Burkina Faso targets 7.2% annual growth by 2030
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Burkina Faso’s Economy and Finance Minister Aboubakar Nacanabo presented the country’s economic ambitions, including average annual growth of 7.2% and a reduction in poverty from 43.2% to 35% by 2030. The RELANCE Plan 2026–2030, valued at CFA francs 36.19 trillion and adopted in January 2026, is to be financed two-thirds by sovereign resources, according to the minister during the Dialogue with the people in Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso is targeting annual growth of 7.2% by 2030, Economy and Finance Minister Aboubakar Nacanabo said during the ‘Dialogue with the people’, organised as part of the second phase of the 2026 Days of Patriotic Commitment and Civic Participation, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
The days are being held from 2 to 16 October in Ouagadougou. The objective is part of the economic sovereignty and endogenous development policy advocated by transitional president Captain Ibrahim Traoré, notably through the Popular Progressive Revolution and the RELANCE Plan adopted by the Council of Ministers in January 2026.
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