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Buceco
The Burundi Cement Company, or BUCECO, is a cement manufacturer in Cibitoke, Burundi. History The Burundi Cement Company was founded by Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa. An agreement signed on 3 April 2008 gave the company tax and customs advantages. It began production in January 2011, the only cement company in Burundi. It produced 34,500 tons of cement in 2011 and 70,500 tons in 2012. By 2013, it employed 80 people, and the factory was expected to reach its current capacity of 100,000 tons later in the year. The company was already looking at starting a new plant. The tax and customs agreement was amended on 23 May 2016 and on 21 January 2020. In September 2020 the Minister of Commerce made a surprise visit to the BUCECO plant. In November 2020 it was reported that the official price of a bag of 32.5 cement was , but the actual price was at some points of sale in different provinces. The ministry warned cement traders that sanctions would be placed on them if they charged above t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years. History Bujumbura grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. After World War I it was made the administrative center of the Belgium, Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi. The name was changed from Usumbura to Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962. Since independence, Bujumbura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cibitoke
Cibitoke is a city located in northwestern Burundi, near the border of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the capital of the Cibitoke Province. The city is the birthplace of Olympic judoka Odette Ntahonvukiye Odette Ntahomvukiye (born 14 July 1994 in Cibitoke, Burundi) is a Burundian judoka. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an interna .... Cibotoke Province is governed by a community administrator. It is further divided into 6 communes: # Buganda # Bukinanyana # Murwi # Rugombo # Mugina # Mabayi References Cities in Burundi Cibitoke Province {{Burundi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa
Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa ( – 16 April 2024) was a Rwandan entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the Pan African Tobacco Group, the largest tobacco company in Africa. In his later years Ayabatwa fell out with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and left the country. Kagame accused him of funding rebel groups and of economic crimes, and tried to get him extradited from Uganda, leading to a rift between the two countries. The government seized and sold his property in Rwanda. Ayabatwa died in April 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Early years (c. 1941–1960) Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa was born in Nyanza, Rwanda, Nyanza, in the Southern Province, Rwanda, Southern Province of Rwanda, in the early 1940s. He was a Tutsi. His family was relatively poor. Ayabatwa said that his home was near the palace of King Mutara III Rudahigwa, and he and many other children would be invited to the palace to entertain the king. His mother died when he was 12 years old. When he was 16, in the ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi Breweries
Brarudi S.A., also known as by its French name Brasseries et Limonaderies du Burundi, is the largest brewer and soft drink, soft beverage company in the Republic of Burundi. History The history of Brarudi goes back to 1955, when the management of the breweries of the Belgian Congo, then under the management of Brasseries de Leopoldville (now Bralima Brewery), decided to build a brewery in the Eastern region to server Ruanda-Urundi and Eastern Congo. The city of Usumbura (now Bujumbura), on the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika, was selected to house the new brewery, Brasserie du Rwanda-Urundi. The brewery became operational on December 23, 1955 and began producing Primus Beer. In November 1957, Bralima started construction on a second brewery in Gisenyi on the northern shores of Lake Kivu under the name Bralirwa, Brasseries et Limonaderies du Rwanda. Upon independence, Bralima was incorporated in Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), Congo Léopoldville, Brarudi in Burundi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
