Burkina Faso

16th Session of WAPP General Assembly - Opening Ceremony of the WAPP Organizational Committees’ Meetings

The WAPP General Secretariat held the opening of the organizational committees ’meetings on Monday, November 01, 2021, at the Prestige Hotel in Ouagadougou. These meetings are the first series of preparatory meetings organized as part of the 16th Session of the WAPP General Assembly scheduled for Friday, November 05, 2021, at the Lancaster Hotel in OUAGADOUGOU.

16th Session of WAPP General Assembly

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Official commissioning of the Zagtouli Solar Power Station, Burkina Faso

The Secretary General of WAPP, Mr. Siengui Apollinaire KI, was in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on November 29, 2017 to participate in the official inauguration of the Zagtouli Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant.

The Zagtouli Solar Power Station was commissioned by His Excellency, Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the President of Burkina Faso and His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Republic of France during an official visit to Burkina Faso.

Cross Border Supply of Electricity to Rural Communities in Burkina Faso from Ghana

To increase access to energy to
border communities in Burkina
from Ghana.

Cross Border Supply of Electricity to Rural Communities in Northern Togo from Benin

To increase access to energy to border communities in Burkina from Ghana.

28th WAPP Donor Coordination Meeting

”STATUS OF DELIVERY OF WAPP PRIORITY PROJECTS”

The WAPP Interconnected System today has 9 ECOWAS Member States electrically linked with reinforced interconnections.

These have been made possible due to:

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The 11th WAPP General Assembly session

The 11^th WAPP General Assembly session was graced by the presence of Prof. Alfa Oumar DISSA, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries of Burkina Faso and H.E. Mr. Kadré Désiré OUEDRAOGO, former President of the ECOWAS Commission. The session was declared open by the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries.

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Audience with the President of Burkina Faso

At the end of the WAPP General Assembly session, a delegation of MDs who participated in the General Assembly were granted an official audience with His Excellency Roch Marc Christian KABORE, the President of Burkina Faso.

The audience took place on Friday, 11 November 2016, from 4:30pm to 5pm.