AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoRegional Payments: The EAC is developing an integrated cross-border payment system to cut transaction costs and reduce dollar dependence. Burundi is not yet connected to the existing platform, which currently links four partner states. Digital Connectivity: Burundi has implemented the bloc’s One Network Area roaming framework; revised rules awaiting ministerial approval could further lower cross-border call and data costs. Finance: The African Credit Rating Agency plans research in Burundi as it prepares its first sovereign ratings, targeted for March 2027. The ratings could add an African perspective on the country’s creditworthiness. Business Leadership: Jubilee Group’s Juan Cazcarra will take over as CEO on December 1, succeeding Julius Kipng’etich. The regional financial services group operates in Burundi. Lake Tanganyika: A €16 million, four-country programme aims to improve conservation and climate resilience across 1.6 million hectares by 2032, while supporting livelihoods and resource management in Burundi and neighbouring states.
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