Business in Burundi (Master) Bujumbura

Trade and Business in Burundi, Bujumbura (Central Africa, Master in Foreign Trade)

Doing Business in Burundi (Republic of Burundi), Online Masters of Science in Global Marketing

Burundi (Republic of Burundi) is a landlocked country in Central Africa and Eastern Africa

1. Republika y'Uburundi in Kirundi language
2. Burundi belongs to the Great Lakes region (Lake Tanganyika)
3. Bujumbura is the economic, political and administrative capital of Burundi and the largest Burundian city
4. The largest cities of Burundi are Bujumbura, Muyinga, Ruyigi, Gitega, Ngozi, Rutana. Bururi, Makamba, Kayanza and Muramvya
5. Burundi has borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (233 kilometres), Rwanda (290 kilometres) and Tanzania (451 kilometres)
6. Burundi is a resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector.
7. The main economic activities in Burundi are agriculture (50% of the GDP of Burundi) and cattle raising
8. The main export products are coffee (80% of Burundian exports), tea and cotton
9. The main natural resources of Burundi are uranium, nickel, cobalt, copper and platinum.
10. The leading industries in Burundi are the assembly of imported components, construction, public works, food processing and light consumer goods (blankets, shoes and soap).
11. Burundi is one of the eight poorest countries in the world
12. Climate: temperate equatorial
13. Heha Bujumbura Mountain: 2,670 meters

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1. The Burundian population: 11 million inhabitants
   1. Burundi is a mostly rural society, only 13% of the population lives in urban areas
2. Burundi is a multi-party Republic with a presidential regime
3. Area of Burundi: 27,834 square kilometres (the second highest in Sub-Saharan Africa)
   1. Population density: 398.8 inhabitants/square kilometres
   2. Burundi is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa
4. Burundi obtained its Independence from Belgium in 1962
5. Calling code: 257
6. Country code top-level domain: .bi
7. The currency of Burundi: Burundian Franc (BIF​)
8. National Parks: Kibira and Ruvubu

Provinces of Burundi

The 18 provinces of Burundi are:

1. Bubanza
2. Bujumbura Mairie
3. Bujumbura Rural
4. Bururi
5. Cankuzo
6. Cibitoke
7. Gitega
8. Karuzi
9. Kayanza
10. Kirundo
11. Makamba
12. Muramvya
13. Muyinga
14. Mwaro
15. Ngozi
16. Rumonge
17. Rutana
18. Ruyigi

The largest Burundian cities are:

1. Bujumbura
2. Muyinga
3. Ruyigi
4. Gitega
5. Ngozi
6. Rutana
7. Bururi
8. Makamba
9. Kayanza
10. Muramvya

Economic Integration Organisations (Burundi)

1. Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
3. East African Community (EAC)
4. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
5. Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
6. Nile Basin Initiative
7. International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
8. Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
9. International Organisation of the Francophonie

Transport and Logistics in Burundi

The Bujumbura International Airport is the only airport with a paved runway

The transport network of Burundi is limited and underdeveloped. Burundi has a road network, but less than 10% of the country's roads are paved

Bujumbura connects with Kigoma, Tanzania, for a passenger and freight ferry (MV Mwongozo).

There is a long-term plan to connect Burundi by rail to Kigali and then to Kampala (Uganda) and Kenya.

1. National Route 3 of Rwanda: Kigali - Gitarama - Butare -Fugi (the border of Burundi, the route towards Bujumbura)
2. National Route 5 of Rwanda: Kigali - Nyamata - border of Burundi (route towards Kirundo).

Trans-African Transport Corridors:

1. The Northern Corridor (Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, Mombasa - Sea Port of Kenya)
2. The Central Corridor
   1. Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

1. Port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
2. Port of Mombasa (Kenya)

The main Burundian ethnicities:

85% of Burundian population is Hutu ethnic origin, 15% are Tutsi, and less than 1% are Twa (indigenous).

Religions of Burundi:

1. Christianity
   1. Catholicism (62%)
   2. Protestantism (22%)
2. Traditional African Religions

Languages of Burundi

The official languages of Burundi are Kirundi (97% of population), French (10% of Burundian population) and English (from 2014)

History of Burundi

Twa, Hutu and Tutsi have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. During more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent Kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when Germany colonised the region.

1. 16th century: the Kingdom of Burundi. The King: Mwami
2. 17th century: first conflicts between ethnic groups
3. Middle of the 18th century: consolidation of Tutsi royalty
4. 1903: German East Africa
5. 1915: Belgian colonial empire
6. 1962: independence of Belgium
7. 1970 - 1980: conflicts between Tutsi and Hutu
8. 1972: a dictatorial regime of President Micombero (Tutsi)
9. Hutu Insurrection, 100,000 Hutu dead
10. 1993: Burundian civil war
11. In October 1993, Tutsi soldiers killed Ndadaye, an act that sparked a genocide against the Tutsi, which led to years of violence between the Hutu rebels and the Tutsi majority army. 300,000 people, mostly civilians, died in the years after the murder.
12. 2001: new Constitution (the concept of ethnic power alternation).

Higher Education in Burundi

LMD System (Bachelor of Science, Master, Doctorate) - Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research

1. University of Burundi (Bujumbura)
2. University Hope Africa (Bujumbura)
3. University of the Lake Tanganyika

Burundi is a member of the Francophone University Agency (AUF). and the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES)

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