Interbank Burundi s.a.

Opening of an Interbank Burundi Counter at Bujumbura International Airport

Third step of our sight on new establishments at working sites, the Bujumbura International Airport Counter which started operating a week before the one at NOVOTEL Hotel.

As an integral part of our distribution policy, the collection at home has been attracted by Bujumbura International Airport since a long time, for the benefit of two important clients, notably SOBUGEA and Air Burundi Companies.

1. Why to open a counter at Bujumbura International Airport ?

Bujumbura International Airport is the second entry and exit point for commodities and the first window to the world.
For example, and for the unique fiscal year 2001, that airport has recorded in-coming air freight of 3,085 tons and out -door air freight of 237 tons out of respectively a total import of 177,126 tons and a total export of 37,689 tons.

In the same period, it recorded a movement of 36,658 passengers coming in and 35,454 persons departing from Bujumbura.

Those movements of persons and goods are obviously coupled with important financial flows which should increase a great deal with the resumption of imports and investments projects following the current disbursements of external funding ; which justifies our presence at Bujumbura International Airport with an Interbank Burundi Counter operating since a month ago.

2. Assessment

Recorded operations since then confirm how judicious is the choice of that site as the Interbank Burundi Counter at Bujumbura International Airport is continuously consolidating the daily collection from our clientele, i.e. an average daily collection of 10 M all currencies taken together, while certifications of checks paid to the Customs Collector are amounted to more than an average of 30 M per day.

3. The Counter supervision.

The Counter at Bujumbura International Airport is run by Mrs Emmanuella KAZUZU, who was previously in charge of exchange operations at the Headquarters and at the Place de l'Indépendance Branch.

A laureate of BANDARI College of MOMBASA, an institute of commerce and transport, , Mrs Emmanuella KAZUZU has joined the Bank in 2000, visa section at the Bujumbura Central Market Branch.

Speaking fluently English and French, she qualified for the candidate to run the Counter at Bujumbura International Airport.

Aged 32, Mrs Emmanuella KAZUZU is mother of one child.

IBB-Infos / 25 mars 2003

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