Burkina Faso’s government created the presidential Faso Wa-Fulu initiative in Ouagadougou on Thursday 22 October, setting out a programme valued at more than 2.8 trillion CFA francs over ten years to extend electricity access to 6,700 localities, according to the government information service.
The scheme targets 3.5 million additional households and businesses, equivalent to about 17.9 million people. The authorities aim for universal electricity access by 2030, while the announced deployment runs for ten years with five years of acceleration followed by five years of consolidation.
The programme has four components covering electrification brigades, community inclusion, energy access and energy sovereignty. The decree adopted by the Council of Ministers establishes the institutional framework for the nationwide initiative.
For households and small businesses, the issue is access to a more regular electricity supply, particularly in localities that remain off grid. The beneficiary figure released by the government is a deployment target rather than a measured result.
The 2.8 trillion CFA franc envelope is presented as the programme cost over a decade. The documents reviewed do not yet provide annual budget allocations, funding sources or a locality-by-locality timetable.