Business in Burundi

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Burundi” are the following:

1. To analyze the Burundian Economy and Global Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in Burundi
3. To explore the Burundian trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Burundian Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Burundian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Burundi” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: African Business, World Trade.

Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Courses: Business in East Africa, Central Africa.

Languages: or Burundi Burundi Burundi.

1. Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Burundi”: 1
2. Duration: one week

Transport and Logistics in Burundi

1. Trans-African corridors;
   1. Central Corridor
   2. Northern Corridor
2. Nearest Ports;
   1. Port of Mombasa (Kenya)
   2. Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania, Rail transport)

Burundian Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Burundi and the Central African Economic Area / East African Economic Area
2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
3. East African Community (EAC)
4. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
5. African Continental Free-Trade Area
6. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
7. Burundi-U.S.
   1. COMESA-US Agreement
   2. AGOA
   3. East African Community-U.S. Agreement
8. Burundi-EU
   1. Africa-EU Partnership
   2. GSP
9. Nile Basin Initiative
10. Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
11. Conference on the Great Lakes
12. Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) - accession process

1. WTO
   1. GATS
   2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. BIC (Containers)
4. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
5. IMO
6. Customs Convention on Containers
7. Hamburg Rules (Sea)

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
   3. Africa Agriculture Development Programme
3. African Development Bank
4. Africa-Asia Partnership
5. Africa-India Cooperation
6. Africa-BRICS
7. Africa-Turkey Partnership
8. Afro-Arab Cooperation
9. BADEA
10. Africa-Korea Partnership
11. Africa-Japan Cooperation
12. Africa-South America Summit

1. UN
2. WB
3. WTO
4. IMF
5. FAO
6. G-77
7. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
8. UNESCO
9. WHO
10. WIPO

The Republic of Burundi is located in Central Africa and is one of the ten poorest countries in the World.

1. Area of Burundi: 27,834 km²
2. Burundian population: 11 million people
3. The official languages of Burundi are Kirundi (97% of Burundian population), French (10%) and English (since 2014)
4. Capital of Burundi: Bujumbura (340,000)
5. Other largest cities: Gitega, Muyinga, Ngozi
6. Burundian Independence: 1962 (Belgium)
7. Burundian Government: Presidential representative democratic Republic
8. Neighbors countries of the Republic of Burundi: Rwanda, Tanzania, and the DR Congo

More information about Burundi (EENI African Business Portal).

Religions in Burundi:

1. Christianity (Catholicism: 3.9 million)
2. African Traditional Religions

Burundi belongs to the Central African Economic Area and the East African Economic Area.

Burundian Economy:

1. The Agricultural sector of the Republic of Burundi remains the pillar of the Burundian economy
2. The main cash crops of Burundi (tea and coffee) are the main drivers of the economic growth and make up a significant proportion of the Burundian exports
3. The Burundian Coffee production achieved 31,000 tones. The increase was due to the favorable response from the farmers after the “Office du café du Burundi” augmented the price it pays to the farmers by 44%
4. Burundian GDP growth: 4.6%
5. Agriculture: 27% of the GDP. 60% of the Burundian exports
6. Public services: 25% of the GDP
7. Burundian Manufacturing: 12%
8. Burundian inflation: 7.8%
9. Main natural resources of Burundi are cobalt and copper
10. Top exports of Burundi are coffee and sugar
11. Small industries subsist excluding the agricultural export processing
12. Petroleum, nickel, copper, and other natural resources are explored

Body responsible for attracting the FDI: Burundi Investment Promotion Authority (API).

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