diatta for his work and described the leadership change as a continuation of the <strong>Foundation\u2019s activities<\/strong>. He also pledged to work in line with the direction of the Foundation\u2019s board and LONASE management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His priorities include strengthening the Foundation\u2019s <strong>visibility and effectiveness<\/strong>, improving the quality of its interventions and ensuring beneficiaries remain at the centre of its work. \u201cOur ambition must be clear: to do more, to do better and to make useful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also called for greater <strong>commitment<\/strong> from Foundation employees and said it should remain close to communities, respond to their concerns and provide concrete assistance while respecting its mandate and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diop added: \u201cWe must continue to accompany vulnerable people, support initiatives with a strong social impact, respond to emergency situations and contribute, within our means, to the <strong>improvement<\/strong> of the living conditions of our fellow citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outgoing administrator Diatta congratulated Diop on his appointment and said he was handing over a functioning organisation with a prepared team and <strong>up-to-date<\/strong> files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leadership change comes as LONASE continues to use its Foundation as part of its wider social, humanitarian and civic activities in Senegal. <\/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\/2026\/09\/photo-1560264280-88b68371db39-300x200.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\/senegals-national-lottery-advances-toward-wla-level-3-with-new-support-centre\">Senegal\u2019s National Lottery advances toward WLA Level 3 with new support centre<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new administrator pledges to strengthen the Foundation&#8217;s visibility, effectiveness and support for vulnerable communities across Senegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":34429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Makane Diop has been appointed General Administrator of the LONASE Foundation, the social arm of Senegal's national lottery operator, succeeding Pape Daouda Diatta. Diop's mandate focuses on enhancing the Foundation's visibility, improving the quality of its social and humanitarian interventions, and ensuring beneficiaries remain central to its mission. This leadership transition underscores LONASE's ongoing commitment to its corporate social responsibility initiatives within Senegal.","focusai_entities":"Makane Diop, Pape Daouda Diatta, LONASE Foundation, LONASE","focusai_location":"Senegal","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Foundation KPIs?","query":"What specific key performance indicators (KPIs) will the new General Administrator implement to measure the effectiveness and visibility of the LONASE Foundation's social interventions?"},{"label":"CSR Strategy Impact?","query":"How will this leadership transition influence LONASE's broader corporate social responsibility strategy and its alignment with the national lottery's operational objectives and public mandate?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60016,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-34422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-west-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422","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=34422"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34449,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions\/34449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}