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    • On-site production of oxygen is saving the lives of newborn babies at Gitego general hospital
    • Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, doctor and deputy director of Gitega regional hospital, leads a tour of the wards
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Burundi: Electricity from the Rusumo Falls power station, built with support from the African Development Bank, is saving the lives of hospital patients and premature babies

Cheap and reliable hydroelectric supplies mean that the Gitega hospital can spend more money on medical equipment and hospital teams can focus on saving lives

“One day, in the operating theatre, there was a power cut́ in the middle of a laparotomy [opening of the abdomen] for a case of pelvic peritonitis. We had to finish the operation using a torch. It was very hard.” Dr Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, doctor and deputy director at Gitega…

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    • A view of the Rubirizi substation under construction, as part of the Kamanyola-Bujumbura Interconnection Project
    • Minister of Finance of Burundi, Audace Niyonzima (left), Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Uwizeye (right), and the African Development Bank’s Country Manager in Burundi, Pascal Yembiline (centre), during the inspection tour
    • Installation of electricity cables in Kabezi, in Bujumbura Rural Province, as part of the Access to Energy Project
    • Burundi’s largest electricity substation, co-financed by the African Development Bank Group, will increase national electricity access by seven percent (1)
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Burundi’s largest electricity substation, co-financed by the African Development Bank Group, will increase national electricity access by seven percent

The substation will strengthen the reliability and stability of the electricity network in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital

Burundi’s largest electricity substation, a 160 megavolts facility in Rubirizi, financed by the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the European Union, will increase the country’s electricity-connected population by 7 percent when completed. A delegation from the government of Burundi and the African Development Bank visited the site on 9…

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    • (Left to right) The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, the Burundian Minister of Education and Scientific Research, François Havyarimana, and the coordinator of the East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, Melance Ntunzwenimana
    • The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo (second from left) visits the laboratory of the East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, accompanied by other officials
    • The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo (fifth from left) visited the modernization works at the port of Bujumbura, which are currently underway
    • (Left to right), Marcellin Ndong Ntah, the Bank’s Chief Economist for Burundi, Pascal Yembiline, head of the Bank’s country office in Burundi, Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa and Olivier Suguru, President of the Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Burundi, at the end of the discussions with the Burundian private sector
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Burundi: African Development Bank Director General for East Africa commends progress of Bank-funded projects

The involvement of the Burundian Ministry of Education in implementing this innovative project aimed at benefiting countries in the East African Community

The Director General of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, has expressed satisfaction with the implementation of projects funded by the Bank in Burundi. During her four-day visit to the East African nation between March 18-21, Ms Nwabufo assessed the progress of projects supported by the…

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    • Beneficiaries and government and Bank officials help harvest maize produced by the Tsindinzara cooperative
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Burundian farmers celebrate great yields thanks to African Development Bank support

To strengthen Burundi’s food security and nutrition, the African Development Bank has set up the Burundian Agriculture and Livestock Value Chains Sustainable Development Support Project and the Emergency Agricultural Production Project in Burundi

Burundian farmers told visiting government officials and African Development representatives that they are delighted with the year’s great yields thanks to the hybrid, climate-resilient seeds and multi -strand support that has been provided by the Bank. Several cooperative members expressed their satisfaction. Marie-Thérèse Nahabaganwa, chair of the Tsindinzara (Combating Hunger…

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    • Participant Dieudonné Sakubu, Controller of Expenditure Commitments at the Vice-Presidency of the Republic of Burundi at the Prime Minister's Office and at the Independent National Electoral Commission
    • A number of Burundian managers benefited from this training supported by the African Development Bank through its Project to Support the Improvement of Resource Mobilization and the Business Climate
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Burundi: African Development Bank helps train managers on programme-budget implementation in public administration

Training also covered the identification of public-private partnership projects, pre-assessments and contract negotiations

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has supported the capacity building of about 50 managers from Burundi's public administration to consolidate implementation of the programme budget currently under deployment. The training sessions, which ran from 22 November to 23 December 2023, covered the preparation of work plans and the annual budget,…

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    • The Bank Group’s Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure 2020-2030 was presented to health actors in Burundi (1)
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Burundi: African Development Bank presents health infrastructure strategy for Africa

The African Development Bank Group’s Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2020-2030 aims to develop the infrastructure needed for high-quality care for people in Africa, thus limiting the need for medical evacuations

The Burundian Minister of Public Health and AIDS Prevention and the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) office in Burundi met in Bujumbura on 27 October with managers of health infrastructure and sectoral partners in the country to work on the Bank Group’s Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2020-2030. “The…

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    • The Bank's support will enable 651 kilometers of rail to be laid between Tanzania and Burundi, promoting cross border travel and regional integration
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African Development Bank approves $696.41 million of financing for Burundi and Tanzania to build 650 kilometers of rail infrastructure to develop the Central Corridor network

The Bank Group will provide $98.62 million to Burundi in the form of grants and $597.79 million to Tanzania in the form of loans and guarantees

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved various financing structures valued at $696.41 million for Burundi and Tanzania to start Phase II of the Joint Tanzania-Burundi-DR Congo Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. The Bank Group's financing is intended to construct 651 kilometers on the…

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    • Pascal Yembiline (far right), the Bank Group’s Country Manager for Burundi, and Hendrina Chalwe Doroba (far left), the African Development Bank's Education and Skills Development Division Manager for East Africa, at the launch of the Agropastoral Entrepreneurship and Professional Development Project for Youth and Women in Burundi
    • Burundi: Construction begins on agri-food training centre, with funding by African Development Bank
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Burundi: Construction begins on agri-food training centre, with funding by African Development Bank

The centre will be built on a 156-hectare area of land, of which around 142 hectares will be set aside for agropastoral production

On 26 October 2023 in Gitega, the East African Community, the Burundian government and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) Country Office in Burundi officially launched the Agropastoral Entrepreneurship and Professional Development Project for Youth and Women. The initiative will involve the construction of a regional polytechnic and vocational training centre…

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    • The African Development Bank signals its return to the water sector in Burundi by providing over 80 percent of the funding for the Water Sector and Climate Resilience Building Support Programme – Phase 1
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Burundi: the African Development Bank grants over USD 13 million to tackle climate change impacts through water security

The funding comes from the Transition Support Facility, one of the Bank’s funding mechanisms aimed at building stability in countries in transition

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) granted funding of USD 13.15 million to Burundi on 5 October 2023, to help the country implement Phase 1 of the Water Sector and Climate Resilience Building Support Programme. The funding comes from the Transition Support Facility (https://apo-opa.info/3CSPRhx), one of…

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    • Participants of the evaluation mission for the Burundi 2013-2023 CSP (1)
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Burundi: African Development Bank’s 2019-2023 Country Strategy Paper impactful, says evaluation team

The evaluation team gave an opportunity to analyze Burundi's economic and social performance, as well as its main challenges, constraints and opportunities

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has expressed satisfaction with the implementation of its Country Strategy Paper for Burundi for 2019-2023 based on an evaluation by a Bank team led by country representative Pascal Yembiline. Approved in 2019, the CSP helped Burundi mitigate fragility and build resilience through two main…