The newly commissioned plant is designed to have a daily crushing capacity of 12 tons of soybeans, capable of producing up to 10 tons of high-quality refined oil for the domestic market.

04/03/2026 (Milling Middle East & Africa), Burkin Faso - Burkina Faso’s edible oil industry has received a significant boost with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art US$4 million oil mill in Ouagadougou, aimed at enhancing local production and reducing import dependency.

The facility, developed by a consortium of local agribusiness investors, processes up to 12 tons of soybeans daily into 10 tons of high-quality refined oil, along with valuable by-products such as animal feed.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts inaugurated an oil mill on February 27th that exclusively processes soybeans.

Costing a total of 2 billion CFA francs (US$3.56 million), this facility, located in Ouagadougou, was built by the Industrial Agri-Food Company for the Transformation of Oilseeds (SIATOL).

This investment aligns with national food security strategies, supporting smallholder farmers and stabilizing cooking oil prices amid global supply chain disruptions.

The new mill employs advanced extraction and refining technology to convert locally sourced soybeans, Burkina Faso’s key oilseed crop, into clear, nutritious edible oil suitable for household and industrial use.

According to local media outlet Le Faso.net, this oil mill has a daily soybean crushing capacity of 12 tons and a daily production capacity of 10 tons of refined oil to supply the domestic market.

It also includes poultry and livestock feed production lines with an estimated capacity of 100 tons per day, utilizing the soybean meal discarded during the crude oil extraction process.

With a capacity to produce 12,000 tons annually, it addresses the rising demand driven by population growth and urbanization, where edible oils consumption is projected to hit US$94 million by 2025.

By valorizing crop residues into protein-rich feed, the plant promotes a circular economy, benefiting livestock farmers and cutting waste.

In the second phase of development of its industrial project, the company also plans to install on the Ouagadougou site a new soybean crushing line with a processing capacity of 40 tonnes per day from 2026, as well as a second production unit for poultry and livestock feed with a capacity of 200 tonnes per day.

This expansion plan is expected to increase demand for oilseeds.

It is worth noting that SIATOL currently boasts a network of over 3,000 small-scale farmers in the Sissili province who supply it with raw materials.

With this new investment project, the company can support the growth momentum observed in Burkina Faso’s soybean production in recent years.

Data compiled by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD) reveals that Burkina Faso’s soybean production has more than doubled over the last five years, reaching 129,225 tons at the end of the 2023/2024 season.

Beyond boosting soybean production, refined soybean oil production can also help reduce the country’s dependence on ever-increasing edible oil imports.

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD), Burkina Faso imported nearly 192,900 tons of animal and vegetable fats and oils in 2024, a stock five times higher than in 2020 (37,300 tons).

Over the same period, the cost of these purchases nearly doubled, rising from 14.8 billion CFA francs (US$26.11 million) in 2020 to 28.2 billion CFA francs (US$49.77 million) in 2024.

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