[1] Importation of pagnes to Burundi is prohibited on the grounds that Afritextile can produce enough to supply the domestic market.

[4] Afri-Textile of Mauritius received a 30-year concession on the Burundi textile complex in exchange for an investment of US$10 million.

[7] In August 2021 Déo Guide Rurema, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, stated that COGERCO was making heavy losses.

[8] The company had a high level of debt and was unable to pay the dividends it owed to the state.

[9] In October 2021 the wives of the premiers of Burundi and Niger visited the Afritextile, Kaze Green Economy and FOMI factories.