FASO COTON

Mission

Our mission is to encourage and promote the development of farms to secure the supply of our factories, transform seed cotton, to market semi-finished products and thus contribute to improving the standard of living of rural communities.

Our ambition

Our ambition is to remain a major player in the cotton sector in Burkina Faso, to promote cotton products & by-products, to market production profitably and thus to remain a major player in the cotton sector in West Africa through the loyalty of producers, the professionalism, the responsiveness of the staff while ensuring a fair return on the capital invested and by being part of a dynamic of sustainable development.

Who Are We ?

We are a private company in the cotton sector based in the central area of Burkina Faso, operating in the processing of seed cotton and the marketing of these products.

Through this activity, we support the development of farms and peasant organizations, and thus contribute to improving the standard of living of rural communities in the area.
Our primary goal in engaging this activity, is to promote the development of farms and their organizations, as well as to contribute to improving the standard of living of rural communities in the region. Aware of this unique responsibility, we are constantly reinventing ourselves to meet the needs of our farmers and support them on a daily basis in the best conditions, while adapting to changes in the economic, social and natural environment.

Similarly, we strive to contribute to the development of the areas where we operate, through concrete social actions and active dialogue with local populations.
At FASO COTON , we sum up our ambition in just a few words : Cotton at the Service of Development.

Historical

Following the decision of the Burkinabé State to partially liberalize the Cotton sector, the IPS(WA) Institution created in September 2004 in Burkina Faso, the company FASO COTON SA.

Its share capital is currently 950,120,000 FCFA and is distributed as follows:

IVOIRE COTON

68.48%

PAUL REINHART

12.54%

UNPCB

12.45%

FASOFERT

4.35%

SOBA

2.17%

From a 30,000 ton factory located in Ouagadougou at its creation, FASO COTON has improved its industrial capacity to 60,000 tons thanks in particular to the construction of a new factory in Tenkodogo.