AFREEQUE
Top stories
🇧🇫 Burkina FasoTechnology

Burkina Faso’s JEPPC government exhibition attracts nearly 200,000 visitors

By , based on Lefaso

Map: Burkina Faso

The 2026 JEPPC government exhibition in Burkina Faso welcomed nearly 200,000 visitors, with 700 exhibitors on more than 140 stands dedicated to national dishes and products. The Ministry of Digital Transition won first prize among 28 institutional stands assessed, according to the results presented at the closing ceremony by Minister Pingwendé Gilbert Ouédraogo, reports Lefaso.

Summary produced with the help of artificial intelligence tools, under AFREEQUE’s editorial responsibility.

Share this article

Related stories

Burkina Faso’s ARCOP submits 2025 report to prime minister

The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority handed its 2025 annual activity report to Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo in Ouagadougou. The document presents the institution’s results, difficulties and recommendations, according to Lefaso.

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Lefaso ·

Blindness affects 2% of the population in Burkina Faso

The prevalence of blindness in Burkina Faso is estimated at 2%, while glaucoma, cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors are among the main eye conditions. Health Minister Robert Lucien Jean Claude Kargougou presented these figures during World Sight Day 2026, Lefaso reports.

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Lefaso ·

Burkina Faso marks 39 years since Sankara’s assassination

Burkina Faso commemorated the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara and 12 companions in Ouagadougou on 15 October 2026. Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo read a message from President Ibrahim Traoré, calling for unity and denouncing internal divisions, according to Ouestaf.

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Ouestaf ·

Former Burkinabè captain Lassané Sawadogo receives 2 million CFA francs

Former Burkinabè captain Lassané Sawadogo won the grand prize for best civic engagement, worth 2 million CFA francs and a certificate. The jury recognised his commitment to serving citizenship at the Nuit des Étoiles du Faso, according to Lefaso.net.

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Lefaso ·

🇧🇫 Latest from Burkina Faso

Map: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoLionel Bilgo trial adjourned to 16 November in Bobo-DioulassoThe trial of former Burkinabe education minister Lionel Bilgo and Vincent de Paul Kaboré, head of real estate company SITRAF, has been adjourned until 16 November 2026 by the Economic and Financial Division of the Bobo-Dioulasso court. The court is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s decision on which court has jurisdiction, Sidwaya reports.All Burkina Faso news →

Technology in West Africa

Map: NigeriaESDIAC obtains licence to provide data services in NigeriaESDIAC Global Systems Limited, a Nigerian technology company led by Austin Ugbebor, has obtained a licence to provide data services in Nigeria. The authorisation covers international connectivity, data top-ups and eSIM cards, among other services, with the company announcing plans to expand its infrastructure and services, according to the company.All Technology news →

The week in Africa

This week’s highlights

  1. Trump accuses Zelensky of blocking end to war after Ukraine attack in Russia🌍 World
  2. Ebola: Kenya confirms eighth case linked to first patient🇰🇪 Kenya
  3. Macron refuses Nuñez resignation after 17 October violence🌍 World
  4. ECOWAS and AES prepare framework cooperation agreement🇸🇳 Senegal
  5. HRW accuses Malian army of deadly drone strikes🇲🇱 Mali
All of this week’s highlights →

Africa in your inbox

Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.

← Back to the news