Captain Ibrahim Traoré has accomplished all of this in under three years. During this period, he has survived 16 assassination attempts.
Below are some of his key achievements:
1. He is building the largest hospital in West Africa, which is currently under construction and expected to open in late 2025.
2. A new airport is under construction, set to be completed by the end of 2025, with a capacity to handle one million passengers annually.
3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and parliamentarians by 30% while increasing the salaries of civil servants by 50%.
4. He paid off Burkina Faso’s local debts.
5. He established the country’s first-ever tomato processing plant.
6. He inaugurated a state-of-the-art gold mine to enhance local processing capabilities.
7. He banned the export of unrefined gold from Burkina Faso to Europe.
8. He built the country’s second cotton processing plant, previously having only one.
9. He opened the first-ever National Support Center for Artisanal Cotton Processing to assist local cotton farmers.
10. He banned British-style legal wigs and gowns in local courts and introduced traditional Burkinabé attire.
11. He prioritized agriculture by distributing over 400 tractors, 239 tillers, 710 motor pumps, and 714 motorcycles to boost production and support rural stakeholders.
12. He provided access to improved seeds and other farm inputs to maximize agricultural output.
13. Tomato production increased from 315,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 360,000 metric tonnes.
14. Millet production rose from 907,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 1.1 million metric tonnes.
15. Rice production increased from 280,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 326,000 metric tonnes.
16. He expelled French military operations from Burkina Faso.
17. He banned French, American, and British media outlets from operating in the country.
18. He initiated major infrastructure projects, including constructing new roads, widening existing ones, and upgrading gravel roads to paved surfaces.
19. He introduced prison reforms, allowing inmates to work on agricultural farms in exchange for reduced sentences.
20. He removed French as Burkina Faso’s sole official language.
21. He withdrew Burkina Faso from the International Organization of Francophonie, a French-speaking equivalent of the Commonwealth.
22. He repaid 75% of the country’s local debts.
23. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
24. He inaugurated the “Streets of Stars” in the capital, honoring Africans who contributed to the continent’s progress.
25. He withdrew Burkina Faso from ECOWAS and helped establish the Alliance of Sahel States.
26. He inaugurated the country’s first electric car brand and assembly plant.
27. He opened Burkina Faso’s first dairy factory, producing a range of dairy products.
28. He launched the Sino-Burkina cement factory, one of the country’s largest, with an annual production capacity of 750,000 tons.
29. He provided farmers with 400 tractors, 239 motorcycles, and 710 motor pumps to boost agricultural production.
30. He supplied farm agents with 714 motorcycles.
31. He supported farmers with 10,000 tonnes of fish feed, 68,964 tonnes of fertilizer, 10,000 liters of phytosanitary products, 18,000 tonnes of vegetable seeds, 2,300 tonnes of feed seeds, and 10,000 tonnes of concentrated animal feed.
32. He increased local resource mobilization to strengthen the economy.
33. His government successfully reclaimed 75% of Burkina Faso’s territory from jihadist and terrorist groups.
