The Jiji River rises in the east of Bururi Province near Ruvuye.

The river defines the northeast tip of the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve.

[5] In 2013 the Burundian government start a project to build hydroelectric dams on the Jiji and Murembwe rivers.

Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, prime minister of Burundi, visited the sites in June 2021.

The director general of REGIDESO Burundi asked ORASCOM to speed up the work.