Burkina Faso’s Legislative Assembly of the People (ALP) has ratified three financing agreements worth more than CFA300 billion to accelerate the country’s road infrastructure programme. The projects target key national and regional transport corridors with the aim of improving freight flows, opening up production areas and strengthening trade links with neighbouring countries.

Over CFA 300 billion secured for strategic transport infrastructure

Meeting in plenary session on 29 June 2026 in Ouagadougou, the Legislative Assembly of the People (ALP) approved three loan agreements to finance major transport and economic infrastructure projects.

With a combined value exceeding CFA300 billion, the financing covers the Community Roads Interconnection and Transport Facilitation Programme (PIRCoFaT), the Economic Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project (PRISE) and the Sikasso–Korhogo–Bobo-Dioulasso Integration Basin Project (SKBo).

The investments form part of Burkina Faso’s strategy to improve domestic connectivity while strengthening regional integration across West Africa.

Strategic corridors to improve freight mobility

The PIRCoFaT programme is designed to upgrade regional road corridors that support trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). One of its priority components is the Banfora–Côte d’Ivoire border corridor, a key trade route linking Burkina Faso to Ivorian seaports.

Upgrading this corridor is expected to reduce transit times, improve freight movement and enhance the efficiency of supply chains serving the country’s import and export activities.

Rehabilitation of key domestic road links

The PRISE project focuses on rehabilitating several strategic road sections that support domestic economic activity, including:

• Ouo – Gaoua;
• Bousse – Kordié;
• Garango – Tenkodogo;
• Nioryida – Manga.

These corridors connect major agricultural and commercial production zones, and their rehabilitation is expected to improve market access, lower transport costs and facilitate the movement of goods and people.

SKBo project to improve access to production areas

The Sikasso–Korhogo–Bobo-Dioulasso Integration Basin Project (SKBo) includes the paving of the Banfora–Ouo road section and the construction of more than 200 kilometres of rural roads to improve access to agricultural production areas.

According to Infrastructure Minister Mikaïlou Sidibé, the combined projects will deliver more than 300 kilometres of paved roads, rehabilitate the country’s existing railway infrastructure and strengthen Burkina Faso’s transport network under the national RELANCE Plan.

Why it matters

• Stronger regional corridors linking Burkina Faso with Côte d’Ivoire, one of the country’s main gateways to international maritime trade.
• Lower logistics costs through the rehabilitation of strategic transport routes serving production centres.
• Improved rural connectivity with new feeder roads providing better access to agricultural areas and domestic markets.

Regional perspective

As a landlocked country, Burkina Faso relies heavily on efficient road corridors to access ports in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin. Continued investment in transport infrastructure remains essential to improving supply chain reliability, reducing transit times and supporting regional trade integration under ECOWAS and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

By approving more than CFA300 billion in infrastructure financing, Burkina Faso is accelerating the modernisation of its transport network. The upgraded road corridors are expected to improve freight efficiency, strengthen regional connectivity and enhance the country’s competitiveness in West African trade.