Burundi’s Central Bank moves to stifle the parallel market
Burundi Central Bank governor Jean Ciza while addressing the media on Tuesday 17.September.2019 in Bujumbura. PHOTO| Burundi TimesBurundi’s
Central Bank (BRB) on Tuesday announced new...
Burundi outlaws cryptocurrency
Burundi Central Bank  cautioned the public and that no entity or financial institution is currently authorized to offer remittance or other payment services...
NTBs hinders businesses as Tanzania-Burundi Trade Fair kicks off
A Burundian trader explaining to some of his customers about his locally manufactured products on August/30/2019. PHOTO| BurundiTimes.Under the auspices of the...
Second Burundi Manufacturers and Trade Fair kicks off in Bujumbura
Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza officially launching the Trade Fair in Bujumbura on 13/June/2019. PHOTO|FILE: Burundi State House.The second edition of the Burundi...
East African countries at high risk of debt distress again
EAC countries at risk of debt distress
Farmers call for EAC member states to implement Malabo declaration
In the financial year 2018-2019 all the East African member states allocated less than 10% of the budget on agriculture with the exception...
UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment in East Africa declines
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to East Africa fell by 14% in 2018, this is according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development...
EALA to cooperate with ATT to eradicate illicit trade of weapons
The East African Community Legislative Assembly (EALA) is set to cooperate with the International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to advocate for the partner states to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) aimed at preventing, and eradicating the illicit trade in Conventional arms and prevent their diversion in the East African Community.
EABC: Burundi’s intra-regional trade declines by 4%
According to the latest figures released by the East African Business Council Burundi’s trade with the East African Community member states declined by 4.1%...


