Burkina Faso has taken a major step toward tightening control over its mineral wealth with the creation of a new sovereign ...

Deals target agri-processing, packaging and exports to Chinese markets Partnership strengthens Chinese investment and trade ties with Burkina Faso Burkina Faso and China signed several economic ...

Burkina Faso inaugurated eight new schools in the Kadiogo and Nando regions under a CFA5.82 billion ($10.3 million) investment program. The project aims to expand technical and vocational education as ...

Abidjan, Ivory Coast — The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has committed a €6 million concessional finance package for the development of the 18 MW ...

A feasibility study update published on July 2, 2024, has confirmed the strong cash flows expected from the project and incorporates improvements of the project’s initial feasibility study, released ...

Supported by a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace program, Axelle Tougouma ’27 of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso, will pursue a solar-powered irrigation system and deliver agricultural ...

Dutch developer Gutami Holding has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Burkina Faso’s national utility to supply electricity from a planned 150 MW solar project paired with 50 MWh of ...

Burkina Faso is a West African country with 17.3 million people, where the majority of people live in rural areas and rely on agriculture, mainly livestock rearing. Livestock contributes about 18.3 ...

Burkina Faso suspended a Gates Foundation-funded research program aimed at stopping the spread of malaria, one of the biggest killers in Africa, after the initiative drew criticism from anti-Western ...