Ouagadougou

Embassies

embassies
Canada
586 Agostino Neto Street 01 P.O. Box 548 Ouagadougou 01
(226) 50 31 18 94
Monday to Thursday: 08:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 17:00 Friday: 08:00 – 13:30
embassies
British Honorary Consulate
Based at ICI, Initiatives Conseil International, Impasse Thévenoud, 330, Secteur 01
(226) 50 30 88 60
embassies
 

BBC World Service radio broadcast in English and French in Ouagadougou on 99.2MHz.

contact

Post Office:

Grande Post Sonapost downtown, right on the Place des Nations Unies M-F 8am-12pm, 3pm-5pm; Sat 8-12. No withdrawing money on Saturdays. Other post offices seem to follow the Monday-Friday schedules, but possibly closed on Saturdays. If you don't have a box, there is a man who packages things to be shipped for 500-1000 CFA. Coming in the entrance, ask at the desk on the right. There are also post offices in Dassasgho at the corner of Charles de Gaulle and the Circulaire, and on Charles de Gaulle near the intersection with Babanguida, just down from Surface Alimentation.

Internet:

Dependable connections next to the grand post across the street from the Verdoyant and diagonal from Café Zaka next to the fish market. *Hole in the wall places everywhere, just ask. 500-1000 CFA/hr.