Askadar Housmane Sanou has been appointed to lead Burkina Faso’s state investment fund, CDI-BF. The fund, created in 2023, is central to mobilizing long-term domestic capital for strategic sectors.

Burkina Faso has launched a five-year development plan worth about $64 billion for 2026–2030. The program focuses on security, governance reforms, human capital, and infrastructure. Authorities aim to ...

With acute malnutrition affecting more than 10% of people in Burkina Faso, an innovative startup is mass-producing dried shea caterpillars high in protein A unique educational institution has created ...

Burkina Faso has adopted a new National Development Plan (PND) 2026–2030, a $64 billion, five-year roadmap aimed at reshaping the economy, strengthening stability, and promoting inclusive growth.

Burkina Faso collected CFA85.72 billion ($152 million) through its Mining Development Fund (FMD) in 2025, highlighting the country’s growing profile in Africa’s mineral resources sector. ・Burkina Faso ...

WASHINGTON, September 28, 2023 – The World Bank today approved $200 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* for the Secondary Cities Urban Mobility and Development ...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group and its private sector development arm, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-idb.org), have joined hands with the ...

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a recent client story, management and technology consultancy BearingPoint shows how it supported Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Finance and KfW, one of the world’s largest ...

Sources: Burkinabé authorities; IMF staff estimates and projections. 1/ Percent of beginning-of-period broad money. 2/ Includes large, one-off VAT reimbursement in 2021. 3/ Includes the fonds de ...

In 2017, Burkina Faso launched a program to build science high schools in the country's 13 regions with the aim of setting up a solid pool of scientists for the country's development. The Education ...

The World Bank today approved a project totaling $215.9 million (about CFAF 118.7 billion) to support the development of the agricultural sector. The Burkina Faso Agricultural Transformation Project ...

Investigative journalists residing in Burkina Faso with at least three years of experience and a keen interest in climate change, environmental crime, and sustainable development are invited to apply.