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N-Ways in Burkina Faso
Find any place in Burkina Faso.
Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou or Banfora: search a place or a business and N-Ways takes you to the door, in French or English. It knows the green taxis' fares, the pump price in F CFA and the border posts on the roads south.
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Money
- F CFA West African CFA franc
- Clock
- GMT UTC+0, all year
- Drives on the
- Right
- Working languages
- French, English
- Petrol
- 850 F CFA A litre in Ouagadougou
What works in Burkina Faso
From Ouaga to Bobo, on one map.
Burkina Faso's national languages, such as Mooré, Dioula and Fulfulde, are its official languages; French and English are its working languages. N-Ways speaks French when your phone does, menus and voice included, and you can switch to English in Profile.
Search by name or Plus Code
Places, streets and businesses across the country. Search by the name of the place, or type a Plus Code to find any spot.
Turn-by-turn, in French or English
Spoken directions, lane arrows and road signs, with the region you're in shown on the map.
Fair fares in F CFA
What a green taxi, a SOTRACO bus or a ride-hail car should cost, from published fares, as a rough guide. A seat in a green taxi is 300 F CFA in Ouagadougou.
Fuel at the pump price
Every trip shows its litres and what they cost at the price SONABHY publishes: 850 F CFA a litre of super in Ouagadougou since 10 August 2026.
Police, rights and crash alerts
“Police ahead” from other drivers' reports, the ASCE-LC's free line, 80 00 11 02, to report a bribe demand, and crash alerts that offer the fire and rescue service on 18, the police on 17 and the gendarmerie on 16.
Plan road trips by day
The UK advises against all travel to Burkina Faso and says attacks are possible on all roads. Check the latest advice before a long drive, and drive in daylight.
Main cities
The capitals of the regions, under the names they took in 2025. Search any of them, or a street or business inside.
- Ouagadougou Kadiogo
- Bobo-Dioulasso Guiriko
- Koudougou Nando
- Ouahigouya Yaadga
- Banfora Tannounyan
- Kaya Kuilsé
- Tenkodogo Nakambé
- Fada N'Gourma Goulmou
- Dédougou Bankui
- Gaoua Djôrô
- Manga Nazinon
- Ziniaré Oubri
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Burkina24 (languages), Sidwaya (regions), SONABHY (fuel), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (taxi fares), Ouest Info (SOTRACO), ASCE-LC, UK travel advice, IANA time zones.
Codes
A code for every compound, from Ouagadougou to Dori.
The name of your quarter or village and a number of at most five digits, unique in the whole country: Koulouba 17 76 leads a courier, a moto-taxi or an ambulance to your gate. On a coded street of Ouagadougou or Bobo-Dioulasso the official street comes first. Codes start provisional and are confirmed by the people who live there.
Open N-Ways at home, tap Get my code, and share it in one tap.
Get my code Read the research paper
For developers: look codes up, find the code at a point or decode them with the home codes API guide. No key is needed.
Host it yourself: every code, the areas, the engine and a ready-made server are open at github.com/n-ways/open-addresses-burkina-faso, free to run on your own servers under their licences (data ODbL 1.0, engine Apache 2.0). Credit when you use it: N-Ways Addressing for Burkina Faso, © N-WAYS LIMITED (nways.ng)
OuagadougouBorders with Ghana, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire
The roads south, post by post.
N-Ways names each border post in your steps, says whether you stop once or twice, and lists the papers to bring.
- Paga–Dakola on the Ouagadougou–Accra road: separate posts. Police at Dakola check your ID and your yellow fever card.
- Cinkassé–Cinkansé on the Lomé–Ouagadougou road: a joint post, one stop for both countries.
- Laléraba–Yendéré on the road from Ouangolodougou to Niangoloko: a joint post.
- Not in ECOWAS any more: Burkina Faso left on 29 January 2025. ECOWAS citizens keep visa-free entry, but bring a passport, and check with your insurer whether your ECOWAS Brown Card still covers you, or buy local cover at the border.
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Dakaractu (AES free movement), Alliance of Sahel States, Burkina24 (Dakola).
What N-Ways does in Burkina Faso
Every screen here is the real app in Burkina Faso. Swipe through each row.
Find what’s near
Pharmacies around Ouagadougou, with their opening hours.
Right to the door
The last metres on foot, to the entrance of Marché Central Rood-Woko.
Turn-by-turn in Ouagadougou
Every turn called with the street’s own name, on Ouagadougou’s roads.
Potholes, lane by lane
Know which lane the pothole is in before you reach it, across Ouagadougou.
Police ahead
Other drivers’ reports warn you before a checkpoint in Ouagadougou.
Your rights in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s emergency numbers and where to report misconduct, one tap away.
