• Burundi’s central bank picks LSEG to modernize FX, liquidity, auctions, and market oversight systems.
• The deal, announced Sept. 10, 2025, features LSEG Workspace, FX Trading, Money Market, Auctions, and Market Tracker.
• BRB Governor Bigendako and LSEG’s Nadim Najjar confirmed the partnership as a full market infrastructure upgrade.

The Banque de la République du Burundi (BRB) has chosen London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG) to provide a suite of financial market infrastructure solutions, according to an announcement made on September 10, 2025. The agreement was published in an official press release on LSEG’s corporate website and confirmed by financial outlets including MarketScreener, FinTech Global, and Zawya.

The partnership involves the deployment of LSEG’s end-to-end technology to modernize Burundi’s financial market operations. The solutions include platforms for foreign exchange trading, interbank liquidity management, domestic open-market operations, and market surveillance.

At the center of the initiative is LSEG Workspace, the group’s integrated workflow platform. It will act as the central hub for all activities, consolidating data, analytics, trading, and reporting tools into a secure interface accessible to the BRB and authorized financial institutions.

Specific platforms to be deployed are the FX Trading Platform, which will support centralized currency trading; the Money Market Trading system, designed to enhance interbank lending and borrowing; and the Auctions platform, which automates the issuance of government securities and other open-market operations.

The package also includes Market Tracker, a surveillance and automated reporting tool that will provide the BRB with real-time oversight of trading activities. This system is designed to strengthen supervisory capacity and ensure compliance across the financial sector.

The announcement featured statements from BRB Governor Edouard Normand Bigendako and Nadim Najjar, LSEG’s Managing Director for Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Both officials confirmed the strategic scope of the agreement, which is framed as a comprehensive modernization of Burundi’s financial infrastructure.

Idriss Linge