Headquarters | Bujumbura |
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Established | 1966 |
Ownership | 100% state ownership [1] |
Governor | Edouard Normand Bigendako |
Central bank of | Burundi |
Currency | Burundian franc |
Reserves | 80 million USD [1] |
Website |
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The Bank of the Republic of Burundi ( Kirundi: Ibanki ya Republika y'uBurundi, French: Banque de la République du Burundi; BRB) is the central bank of Burundi. The bank was established in 1966 and its offices are in Bujumbura.
The Bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. It is also one of the original 17 regulatory institutions to make specific national commitments to financial inclusion under the Maya Declaration [2] during the 2011 Global Policy Forum held in Mexico.
The Current governor is Edouard Normand Bigendako. [3]
The central bank evolved step by step:
Source: [5]