04-02-2014 ■ Comparing to the organization and how other EAC border operates, Burundi border is less advanced than others. To that extent, people need the issue to be handled and borders reach others reached great step.-Yves Didier Irakoze “It’s 4:45 am, I arrive at Kanyaru (Rwanda-Burundi border) coming from Uganda. I (...)

01-28-2014 ■ Burundi Federal Chamber of Trade and Industry has recently received some fund to help former Bujumbura Central Market users. From BIF 500 thousand to 2 million will be given to each victim.-Diane Uwimana Since the Bujumbura Central Market has burned, some countries through their embassies, institutions, companies, associations as (...)

01-23-2014 ■ Last week, Christine Lagarde , the IMF Managing Director, warned EAC countries not to precipitate the use of Single Currency as adopted by the Heads of States in November 2013. Therefore, Iwacu has met, Audace Niyonzima, one of the participants in the negotiation about the implementation. By Diane Uwimana (...)

01-17-2014 ■ These past few weeks, you might have seen a strange-looking green and white van driving around the town. That van is actually a mobile bank. A Mobile Branch to be precise and Iwacu approached CRDB bank’s Relationship Manager to learn more about their one-of-a-kind innovation in Burundi.–By Joanna Nganda (...)

08-20-2013 ■ The Consortium Shanghai Gongsi-The Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security of China signed a contract with Burundi Government for designing, making and producing the National Biometric Identity Card on March 14th 2013- by Yves Didier Irakoze  According to Térence Mbonabuca, Director General of Administration of Territory (...)