Africa Beautiful Africa

Africa Beautiful Africa

Africa Beautiful Africa

Two years of President Ibrahim Traore 🇧🇫

1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from about $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. Rejected loans from the IMF and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”
3. Cut the salaries of ministers and parliamentarians by 30% and increased the salaries of civil servants by 50%.
4. Paid off Burkina Faso’s domestic debt.
5. Established two tomato processing plants, the first of their kind in Burkina Faso.
6. In 2023, opened a state-of-the-art gold mine to boost local processing capacity.
7. Stopped the export of Burkina Faso’s unrefined gold to Europe.
8. Built Burkina Faso’s second cotton processing plant. Previously, the country had only one.
9. Opened the first ever national support centre for artisanal cotton processing to assist local cotton farmers.
10. Banned the wearing of British legal wigs and gowns in local courts and introduced traditional Burkinabe dress.
11. Prioritised agriculture by distributing over 400 tractors, 239 ploughs, 710 motor pumps and 714 motorcycles to boost production and support rural stakeholders.
12. Provided access to improved seeds and other agricultural inputs to maximise agricultural output.
13. Tomato production in Burkina Faso increased from 315,000 metric tons in 2022 to 360,000 metric tons in 2024.
14. Millet production increased from 907,000 metric tons in 2022 to 1.1 million metric tons in 2024.
15. Rice production increased from 280,000 metric tons in 2022 to 326,000 metric tons in 2024.
16. Ban French military operations in Burkina Faso.
17. Ban French media outlets in Burkina Faso.
18. Expel French troops from Burkina Faso.
19. His government is building new roads, expanding existing roads, and upgrading gravel roads to paved surfaces.
20. He is building a new airport, Ouagadougou-Donsin Airport, which is expected to be completed in 2025 with a capacity of one million passengers per year.

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