Verundi

The African Solidarity Fund supported the establishment of the Verundi company.

[1] In 1989 Verundi was one of the largest state-owned manufacturing firms in Burundi, others being COTEBU (Complexe Iextile de Bujumbura) and most of the plants that processed coffee.

[3] Verundi also made products for the domestic market, such as jars for the Bugarama jam factory.

[4] Verundi closed down with the 1993 crisis, the start of the Burundian Civil War.

Plans were to create over 150 permanent jobs and to produce 45 to 50 million bottles per year.