Yacouba Zabré Gouba
Profile
Yacouba Zabré Gouba is a Burkinabè civil servant, treasury inspector, and politician currently serving as the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries of Burkina Faso. Appointed in December 2023 and reconfirmed in 2024, he oversees national policies for the mining and energy sectors, focusing on industrial gold production, the formalization of artisanal mining, and the expansion of national energy infrastructure. Prior to his ministerial appointment, he held various administrative roles within the General Directorate of the Treasury and Public Accounting and served as an academic instructor in public finance and financial engineering. He is a specialist in public finance with over twenty years of experience in the Burkinabè public administration.
Details
- Education
- Centre ouest-africain de formation et d’études bancaires (COFEB); École nationale des régies financières (ENAREF)
- Career
- Treasury inspector, public finance specialist, academic instructor, and administrator for state-owned entities including Netiana Mining Company SA.
