WHY INVEST BURUNDI?
- Political and security stability.
- A strategic geographical location allowing direct access to several neighboring countries.
- A constantly improving business environment (Doing Business Report 2015 Burundi has been ranked 18th on registering business indicator).
- Freedom of settlement and investment.
- Burundi is member of Common Market of the EAC and the Free Trade Area of COMESA.
- Relatively cheap manpower compared to countries in the sub-region.
- Burundi is eligible for the ‘’Everything but Arms’’ of the European Union and the AGOA (African Growth Opportunity Act).
- Non-discriminatory and attractive Investment Code ensuring protection of investors and investments.
- One-Stop-Shop that allows starting a business in a day for 40,000 BIF (about 25 $).
- Three other operational One-Stop-Shops: one for obtaining a building permit, another for the transfer of property and one-stop-shop for connection to electricity.
