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Burkina Faso’s junta struggles to increase electricity investment


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Issue 519 - 26 Jan 2025 - By John Hamilton | 9 minute read

Undeterred by a dismal track record of unfulfilled investment strategies, stalled projects and the vagaries of an unstable military dictatorship, a coalition of multilateral funders continues to support national utility Sonabel’s renewable energy and electrification programmes. But the ambitious next phase will need private developers and financers as well as generous institutional backing.

African Energy and African Energy Live Data have delved into the history of Burkinabe power procurement, examining the projects that have worked and those that have not, to assess whether this time it might be different, writes John Hamilton.

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