Amadou SANA learned how to make soap with his mother. With his savings that he had by working as a watchman, he decided to venture into the production and marketing of soap by launching his company, “Wend-Yiida Cosmetics”. Despite the difficulties

Abdel Latif OUÉDRAOGO stopped his studies when he was in secondary school to learn how to make livestock salt licks. In 2018, he started his company, AFABLE, which offers salt licks made from local ingredients for breeders. Four years later, Abdel Latif was a

After primary school, Hugues MINOUNGOU went to pursue professional training in carpentry. Following his eight-year apprenticeship, he started his own business by manufacturing furniture like others were doing. But the sales were low and he struggled to make a

In order to prove that organic agriculture is productive and ia able to feed us in a healthy way, Bienvenu ADJE started the production of organic fertilizers through his company “ABC Grower”. These fertilizers are produced from the leaves of invasi

Based in Ouagadougou, the companny M’YAABA is specialised in the production of solar and petro-solar incubators with a capacity of 150 to 10,000 eggs. M’YAABA provides its customers with incubators adapted to the types of climates depending on the

Kadré SAWADOGO is a civil engineer by training. During his studies in Turkey, he discovered new techniques in livestock production that he decided to bring to his country, Burkina Faso. This is how he created MIRA ELEVAGE and the International Centre for Trai

To ensure the production of quality strawberries, it’s important to use organic inputs. in Burkina Faso, BIOPROTECT contributes to the development of sustainable agriculture by putting organic soil fertilization and plant protection products at the dispo

In Burkina Faso, local producers face difficulties in selling their products, which creates income problems. With the aim of addressing this problem, Rachidiatou BADINI and Eliane MINOUNGOU, beneficiary of the IDEAL Project, had the idea of using ICTs to promo

One year after its official launch, Kevin DOAMBA’s pyramid for soilless culture has improved and is proving to be successful with populations. Kevin has been solicited by several people who want to acquire his structure for soilless culture of crops. Tho

Faïçal PALENFO, engineer in animal production offers economic and effective incubators of different capacities to poultry farmers. According to Faïçal, hatching of eggs is an area which is not much developed in Burkina Faso. The objectives of his company,

In Burkina Faso, just as in the other Sahelian countries, transhumance is essential for the survival of pastoralists, as much as rainfall is for farmers. Traditionally, pastoralists sent scouts in search of water and pastures while farmers observed phenomena i

In Côte d’Ivoire, INVESTIV, a technological start-up specialised in precision agriculture, has raised a fund of USD 400,000 to develop its services. In 2017, just after his studies at the University of Laval in Canada, Aboubacar Karim returned to his ho