The significant achievements of Captain Ibrahim Traoré‘s leadership in Burkina Faso, demonstrating his influence on the country’s prosperity and stability.
Ibrahim Traoré, a Burkinabè military soldier born on March 14, 1988, has been serving as the country’s acting president since September 20, 2022, following the overthrow of interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d’état. Traoré is the youngest president in history and the second-youngest state leader in the world at the age of 36.
The Key Achievements of Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s Leadership in Burkina Faso
Energy
The Electricity Sector Support Project (PASEL) has:
- constructed the 7.5 MW Fada N’Gourma thermal power plant in the eastern part of the country;
- electrified 40 communities and 90 villages;
- installed 851 kilometers of low-voltage lines and 463 kilometers of medium-voltage lines;
- deployed 25,000 solar lamps in 400 schools.
Water and Sanitation
Since its inception in 2019, the Water Supply and Sanitation Program has achieved the following results:
- Access to drinking water sources has been provided for more than 829,000 persons;
- Access to improved sanitation facilities has been provided for over 406,800 persons;
- Under the capacity-building component, there are more than 3,000 short-term training beneficiaries and 177 graduates (from senior technicians to design engineers).
Agriculture
Irrigation: the Projet d’Appui Régional à l’Initiative pour I’Irrigation au Sahel (PARIIS-BF) has enabled the development/rehabilitation of 1,313 ha with more than 21,062 direct beneficiaries.
As a result of the Burkina Faso Livestock Sector Development Support Project (PADEL B):
- 392,850 herders benefited from agricultural goods and services in livestock value chains;
- 1,653 livestock microprojects launched by young people and women were financed;
- 263 women-owned livestock businesses and 152 businesses owned by young people had access to financing from banks and microfinance institutions.
- The acquisition of 260 prefabricated classrooms for internally displaced pupils.
Human Capital
The “Burkin-Naong-Sa ya” social safety net project (putting an end to poverty in Burkina Faso) targets the most vulnerable households and aims to lay the foundations for a social protection system. It has achieved the following results:
- More than a million poor people in Burkina Faso benefited from social safety nets, including 763,714 who received cash transfers in response to shocks;
- 21,265 women benefited from economic inclusion activities, including mobilization of community savings, capacity-building for income-generating activities with subsidies, and market access;
- Support for the operation of 20 mobile crèches and day-care centers;
- Deployment of the Single Social Register of poor and vulnerable households in its pilot phase, with over 222,974 poor households registered in a management information system (MIS).
Education
Initial financing of the Project to Improve Access to Quality Education (PAAQE) was used to:
provide an annual grant of CFAF 100,000 ($166) to 1,000 selected students, primarily girls from poor households, for the duration of their schooling.
The Science High School Construction Program has created a high school in each of the country’s 13 regions:
- the initiative gives equal opportunity to girls and boys, and to teenagers from rural and urban backgrounds;
- to date, 1,343 students have enrolled, 38.57% of them girls;
- Baccalauréat pass rates were 100% from 2019 to 2022 and 98.5% in 2023.
Under the Higher Education Support Project:
10 higher education and research institutions are receiving competitive funds totaling CFAF 11.5 billion (more than $19 million).
SOURCE: https://www.worldbank.org/
7,959 students, 36.7% of whom were women, enrolled in undergraduate studies in the priority areas financed by the project;
build 327 classrooms in 45 lower and upper secondary schools thereby providing access to secondary education (post-primary and secondary) for approximately 20,595 students, 49% of whom were girls;
