Inner circle | Burkina Faso, West Africa
Which of his many connections is Idrissa Nassa calling on to boost business?

The New Guard
Burkina Faso, Kenya, DRCongo

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Burkina Faso Roland Yago, the financier ranking West African banks

Kenya Shikoh Kihika, an 'artivist' fighting tribalism

DRC Eric Mukuma, afterlife and environmental entrepreneur

Congo
Coris Bank to set up shop in Brazzaville?

Burkinabe bank Coris Bank International, which has so far focused on expansion in West Africa, may be looking to expand into Central Africa, via Brazzaville, according to the latest speculations.

Burkina Faso
Canada aid cut riles Burkinabe government but indirect funding continues

Some officials in Burkina Faso have expressed dismay at Ottawa's suspension of its direct budgetary support in the wake of the coup d'état. But Canada, the country's leading foreign investor through its mining companies, is maintaining the bulk of its aid.

Burkina Faso
Compaoré era elite return to gold sector

Salma Mining, which has obtained a gold mining permit in Burkina Faso, is headed by Mamoudou Ouédraogo, the son and business manager of one of the most influential entrepreneurs of the Compaoré era, Alizéta Ouédraogo.

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou pushes local business leaders into Kiéré manganese

While the Burkina Faso authorities want the Tambao project to be taken over by a foreign firm (AMI 449), they [...]

Burkina Faso
Ouedraogo makes way for new real estate kingpins

The collapse of the businesswoman’s empire has brought cheer to other real estate operators.

Burkina Faso
Compaore stalwarts struggle to reinvent themselves

A number of businesspeople who were close to the old regime in Burkina Faso are getting short shrift under the transitional government.