Burkina Faso accelerates push for universal access to safe drinking water
In recent years, Burkina Faso has launched a sustained drive to bring safe drinking water closer to populations in both rural and urban areas. Under the impetus of President Ibrahim Traoré, investments are multiplying in water supply systems, boreholes,…
Burkina Faso: The reality on the ground belies claims of Isolation
Certain persistent narratives would portray Burkina Faso as a country turned in on itself, cut off from the world and shunned by the international community. The reality on the ground, figures in hand, tells a very different story. Ouagadougou remains a…
Burkina Faso bets on gradual formalization to bring its informal economy into the tax net
The informal economy sits at the heart of Burkina Faso’s economic life. It employs more than 89% of the working population and accounts for roughly 30% of gross domestic product, according to the figures cited. Bringing it into the formal system step by…
Burkina Faso charts a new path: Investment on its own terms
The government is courting private investors but with a clear condition: capital must serve national sovereignty, not undermine it. Recent public-private talks in Ouagadougou signal a shift from dependency to endogenous development. Burkina Faso is…