Ask while you drive
“How far to Ziniaré?” Tap the mic and ask, in English or French.
Maps without data
Save the Ouagadougou map area once and it works with no signal.
What it fixes for you, free.
The everyday problems of getting around, and what N-Ways does about each. No subscription, no account needed.
“Call me when you reach the junction.”
Addresses that don’t exist on any map. Search a postcode, a digital address or a landmark, and N-Ways walks you to the door.
See howData finished halfway there.
Save the map for offline use and keep going with no signal. It tidies itself when storage is short.
See how
Works with Apple CarPlay.
Connect your iPhone and N-Ways opens on your car’s screen: the same map and voice as on the phone, with big buttons made for driving. A trip you started on the phone carries on in the car.
The next turn onto Ikorodu Road with its green road sign, fuel for the trip in litres and the arrival time.
The map turns dark when your car switches to night.
Each route’s time and distance before you set off, then Go.
Bad road ahead, in time to slow down.
Places, businesses and postcodes, picked from a list.
Look around, then one tap brings the map back to the car.
Shown on a drive in Lagos.
- Turn by turn
- The distance, the road’s name and its green sign, and on iOS 18 the lane to be in.
- Spoken directions
- Through the car’s speakers, turning your music down while it talks.
- Warned in time
- Potholes, bad road, crashes, traffic lights, tolls and borders ahead. “Still there?” takes one tap.
- Find your way there
- Places, businesses and addresses, or Home, Work and your recent trips.
- Pick your route
- Time and distance for each before you go, and a faster way offered on the road.
- Report from the wheel
- Crash, police, traffic, roadworks, hazard or closure, from six big buttons.
Part of the N-Ways app for iPhone. You need an iPhone and a car with CarPlay.
Also on iPhone, in testing: your next turn, the road sign and your lane on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Your trips, your data.
Your trips stay yours
We don’t sell where you go, and ads never get your trip history.
No account needed
Search and drive without signing in. Sign in only to keep places and points on another phone.
Recordings stay on your phone
A checkpoint video is never uploaded unless you choose to back it up.
Delete it all
Remove your account and everything in it at any time. Privacy policy
Building an app for Burkina Faso?
The N-Ways Maps Platform: the maps, address search and routes behind the app, as APIs and SDKs for the web, Android and iOS. Free calls every month, then prices in your own currency.
Your business, on the road to it.
A short billboard shows to drivers heading your way, only when they’re stopped or slow, never near a turn. Pay for the days you choose.
Questions about N-Ways in Burkina Faso
How do I find an address in Ouagadougou?
Search by the name of the place, street or business, or type a Plus Code to find any spot. N-Ways covers the whole country, from Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso to Koudougou, Banfora and Ouahigouya.
Which language does N-Ways speak in Burkina Faso?
French when your phone does, menus and voice included, and you can switch to English in Profile. Burkina Faso’s national languages, such as Mooré, Dioula and Fulfulde, are its official languages; French and English are its working languages.
How much is a taxi in Ouagadougou?
A seat in a green taxi is 300 F CFA. N-Ways shows what a green taxi, a SOTRACO bus or a ride-hail car should cost, from published fares, as a rough guide, and fuel at 850 F CFA a litre of super since 10 August 2026.
Is it safe to drive in Burkina Faso?
The UK advises against all travel to Burkina Faso and says attacks are possible on all roads. Check the latest advice before a long drive, and drive in daylight.
How do I report a bribe demand in Burkina Faso?
Call the ASCE-LC’s free line, 80 00 11 02. N-Ways shows it with “Police ahead” from other drivers’ reports, and its crash alerts offer the fire and rescue service on 18, the police on 17 and the gendarmerie on 16.
Do I need a passport for Burkina Faso now it has left ECOWAS?
Bring one. Burkina Faso left ECOWAS on 29 January 2025; ECOWAS citizens keep visa-free entry, but check with your insurer whether your ECOWAS Brown Card still covers you, or buy local cover at the border.
Is there a free GPS app that works offline in Burkina Faso?
N-Ways is free, and it can save a city for when there’s no signal; maps you stop using tidy themselves away when your phone runs low on space. The map works in your browser at map.nways.ng.
Which border posts lead south from Burkina Faso?
Paga–Dakola, on the Ouagadougou–Accra road, has separate posts, and police at Dakola check your ID and your yellow fever card. Cinkassé–Cinkansé, on the Lomé–Ouagadougou road, is a joint post: one stop for both countries. Laléraba–Yendéré, on the road from Ouangolodougou to Niangoloko, is a joint post. N-Ways names each post in your steps and lists the papers to bring.
Where are you going in Burkina Faso today?
Type a place or a business. N-Ways does the rest, in French or English.