On 15 July 2026, members of the Jury for Assessing the Compliance of E-commerce Platforms in Burundi met at the headquarters of the Burundi ICT Regulator (ARCT), under the chairmanship of Mr. Hermalas Nahimana, Director of Economic Regulation, Finance and Human Resources at ARCT, to validate the assessment tools and methodology.
The meeting aimed to familiarise Jury members with one another, clarify their roles and responsibilities, review the assessment tools, agree on a common assessment methodology, and establish the arrangements for launching the compliance assessment process.
Discussions focused in particular on the E-commerce Platform Compliance Declaration Form for Burundi and the Compliance Requirements Checklist, which serves as the assessment grid for evaluating e-commerce platforms.
At the conclusion of the discussions, the Jury members unanimously approved the proposed tools and adopted a common methodological approach to ensure that compliance assessments are conducted consistently and in a harmonised manner.
