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Burkina Faso

In the heart of Burkina Faso’s drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush green crops, the hum of solar-powered pumps audible in the background.
The project is designed to benefit a wide range of small and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized industries that can demonstrate that the greening of their production units can create jobs in their respective value chains. The project aims to subsidize facilities for 25 private companies and qualify five companies for solar systems.
As part of the ” Solar Grandmothers project”, the Barefoot College training center in Burkina Faso, in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, has provided solar energy trainings for grandmothers from 07 regions of Burkina Faso.
Orange Ivory Coast wants to improve the carbon footprint of its data centres in West Africa. The subsidiary of the French telecommunications group Orange has just entered into a partnership with SolarX. The recently signed agreement covers the installation of solar systems to power Orange’s data centres.
Burkina Faso has joined the Africa Minigrids Programme (AMP) as it looks to solar energy to increase rural electrification rates. The project will be active in seven municipalities aacross the Cascades, the Boucle du Mouhoun, the Center, the Center-North, the Center-East, the North and the Central Plateau regions.
Off-grid solar system provider Oolu is receiving support from the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) for its operations in Burkina Faso. This multilateral funding mechanism is providing $2.5 million to Oolu for business development. In rural areas of Burkina Faso, the company installs solar home systems (SHS).

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