In collaboration with the Banque de la République du Burundi (BRB)  the African Rural & Agricultural Crédit Association (AFRACA) jointly organized the Regional Conference on Financial & Agricultural Risk Management on New Trends & Development in Managing Agricultural Risks in a Post-pandemic COVID era on the 27-28 March 2023 at the Zion Hotel  in Bujumbura, Burundi. The meeting was officially opened by the Mr. Dieudonné MURENGERANTWARI, Governor of la Banque de la République du Burundi (BRB). A total of 100 participants attended the meeting among them the Central Bank of Nigeria, the West African Development Bank(BOAD) in Togo, Ora Bank, Kafo Jigninew du Mali, all the financial institutions in Burundi were also represented. A ToT on AgVCF also featured alongside the Conference, where 65 participants from diverse institutions in Francophone Africa partipated.