Among the challenges Burundi faces is the mobilisation of funds, reduction of non-technical losses in the national network currently estimated at 30% and the requirement to increase the access rate to electricity from 2% to 15% by 2015 in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals.
The European Investment Bank is financing 50% of a 50 MW hydroelectric power scheme on the Jiji and Murembwe rivers. The project will be executed in partnership with the World Bank and the Burundian government.