UMUHOZA M. Chantal Burundi irateganya kwinjira muri East African Payment System (EAPS) bitarenze Ukuboza 2026, bikazayifasha gukora ubwishyu bwambukiranya imipaka mu buryo bwihuse.
Kugeza ubu, u Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda na Tanzania ni byo bihugu byo mu Muryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba bikoresha ubu buryo.
Banki Nkuru y’u Burundi yavuze ko kwinjira muri EAPS bishobora kuzura bitarenze Ukuboza, nyuma y’uko igihugu kivuguruye ibikorwa remezo byacyo byo kohereza amafaranga.
Burundi kandi yatangije Burundi Pay, uburyo bw’igihugu bwo kwishyurana ako kanya, bwatangiye gukora muri Werurwe 2026.
Abayobozi bavuga ko kwinjira muri EAPS bizafasha koroshya ubucuruzi hagati y’u Burundi n’ibindi bihugu byo mu karere, ndetse bikagabanya amafaranga n’igihe bisaba kohereza amafaranga hakoreshejwe uburyo busanzwe.
U Burundi kandi bushaka ko ikoreshwa ry’ifaranga ry’ibihugu byo mu karere ryiyongera mu bucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka, aho kwishingikiriza cyane ku mafaranga y’amahanga.
Iyi gahunda iri mu bikorwa bya EAC bigamije guhuza serivisi z’imari, koroshya ubucuruzi no guteza imbere isoko rusange ry’akarere.
Source: The EastAfrican — James Anyanzwa.
