(excerpt from the book 'The Greek community in Burundi and Rwanda)
In 1954, Christos Baïraktaris (Philipou) who left Lesvos and immigrated to Burundi, used for the first time the way of fishing sardines with a circular net. This was a landmark for the fishing on Lake Tanganyika.Gradually, more and more Greeks, mostly from Lesvos, took up fishing as ship owners or captains.
