Burundi Eco Kage faces an electrical challenge
According to Delphin Kaze, Managing Director of Kage (Kaze Green Energy), load shedding and the exorbitant cost of electricity are paralyzing his company’s activities. It was during a visit to his company by a delegation from the World Bank (WB). Leading the delegation was Dr Valerie Hicky, global director of environment at the WB. The […]
Burundi Eco RIM: The high rate of non-repayment of loans to MFIs is giving it a headache
The Network of Microfinance Institutions (RIM) alerts the fact of the non-repayment rate of the credits offered to their customers is high. Until December 31, 2022, the amount of unpaid debts was fixed to more than 32 billion FBu on an outstanding credit of more than 630 billion FBu. The administrators promise to contribute at […]
Burundi Eco Gitega: bad times for street traders
In urban centers, low-income households make a living from small jobs including street trading. This economic activity, until now prohibited on Burundian territory, generates significant income. The authorities discourage this practice arguing that it is to protect the formal sector. Despite the measures taken to combat activity, these budding investors brave the danger and courageously […]
Burundi Eco Record inflation
Benjamin Kuriyo, Publication Director Since 2022, the inflation rate has broken records. There is no sign that inflation will be brought under control before the end of this year. Our economy is bearing the brunt of the consequences of the global economic crisis aggravated by internal factors, in this case the deterioration of macroeconomic indicators. […]
Burundi Eco When the high cost of basic necessities affects children’s education
Residents of Kayanza province, the majority of whom are women, warn that the prices of basic necessities remain high. They ask the government to think to their tax exemption to alleviate their suffering, because they have difficulty taking care of their children. Children’s education is affected. Some drop out of school to become street children […]
Burundi Eco Burundian international carriers are having difficulty being competitive in the ZLECAF
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAF) will offer enormous opportunities in the transport sector. This emerged from a workshop organized by the East African Community Business Council (EABC) for the private sector under the AfCFTA which was held in Bujumbura from November 14 to 15, 2023. Despite this, Burundian international carriers […]
Burundi Eco Regional press review: researchers discover new plant species in Tanzania
This press review takes stock of the six new plants recently discovered in Tanzania without forgetting the IMF loan agreement of 938 million dollars for Kenya. In addition, we discover how Congolese forests can generate a jackpot. Finally, Rwanda hosts the 4th African Cyber Defense Forum. The new plants discovered in Tanzania are tentatively named […]
Burundi Eco A disappointed nanny
After freeing herself from the family where she worked as a nanny, Claudine Ndinkabandi ended up being impregnated by a servant. Living in the city of Bujumbura doing itinerant trading, the two ended up abandoning the city to live in Musenyi in the commune of Mpanda in the province of Bubanza where Ms. Ndinkabandi trades […]
Burundi Eco Transmission of painful memories: What if we started with good examples?
On August 27, 1997, at the minor seminary of Buta, 40 seminarians were massacred in a dormitory for refusing to comply with segregation based on ethnicity. Today, their little brothers affirm that they are well armed not to give in to divisionist remarks despite the painful past of this school. This is undoubtedly the fruit […]
Burundi Eco The AUF determined to strengthen the skills of computer scientist winners in mobile application development
In the premises of the Lumière University of Bujumbura, the AUF organized a competition called “ Best mobile app “. This is to close a week of training on the development of mobile applications for the computer scientist winners of the said university. The expected results of this training were good mobile applications designed by […]
