Major Achievements of Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s Leadership in Burkina Faso

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;