Langue officielle
Français

Capitale
Ouagadougou

Président
Blaise COMPAORE
Location area and climate
Population

Politics

health care system

Economic reforms

Sites and natural attraction
 
 
 
ECONOMY

Burkina Faso has an agriculture based rural and primary economy (click here to view Agriculture details)
(Click here to learn more about economic performance). Associated with cattle breeding. Given the natural potential, the perspectives are appealing.

(Click here to learn more about investment code and business opportunities).

The main known minerals are: manganese, gold, copper, nickel and limestone etc. but only a few are exploited. (Click here to learn more about mining and mining code)

The industry mainly consists of units of transformation. Indeed, the country draws its major income from cash crops such as cotton whereof, it is consistently the first sub-Saharan producer ever since 2005 (Click here to view the economic reforms and business opportunities).

Burkina Faso has first class financial and banking institutions network that enable fair transactions between businessmen all over the world. These banks have correspondents in Latin and North America. (Click here to view the large financial and banking institutions network).