A delegation from the government of Burundi and the African Development Bank visited the Burundi’s largest electricity substation, a 160 megavolts facility in Rubirizi, financed by the African Development Bank Group and the European Union, which will increase the country’s electricity-connected population by 7 percent when completed. The delegation included the Burundian Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Audace Niyonzima; the Minister of Water, Energy and Mines, Ibrahim Uwizeye; Director General of the state-owned water and electricity production and distribution company, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Albert Manigomba; alongside the Bank’s Country Manager for Burundi, Pascal Yembiline; consultant on the Bank’s energy projects in Burundi, Raymond Kitandala Luhana; and the project coordinator, Ezechiel Bagayayutunze.

A view of the Rubirizi substation under construction, as part of the Kamanyola-Bujumbura Interconnection Project.

Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Uwizeye (left), Minister of Finance of Burundi, Audace Niyonzima (right), and the African Development Bank’s Country Manager in Burundi, Pascal Yembiline (centre), during the inspection tour of Burundi’s largest electricity substation, a 160 megavolts facility in Rubirizi, financed by the African Development Bank Group and the European Union.