 Study in Burundi (Master) Bujumbura
Foreign Trade and Business in Burundi, Bujumbura (Central Africa)
Study in the Republic of Burundi, Masters of Science in Global Marketing and Foreign Trade
Burundi is a landlocked country of
Central Africa /
Eastern Africa
- Burundi belongs to the Great Lakes region (Lake Tanganyika)
- Bujumbura
is the economic, political and administrative capital of Burundi and the largest Burundian city
- The largest cities of Burundi are Bujumbura,
Muyinga, Ruyigi, Gitega, Ngozi, Rutana. Bururi, Makamba, Kayanza and Muramvya
- Burundi is a resource-poor country with an underdeveloped
manufacturing sector.
- The main economic activities in Burundi are agriculture (50% of the GDP of Burundi) and
cattle raising
- The main export
products
of Burundi are
coffee (80% of the Burundian
exports), tea and cotton
- The main natural resources of Burundi are uranium, nickel,
cobalt, copper and platinum.
- The leading industries in Burundi are assembly of imported
components, construction, public works, food processing and light consumer
goods (blankets, shoes and soap).
- Burundi is one of the eight poorest countries in the world
- Currency of Burundi: Burundian Franc (BIF)
- Burundi has borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (233 kilometres),
Rwanda (290 kilometres) and Tanzania (451 kilometres)
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- Burundian population: 11 million inhabitants
- Burundi is a
mostly rural society, only 13% of the population lives in urban areas
- Climate of Burundi: temperate equatorial
- Heha Bujumbura Mountain: 2,670 meters
- Area of Burundi: 27,834 square kilometres (the second highest in Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Population density
of Burundi: 398.8 inhabitants/square kilometres
- Burundi is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa

- Burundi is a multi-party Republic with a presidential regime
- Republika y'Uburundi in Kirundi language
- Burundi obtained its Independence from
Belgium in 1962
- Calling code of Burundi: 257
- Burundian code top-level domain: .bi
- National Parks: Kibira and Ruvubu
Provinces of Burundi
The 18 provinces of Burundi are:

- Bubanza
- Bujumbura Mairie
- Bujumbura Rural
- Bururi
- Cankuzo
- Cibitoke
- Gitega
- Karuzi
- Kayanza
- Kirundo
- Makamba
- Muramvya
- Muyinga
- Mwaro
- Ngozi
- Rumonge
- Rutana
- Ruyigi

The largest Burundian cities are:
- Bujumbura
- Muyinga
- Ruyigi
- Gitega
- Ngozi
- Rutana
- Bururi
- Makamba
- Kayanza
- Muramvya
Economic Integration Organisations (Burundi)
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- United States-COMESA Agreement
- East African Community (EAC)
- United States-East African Community (EAC)
Agreement
- COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
-
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
- Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
- International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
- Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
- International Organisation of the Francophonie

- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- African Union (AU)
- African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)


Transport and Logistics in Burundi
Bujumbura International Airport is the only airport with a
paved runway
The Foreign Trade,
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.
- National Route 3 of Rwanda: Kigali - Gitarama - Butare -Fugi (the border of Burundi, the route towards Bujumbura)
- National Route 5 of Rwanda: Kigali - Nyamata - border of Burundi (route towards Kirundo).
Transafrican
Transport Corridors:
- Northern Corridor (Uganda, Burundi and
Rwanda, Mombasa -
Kenya
Sea Port)
- Central Corridor
- Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda,
Tanzania and Uganda

- Port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Port of Mombasa (Kenya)
Main Burundian ethnicities:
85% of the Burundian population is Hutu ethnic origin, 15% are Tutsi, and less than 1% are Twa (indigenous).
Religions in Burundi:
- Christianity
- Catholicism (62%
of the Burundian population)
- Protestantism (22%
of the Burundian population)
- Traditional African Religions
Languages of Burundi
The official languages of Burundi are Kirundi (97% of the population),
French (10% of the 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.
- 16th century: the Kingdom of Burundi. The King: Mwami
- 17th century: first conflicts between ethnic groups
- Middle of the 18th century: consolidation of Tutsi royalty
- 1903: German
East Africa
- 1915: Belgian colonial empire
- 1962: independence (Belgium)
- 1970 - 1980: conflicts between Tutsi and Hutu
- 1972: a dictatorial regime of President Micombero (Tutsi)
- Hutu Insurrection, 100,000 Hutu dead
- 1993: Burundian civil war
- 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 Tutsi majority army. 300,000
people, mostly civilians, died in the years after the murder.
- 2001: new Constitution (concept of ethnic power alternation).
Higher Education in Burundi
LMD System (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) - Ministry of Education,
Science, Technology and Scientific Research
- University of Burundi (Bujumbura)
- University Hope Africa (Bujumbura)
- University of the Lake Tanganyika
Burundi is a member of
- Francophone University Agency (AUF)
- African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES)
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