Statista: Bujumbura is the fastest growing city in Africa
RegionWeek Newsletter Vol V, Issue #183 | Monday, August 9, 2021
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On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Indigenous People, celebrated on August 9 of each year, the Burundi National commission of Human Rights is hosting in Bujumbura a cultural evening under the theme: "Together, let's advance human rights in Burundi." There are 78,071 indigenous individuals in Burundi, or around 1% of the national population, according to the last census conducted in 2008. The Batwa are the indigenous peoples of Burundi. There are Batwa in every province of the country and they speak the national language, Kirundi.
Most Twa households still suffer from serious economic insecurity. This has an effect on the school attendance of Twa children as they are particularly susceptible to dropping out of school.8 In fact, a 2018 study coordinated by UNIPROBA shows that 82% of Twa have never been to school. The low school enrolment rate among the Twa is primarily due to the marginalization they have long faced.
Improving inflation targeting capabilities
Burundi’s Central Bank (La Banque de la République du Burundi) launched this Monday a 10 days training for its executives on econometrics and macroeconomics applied to monetary policies. The training will be conducted by Prof. Léonce Ndikumana, a Burundian and Professor of Economics and specialist in African economic development, macroeconomics, external debt, and capital flight and Janvier Désiré Nkurunziza PhD. a Burundian who is the Officer-in-Charge, Commodities Branch Chief, Commodity Research and Analysis Section Division on International Trade and Commodities at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The training will allow Burundian Central Bank to improve its inflation targeting capabilities.
Burundi Mining Agency’s Laboratory prepares to get international accreditation
Burundi Mining Agency (Office Burundais des Mines et Carrières) just ended a series of training on the Quality Management System of Modern Laboratories. This program was conducted to fulfill requirements and recommendations to train its staff in order to gain access to international accreditations.
Burundi Mining Agency (OBM) is a state institution with management autonomy was created in 2016 to plan and coordinate all mining sector activities in Burundi. It is responsible for controlling and monitoring geological, mining, quarrying, and hydrocarbon activities as well as supporting the collection and collection of revenue from the mining, quarrying, and petroleum sector.
Burundi-China agricultural diplomacy
Burundi’s Agriculture Minister Dr. Deo Guide Rurema Accompanied by the Chinese Ambassador in Burundi visited the Agricultural Techniques Demonstration Center located in Ghana Bubanza Province commune (Western Burundi) a center run by Chinese agronomists who came to support Burundi government agriculture initiatives
Minister Rurema noted that the agricultural pilot center run by Chinese experts has already made successful trials on hybrid seed production of rice, maize, and groundnuts. He was delighted to see the new equipment acquired by the center Part of the equipment such as tractors, incubators others will be used by the center itself, another will be donated to agricultural cooperatives.
According to the Chinese Ambassador, agricultural cooperation is an important area of Sino-Burundian cooperation. During telephone conversations in March, the President of Burundi and the President of China agreed to expand agricultural cooperation.
Burundi among six countries that recorded the highest ever number of Covid, last week
Six countries reported their highest ever number of weekly cases last week
Botswana 15,884
Burundi 1,008
Eswatini 4,808
Gambia 894
Guinea 1,159
Mauritania 2,266
In Burundi, from 3 January 2020 to 9 August 2021, there have been 8,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 10 deaths, reported to WHO. Globally, as of 9 August 2021, there have been 202,608,306 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4,293,591 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 August 2021, a total of 4,033,274,676 vaccine doses have been administered.
Bujumbura is the fastest growing city in Africa
According to the Consumer and market data portal, Statista, Bujumbura is the fastest growing city in Africa, catalyzed by rapid urbanization, population growth, and employment opportunities. Statista projects its population to grow 123% to reach 2.3 million people in 2035. Bujumbura currently has a population of slightly over one million, expected to more than double in the next 14 years.
Zinder (Niger) is Africa’s second-fastest-growing city. With an estimated population of 489,000 in 2020, it is forecast to swell 118% to 1,065,000 in 2035. Kampala (Uganda) came in third, growing at a rate of 112%, followed by Kabinda (the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (110%) and Songea (Tanzania) (110%). Others are Mwanza (Tanzania) (102%), Gwagwalada (Nigeria) (102%) with Bunia (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Niamey (Niger), and Tete (Mozambique) all expected to grow at a rate of 101%.
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Fabrice Iranzi, Editor in Chief | RegionWeek.com
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