UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June, 2015.

Commission File Number 001-32399

BANRO CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1 First Canadian Place
100 King Street West, Suite 7070
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5X 1E3
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F

Form 20-F [X]     Form 40-F [  ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [  ]

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [  ]

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

    BANRO CORPORATION
     
         /s/ Kevin Jennings
Date: June 26, 2015 Kevin Jennings
    Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1 News release dated June 25, 2015
   
99.2 Report of Voting Results

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PRESS RELEASE

Banro Announces Election of Directors

Toronto, Canada – June 25, 2015 – Banro Corporation (“Banro” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT – “BAA”; TSX – “BAA”) announces that the six nominees listed in the Company’s management information circular for the annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Company (the "Meeting") held on Thursday, June 25, 2015 were elected at the Meeting as directors of Banro. The vote was conducted by a show of hands. The detailed results of the votes received by proxy are set out below:

Name Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld
         
Richard W. Brissenden 60,723,549 98.02% 1,228,131 1.98%
John A. Clarke 61,006,167 98.47% 945,513 1.53%
Maurice J. Colson 60,326,668 97.38% 1,625,012 2.62%
Peter N. Cowley 60,896,089 98.30% 1,055,591 1.70%
Mick C. Oliver 60,991,567 98.45% 960,113 1.55%
Derrick H. Weyrauch 60,379,066 97.46% 1,572,614 2.54%

Voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Banro Corporation is a Canadian gold mining company focused on production from the Twangiza mine, which began commercial production September 1, 2012, and completion of commissioning of its second gold mine at Namoya located approximately 200 kilometres southwest of the Twangiza gold mine. The Company’s longer term objectives include the development of two additional major, wholly-owned gold projects, Lugushwa and Kamituga. The four projects, each of which has a mining license, are located along the 210 kilometre long Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the South Kivu and Maniema provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All business activities are followed in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

For further information, please visit our website at www.banro.com, or contact:
Martin Jones
+1 (416) 366-2221, Ext. 3213
+1-800-714-7938, Ext. 3213
info@banro.com





BANRO CORPORATION (the "Corporation")

Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation held on June 25, 2015

REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS

In accordance with section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations, this report discloses the results of the voting on the matters submitted to the annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation held on June 25, 2015 (the "Meeting").

The matters voted upon at the Meeting and the results of the voting were as follows:

1. Election of Directors

By resolution passed via a show of hands, the following persons were elected as directors of the Corporation, to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation unless such office is earlier vacated in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation:

  Votes by Proxy
         
Name Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld
         
Richard W. Brissenden 60,723,549 98.02% 1,228,131 1.98%
John A. Clarke 61,006,167 98.47% 945,513 1.53%
Maurice J. Colson 60,326,668 97.38% 1,625,012 2.62%
Peter N. Cowley 60,896,089 98.30% 1,055,591 1.70%
Mick C. Oliver 60,991,567 98.45% 960,113 1.55%
Derrick H. Weyrauch 60,379,066 97.46% 1,572,614 2.54%

2. Appointment of Auditors

By resolution passed via a show of hands, Deloitte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, Chartered Accountants and Licensed Public Accountants, were reappointed as the auditors of the Corporation, to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation at such remuneration as may be fixed by the directors of the Corporation. The following are details of this vote reappointing Deloitte LLP:

Votes by Proxy
       
Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld
145,157,026 98.74% 1,851,326 1.26%

3. Amendments to Stock Option Plan and Re-Approval of Stock Option Plan

By resolution passed by ballot, shareholders approved (a) certain amendments to the Corporation's stock option plan (the "Plan") (as such amendments are described in the management information circular of the Corporation dated May 27, 2015), and the Plan as amended by such amendments, and (b) all unallocated stock options under the Plan.. The following are details of this vote:

Votes by Proxy
       
Votes For % Votes For Votes Against % Votes Against
47,431,181 76.56% 14,520,499 23.44%


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