Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) soon in Bujumbura

The official launching ceremony of the Metropolitan Area Network of Bujumbura (MAN) took place at Club du Lac Tanganyika on Tuesday.-By Yves Didier Irakoze

Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia, the General President Director of Huawei Technologies in Uganda and Burundi ©Iwacu

The main objective of the project is to set up basic infrastructures to interconnect government institutions. The project will deploy an optic fiber network and complementary infrastructures, in order to supply high speed connection to government institutions such as: the Presidency, the Parliament, the Senate, hospitals and courts. This infrastructure of telecommunication will bring major changes as the reduction of administrative, enhance in productivity, the decreasing of the operating cost and amongst others to attract foreigner investors and improve services provided to citizens and other commercial actors.
“HUAWEI would like to see the Burundi and its population improve with this revolutionary technology. This latter will accelerate the socio economic development in Burundi”, indicates Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia, the General President Director of Huawei Technologies in Uganda and Burundi. The Ministry of Telecommunication welcomes the idea in that the rate of internet penetration of still the one of the most weak in the world, less than 1%. Effort should be made to equip the country with strong ICT infrastructures to stimulate growth.

“In fact, developing ICT infrastructures will allow the Burundian people to be connected to the digital world, to improve the level and the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition through online interactive education. It will also help improve the level of economic and social information in our country”, the Ministry states. The General Director of ONATEL also indicates that the growth will allow better cost diminution and reduced charges on international connections, which in turn will lead to ending the isolation of information in Burundi.

The Metropolitan Area Network of Bujumbura (Man) is the result of a loan granted by the government of the People’s Republic of China to Burundi. The project is carried out by the HUAWEI Technologies Co Ltd and it will cover the town of Bujumbura.
Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia, the General President Director of Huawei Technologies in Uganda and Burundi