Burundi
3.5 Burundi Food and Additional Suppliers

Main Food Suppliers

Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The economy is predominantly agricultural, accounting for 50% of GDP in 2017 and employing more than 90% of the population. Subsistence agriculture accounts for 90% of agriculture. Burundi's primary exports are coffee and tea, which account for 90% of foreign exchange earnings, though exports are a relatively small share of GDP. Other agricultural products include cotton, tea, maize, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk and hides.

Approximately 80% of Burundi's population lives in poverty. Famines and food shortages have occurred throughout Burundi, most notably in the 20th century, and according to the World Food Programme, 56.8% of children under age five suffer from chronic malnutrition. Burundi's export earnings – and its ability to pay for imports – rests primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices.

The purchasing power of most Burundians has decreased as wage increases have not kept up with inflation. As a result of deepening poverty, Burundi will remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors. Foreign aid represents 42% of Burundi’s national income, the second highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa.

There are five major marketing regions in the country, namely the north-eastern, north-central, west- central and western regions. Markets in Bujumbura City dominate trade although Gitega and Ngozi have large markets that serve as transit points for food commodities as well as trade centers for their provinces.

Volatility of rice prices could be explained by the fact that most of the rice consumed in urban areas where most of the large markets are located is imported.


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 Company Name

Contact Name / Email

Tel / Fax

Food commodities

1

SAVONOR

12 Chaussée d’Uvira,
Quartier Industriel I
P.O. Box 1107,
Bujumbura - Burundi.

Name: Matthias Kuntze

Title: Managing Director

Email: Matthias.kuntze@savonor.bi

info@savonor.com

Tel: +257 22223860

Savonor is currently the biggest company specialized in cosmetics, hygiene and food products, and one of the largest private companies in Burundi, with more than 1500 dedicated employees

2

RAFINA

Chaussée d’Uvira, BP482

Bujumbura.


Name: Alain Ndikumasabo

Title: Managing Director

Email:

Tel1: +257 22 223247

Fax: +257 22 227964

Website:

Refined agricultural products.

3

SOSUMO (Societe Sucriere du Moso) Gihofi-Bujumbura

Name: Seff Ntaconzoba Alexis

Title: General Manager

Email: burli-bu@usan-bu.net

Tel:

+257 22 221662

Sugar.

4

Ets. Jean Claude Karikunzira

+ 257 79927274

Beans, maize flour, Soya Bean seeds, Cabbage

Mixed bean seeds

5

Ets. Salvator Rwasa & Sons

+ 257 79950266

Beans, Bean seeds, Mixed bean seeds

Sorghum seeds, Sunflower seeds, Salt

Vegetable Oil

6

Ets. Sebastian Misago

+ 257 77795860

Beans, Rice, Maize, Mixed bean seeds

7

Ets Dieudonne Ndacayisaba

+ 257 79927734

Sorghum seeds

8

Ets. Edison Ntiyomba

79924789

Mixed bean seeds, Irish potatoes, Groundnuts

Potatoes

9

Ets. Juvenal Sakubu

77790022/77780022

Maize flour, Rice, Salt

10

Société de Commerce et de services (SOCOS).

79936826

Mixed bean seeds, Beans, Cabbage, Rice.

11

Ets Bikanda Protais

77734464

Rice, Beans, Maize

 12

Ntakarutimana Nestor

79309179

Rice, Beans, Maize

13

Ntibagirirwa Bernard

77724350

Rice, Beans, Maize

14

ACOMEBO

Quartier industriel Commune NGAGARA Rue SODECO nº 12 +25779920479, +25779985915

Beans

15

BLACK CONTRACTORS

 Avenue de la Victoire N0 9J

+257 22277702

Beans

16

BUCINDIKA SEVERIN

Qt. GASANDA RUYIGI

+257 77755973

Beans

17

ETS MARORERWA Alfred

79773682 75359159

Beans

18

ETS NGENDAKUMANA Cadeau 79927174

+257 69845219

Beans

19

ETS SENTEMA Prosper

75860146

Beans

20

MARIYAMUNGU ROGATIEN

+25779987694 / +25777802109

Beans

21

MISAGO Sébastien Kigobe sud, Avenue Mwungo N°19

Telephone: +257 79 927 126 / 77 795 860

Beans

22

MUHOZA THIERRY MUTANGA NORD, AVENUE NGOZI N°26

TEL +257 79 188 385 / +257 75 188 385

Beans

23

NDAYISHIMIYE Jean Baptiste CARAMA II

KIRUNDO BUGABIRA 79493188

Beans

24

NDEKATUBANE Abraham

Ndekatubanevan@gmail.com

22277904 775737000

Beans

25

NDIHOKUBWAYO ALFRED

  ndihokubwayo.alfred@yahoo.fr

79914761

Beans

26

NDIMO sprl SIBOMANA Pacifique

sibopaci2@yahoo.fr

 ndiconstantin@yahoo.com

Beans

27

NIMPAGARITSE Marie Goreth

AVENUE DE GRECE N017 COMMUNE : ROHERO

Beans

28

NKUNZIMANA HELENE

 MUYINGA CENTRE

Beans

29

NKURIKIYE Adelin

 Ngozi, Q. Kinyami II

Beans

30

Nkusi Evariste

KIRUNDO- BUGABIRA

Beans

31

NSANZE Paul

AVENUE MUHABO, GIKUNGU

Beans

32

SOCOS (SOCIETE DE COMMERCE ET DE SERVICES) KIGOBE SUD

AVENUE DU CINQUANTENAIRE

Beans

33

MODERN DIARY BURUNDI


Milk

34

COTRAC


Beans

35

COOPERATIVE TERIMBERE

MPANDA

Rice & Beans

36

COOPERATIVE TERIMBERE

MURIMYI

Rice & Beans

 


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