By Léonard Sentore *
The Republic of Burundi is a nation located in the Great Lakes Region in East Africa. It neighbours Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo( DRC) to the west. The border with the DRC is covered by Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest lake in the world. It runs along the southwestern coast. It is a member of the Economic Community of Central African States( ECCAS), the Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries( CEPGL), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa( COMESA) and the East African Community( EAC). This gives Burundi access to more than 450 million consumers!
Investment opportunities
Mining: Burundi is known to have some of the world’ s largest deposits of nickel. Development of a mining industry around these minerals and others presents enormous opportunities
Energy: Burundi is an energy-hungry economy and has huge untapped energy resources that include solar and wind farms and hydropower.
Manufacturing Industries: Almost all manufactured consumer goods are imported, thus providing full opportunities in almost every industry. There is need for a domestic food products processing industry; industrial production of
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