Traore Launches Burkina Faso's First Locally Made Electric Vehicles Amidst Trump Order.

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There is only one African leader right now who deserves to be designated as a revolutionary and that is President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso. While other leaders are busy making speeches at the World Economic Forum currently being held in Davos Switzerland, President Traore has stayed back to launch something magnificent. We have always dreamed of a time when African countries can be heavily involved in the manufacturing sector. And, now it's no longer a dream. Under President Traore, Burkina Faso has launched the country’s first locally made electric vehicles. This is revolutionary. But what exactly does this mean for the citizens of Burkina Faso and their economy? Let's find out.

Currently, the world is moving towards clean energy. The use of fossil fuels for industrialization for decades has resulted in climate change, the effects of which Africans are suffering the most. However, one of Trump’s executive orders on the first day of his presidency was withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement. According to Trump, the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive. Interestingly, the US alone accounts for 14 percent of the world’s carbon emissions and is the second-largest emitter of CO2 globally, after China. But, as a result of his policy, the US is going to account for even more given that Trump intends to boost fossil fuel and power projects.

This means that the world will continue to feel the effects of climate change and African countries that produce the least cabin emissions will suffer from it the most. The most painful part is that Africa has been lagging behind in the transition to green energy because the needed infrastructure is not available. During international summits on green energy, African leaders demanded huge funds from the West in order to launch several green energy projects. Unfortunately, the progress of the transition has been slow because the West have been unable to make good of their financial commitment.