Burkina Faso: SONABEL and TEXFORCES-BF sign partnership to boost the national textile industry and strengthen economic sovereignty
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In Bobo-Dioulasso, SONABEL entrusts TexForces-BF with making its staff uniforms (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
In Bobo-Dioulasso, SONABEL and TexForces-BF signed an agreement for the making of the electricity utility’s staff workwear. The deal is presented as support for local production, local jobs and Burkina Faso’s textile sector.
Burkina Faso: SONABEL and TEXFORCES-BF sign partnership to boost the national textile industry and strengthen economic sovereignty (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
SONABEL and the state-owned company TEXFORCES-BF signed an agreement in Bobo-Dioulasso under which SONABEL will favour local textile products, including its work uniforms. TEXFORCES-BF plans to create several hundred jobs.
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