24heures/24heures , Positiv' (opens the outlet's own site)The CNPB, with OXFAM-Burkina, GEN-Burkina and Action CideP, is supporting 27 youth and women-led SMEs in the Cascades, Centre-Nord and Sahel regions to obtain NBF certification for their food and non-food products. Applications are due by 17 November 2023.
Angèle Guissou heads Ange Guissou technologie solaire in Tenkodogo, a company that sizes, repairs, maintains and sells solar products. Through the D-écoverte project, she received training, formalised her business and acquired equipment.
Positiv' and the Centre Photographique de Ouagadougou held a discussion on women in photography on 25 June 2021 at the Institut Français of Ouagadougou. The event aimed to promote women photographers and encourage young girls to take up photography.
On 27 August 2022, RINGO Club and ESUP-J held an information session on ESUP-J university sports scholarships and the RINGOSTARS support programme for Burkinabè competitive athletes. The admission criteria were presented.
Life coach Fatim Toure explains that luck comes from meeting preparation with an opportunity, and that feeling lucky is a state of mind. The article presents a motivational video.
Serge Simplice Ouédraogo, a civil engineer and youth association member, argues for women's financial independence and access to education and housing. He cites examples of women active in construction, defense and media.
Bernadette Zoundi, who arrived in Ouagadougou as a nanny, earned her CEP and BEPC through evening classes. Thanks to Positiv' and a scholarship, she is enrolled in the first year of Industrial Maintenance.
Sandrine Ouoba, mother of a child diagnosed with anaemia, founded "Doux Gouts", a company that makes and sells fruit and vegetable purées for babies, rich in micronutrients. She aims to give more Burkinabè children access to healthy food.
The online media outlet Positiv', which promotes women's entrepreneurship in the Sahel, returns after several months of silence with a new website, a new team and new programmes and reports.
Graphic designer and digital communicator Zakaria Guingani, known as Zakys Guingani, argues for women's empowerment, which he sees as essential to economic and social development, and for a relationship of complementarity between men and women.
An opinion piece argues for women's empowerment in Burkina Faso, presenting it as a driver of economic growth, social justice and better decision-making. The author highlights the role of women entrepreneurs despite the challenges they face.
Seydou Sawadogo, coordinator of the Association for Economic and Cultural Development, calls on young people to recognise the central role of women, whom he describes as the economic engine of the family and the nation.
In a video, certified life coach Fatim Touré encourages people to focus on the bright side of life and to find something positive in every hardship. She presents positivity as a winner's mindset.
Life coach Fatim Touré explains that self-confidence starts with knowing oneself, one's abilities and potential. She advises focusing on one's strengths rather than on one's shortcomings.
Certified life coach Fatim Touré explains in a video that distinguishing what is urgent from what is important helps set priorities and move projects forward.
Certified corporate and life coach Fatim Touré explains that people must know how to set goals, which should be SMART, or even SMARTER. The piece is a video meant to motivate viewers.
Gisèle Éliane Kaboré encourages women, and young women in particular, to start businesses in Burkina Faso to gain financial independence. She acknowledges the difficulty of the path but sees it as a route to independence and household security.
Sandrine Ouattara encourages women to take on more leadership positions by developing their technical and personal skills, especially self-confidence, and overcoming limiting thoughts.
Andréa Goumbane, head of the company Lafigo, presents its business of processing local products made from moringa and cereals. She encourages women to become entrepreneurs with perseverance.
Solange Zorome/Zongo, a lawyer and financial education consultant, shares her views on women's empowerment, which she considers slow despite recent progress. She argues that feminism also concerns men and urges women to inform themselves and assert themselves.
