INAUGURATION OF THE TEXFORCES-BF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: A Highly Strategic and Political Symbol of Sovereignty
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TEXFORCES-BF is unique in the sub-region in size, production capacity, modernity and structure (President of Faso) (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
President Ibrahim Traoré says the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex, inaugurated at Lôgôfourousso near Bobo-Dioulasso, is unique in the sub-region. Fully state-financed at 17 billion FCFA, it turns Burkinabè cotton into fabric.
TEXFORCES: how national savings are funding Burkina Faso's industrial sovereignty (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso has inaugurated the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex in Bobo-Dioulasso, dedicated to cotton processing and financed with public resources such as social security funds and state-owned companies. The 17 billion FCFA project is expected to create 600 direct jobs.
INAUGURATION OF THE TEXFORCES-BF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: A Highly Strategic and Political Symbol of Sovereignty (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
President Ibrahim Traoré inaugurated the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex in Bobo-Dioulasso, which will make uniforms for the security forces and VDP and process Burkinabè cotton. Its annual capacities and goal of processing up to 50,000 tonnes of cotton were presented.
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