In recent months, Ilassa Ouédraogo, one of Burkina Faso’s rising business leaders, has established himself as an important cog in the country’s war economy. At the head of Wend Na Songdo Holding, this discreet operator has been running a truck manufacturing and assembly plant on the outskirts of Ouagadougou for the past year. But the site is also secretly used to assemble some of the vehicles, such as pick-ups equipped […]
Burkina Faso : Chinese adviser, traditional hunter, banker… a deep dive into Ibrahim Traoré’s business circles
