Telecommunications companies are exploiting the widespread use of mobile phones and providing digital financial services to their customers who were previously excluded from mainstream financial services.

Burundi’s growth rate was generally negative from 1993-2003 due to the war and in 2015 it fell from 8.1% from 4.1% in 2014 to -3.9% in 2015 due to the political crisis.

From 2018 to 2019, the growth rate curve was ascending for all EAC countries. With covid-19 in 2020, the curves were downward except for South Sudan. And, for the 2021 forecast, the growth rate […]

Burundi’s financial inclusion rate remains low despite progress, from 12.5% ??in 2012 to 21.47% in 2016. Burundi’s financial inclusion remains low despite advances as it has increased. from 12.5% ??in 2012 to 21.47% in […]

Banking institutions are unequally distributed over the territory of Burundi, in Bujumbura Town there are 11 against one in Mwaro.

The fees for maintaining a bank account in Burundi vary from one bank institution to another and vary between 1,500 and 6,500 BIF.

If the amount required to have a bank account is zero for some banks, it can reach 100,000 BIF in other banks.

Newborns protected against tetanus is the percentage of children born to women of childbearing age who are immune to tetanus.

Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Net current transfers from abroad is equal to the unrequited […]

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