SN SOSUCO

Leader of economic actors in the agro-food industry in Burkina Faso, SN SOSUCO (New Sugar Company of Comoé) has a direct and major impact on the development of the city of Banfora and the entire Cascades region (South-West of Burkina Faso).

Its main purpose is:

  • The cultivation of sugar cane,
  • The manufacture of blond or refined sugar in granules and in pieces,
  • The packaging and sale of sugar on the national market and for export,
  • Experimenting with new cultures,
  • The recovery and sale of sugar by-products such as pharmaceutical alcohol made from molasses by the distillery.

With a workforce of more than 1,500 employees and more than 10,500 indirect jobs, SN SOSUCO is the leading private employer in Burkina Faso.

Historical

1965
Creation of the Société d’Etudes Sucrières (SESUHV) with participants from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and SOMDIAA. Share capital: 100 million FCFA.
1965
1968
Creation of the Société Sucrière de Haute-Volta (SOSUHV) to operate a sugar agglomeration plant.
1968
1969
Start of the Agglomeration.
1969
1972
Creation of the sugar complex by absorption of SESUHV by SOSUHV Social capital: 1,832,500,000 FCFA.
1972
1973
Signing of the establishment agreement. Increase of the Share Capital to 1,965,600,000 FCFA.
1973
1975
Inauguration of the sugar complex. Share capital increased to 3,115,500,000 FCFA.
1975
1984
Increase of the Share Capital to 6,031,050,000 FCFA and change of name of the Company to Société Sucrière de la Comoé (SOSUCO).
1984
1998
Privatization of the Société Sucrière de la Comoé (SOSUCO) taken over by the IPS group with partners from Burkina Faso and F.C. Schaffer under the name Nouvelle Société Sucrière de la Comoé (SN SOSUCO).
1998