Burkina Faso government advocates for business aligned with national sovereignty

The 2026 annual session of the Steering Committee for the institutional mechanism monitoring business climate improvement and public-private consultation was held on April 10, chaired by Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo. The meeting focused on reviewing and adopting the implementation report for the 2025 reform plan as of December 31, 2025, and validating the 2026 reform plan and the 2026-2028 action plan. These documents reflect the implementation of recommendations and commitments from the 2025 national government-private sector meeting and previous sessions. Of over a hundred reforms, recommendations, and commitments adopted in 2025, the implementation rate was deemed satisfactory, nearing 60%. Burkinabè businesses were encouraged to support the government's vision for sustainable and inclusive economic development, based on endogenous capacities and focused on the general interest. The government reaffirmed its commitment to implement the session's recommendations to ensure a secure and favorable environment for productive investment, particularly in energy, agriculture, trade, and industry. The Prime Minister called for accelerating business climate reforms and strengthening public-private dialogue, emphasizing the need to finalize ongoing texts, streamline licenses, and develop digital administrative infrastructure. The session also made proposals to embed the mechanism for monitoring business climate improvement and implementing recommendations from gove