[6] On 16 April 2016 the government of Burundi signed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Global Smart Technologies (GST) of Burundi for modernizing automobile technical inspection services and the granting of transport permits.

[10] Shortcomings in the GST partership were observed, and in June 2021 the accounts through which costs were processed were frozen.

[7] In July 2021 Capitoline Niyonizigiye, Minister of Commerce, Transport, Industry and Tourism, launched the Technical Control Center for Vehicles and Motorcycles at the OTRACO agency in the Musinzira district of Gitega.

Vehicle owners would no longer have to travel to Bujumbura Mairie for technical inspections.

[11] In September 2021 the ministers of Finance and Transport were asked to review the contributions of each partner in the PPP agreement with GST and draw up a new contract that respected the win-win principle.

[12] Revenue allocation depended on the service, but it was estimated that GST would get 21.3%, with the remainder divided between OTRACO and OBR.

[10] In May 2024, Audace Niyonzima, Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, reported to the Senate on dividends paid by public and mixed enterprises.

He noted that some public companies had never paid their dividends, including Onatel (National Telecommunications Office), Camebu (Central Medical Purchasing Agency), Cogerco (Cotton Management Company), Loterie Nationale du Burundi, Onatour, Otraco and the Hôtel Source du Nil.