Urban pari-mutuel and India-Africa conclave on the cover of Burkinabè newspapers

Ouagadougou: Today's publications comment on the awarding of prizes to the winners of the Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMUB) and the 19th India-Africa conclave which is being held from August 20 to 22, 2024 in New Delhi, India.“LONAB: Olivier Dakouo pockets the sum of 60,594,000 FCFA”, reads the headline of the private daily Le Pays.The private newspaper reports that the first officials of the National Lottery of Burkina (LONAB) presented, on Monday August 20, 2024 in Ouagadougou, a jackpot to Olivier Dakouo, a winner of the 4+1 of August 11, with a stake of 1800 FCFA.The colleague informs that the handing over of the check took place in the presence of the first head of the national games of chance, Ibrahim Ben Harouna Zarané.In the same vein, the state daily Sidwaya indicates that two other winners, namely Issiaka Coulibaly and Abdramane Ouili, shared more than 129 million FCFA in the town of Sya.The oldest private daily newspaper in Burkina Faso, L'Observateur Paalga, for his part, specifies that the winn er from Ouagadougou is a professional calligrapher.In another register, the public newspaper Sidwaya relays the India-Africa 2024 meeting, scheduled for August 20 to 22, 2024 in New Delhi, India.The state daily explains that this conclave is part of an economic revolution with key investments.According to him, during its stay in New Delhi, the Burkinabe delegation led by the Minister in charge of Commerce, Serges Poda, will have private exchanges with Indian businessmen, with a view to making Burkina Faso a hub of investments in the West African sub-region.In this regard, Le Pays takes note of the preparations for the 2024 China-Africa summit.The private daily underlines that the head of Burkinabè diplomacy, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, exchanged, during an audience with the Chinese ambassador, Lu Shan, on Tuesday August 20, 2024 in Ouagadougou, on the Cooperation Forum Sino-African.And L'Express du Faso, a private newspaper, clarified in its columns that preparations for the meeting are going well .Source: Burkina Information Agency