
Business in Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina)
Foreign Trade and Business in Ouagadougou: Headquarters of CAMES, UEMOA
Ouagadougou is the capital and the largest city of
Burkina Faso (2,5 million people 2015, 59.126 in 1960)
- The headquarters of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES) and
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
are in Ouagadougou.
- Burkinabe Province: Central
region of Burkina Faso (West Africa)
- Ouagadougou (Wogodogo): “where we received honours, respect”
- Ouagadougou is the Higher Education Centre of Burkina Faso
Festivals and Exhibitions in Ouagadougou. Ouagadougou is one of the African cities that organises more exhibitions and fairs:
- Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO)
- International Handicrafts Fair of Ouagadougou (SIAO)
- International Tourism and Hospitality Trade Fair of Ouagadougou (SITHO)
- International Exhibition of mines, energy and quarries (SEMICA)
Study Online at EENI Global Business School
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
- Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, Foreign Trade, International Business
- Doctorates: African Business, World Trade, Global Logistics

More information: Business in Burkina Faso, at EENI Website.
Estimation of the number of motorcycles in Ouagadougou: 600,000 (three factories for the Burkinabe market)

The most important languages in Ouagadougou, besides French, are:- Mooré: 343,000 people (77% of the population)
- Dyula: 21,000 people (4,70% of the population)
- Bissa: 12,000 people (2,86% of the population)
International Handicrafts Fair of Ouagadougou (SIAO)

- Climate of Ouagadougou: Intertropical (dry season and rainy season: end of May - end of September)
- Calling code of Ouagadougou: (+226) 25
- Area of Ouagadougou: 2,805 km²
- Foundation of the Kingdom of Ouagadougou by Igo Khassé Dingka (Soninke)
- Ouagadougou was founded in the 11th century by the Nyonyonsé. Ouagadougou (Wogdgo): “Come to honor me”
- Ouagadougou was the capital of the Mossi Empire in 1441
- King of the Mossi: Mogho Naba
- Capital of the territory of the Upper Volta in 1919
Transport in Ouagadougou
- Ouagadougou International Airport
- Ouagadougou-Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Railway
- Benin-Niger-Burkina Faso-Ivory Coast Railway Loop
- National Road no 1: Ouagadougou - Bobo-Dioulasso
- Routes to Niamey (Niger), Bamako (Mali), Lomé (Togo) Cotonou (Benin) and Accra (Ghana)
- Distances from Ouagadougou to:
- Banfora: 450 kilometres
- Dédougou: 250 kilometres
- Tenkodogo: 185 kilometres
- Kaya: 100 kilometres
- Koudougou: 100 kilometres
- Ouahigouya: 185 kilometres
- Fada N'Gourma: 219 kilometres
- Gaoua: 381 kilometres
- Bamako: 850 kilometres
Uagadugú (Burkina Faso)
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Uagadugu (Burquina Faso)
(c) EENI Global Business School
We do not use cookies
|