{"id":109,"date":"2013-07-08T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/doing-business-in-burundi\/"},"modified":"2014-01-14T07:23:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T07:23:31","slug":"doing-business-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/doing-business-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing Business in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following are the highlights as to the time of working and public holidays:<\/p>\n

Time
<\/strong>Burundi Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+2). Burundi is in Central Africa Time Zone (CAT).Days and nights are of same length of 12 hours all year round<\/p>\n

Business Hours<\/strong>
working hours for both government and private sectors are 8.00 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to
5.00 pm from Monday to Friday<\/p>\n

Public Holidays<\/strong>
Burundi celebrates Public Holidays on the day on which they fall. The public holidays observed
are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

New Year’s Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 January<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Unity Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5 February<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

President Ntaryamira Day (assassination anniversary)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

6 April<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Labour day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 May<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Ascension Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

9 May<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Independence Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 July <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Aid-El-Fithr (End of Ramadan)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8 August<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Assumption Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

15 August<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Prince Rwagasore Day (assassination Day)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

13 October<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Aid-El-Hadj (Feast of Sacrifice)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

15 October<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

President Ndadaye Day (assassination Day)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

21 October<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

All Saints Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1 November<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Christmas Day<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

25 December<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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