Mass media in Burundi

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Mass media in Burundi mainly consists of radio, television, and printed resources, with a project underway to improve internet access to the country. Most mass media in Burundi is controlled by the government, and access to international mass media is limited.

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Radio

As of 30 June 2021, Burundi registers the following radio stations (Telecommunications Authority, 2021):

Nationally owned radio stations

Internationally owned radio stations

The addresses and frequency assigned to those stations are summarized in the table below (Communications Commission, 2021):

NNameFrequencyStationSinceKey ContactAddress
1RTNB92.9 MHzBujumbura1959Jonas Ndikumurimyi
2CCIB FM+99.4 MHzBujumbura1993J. Jacques Ntamagara
3CULTURE88.2 MHzBujumbura1999Salomee Ndayishimiyewww.radioculture.org
4NDERAGAKURA87.9 MHzBujumbura2000Stany Nahayowww.radionderagakura.org
5IVYIZIGIRO90.9 MHzBujumbura2000Onesime Habarugira
6ISANGANIRO89.7 MHzBujumbura2002Sylvere Ntakarutimanawww.isanganiro.org
7MARIA98.4 MHzBujumbura2003Abbe Desire Bireha

Television

Television in Burundi was introduced in 1984, with coverage having national reach in 1992. [1] As of 2004 there was still only one television service, the government-owned Télévision Nationale du Burundi.

The television stations registered in 2021 are the following (Telecommunications Authority):


Main channels

NameOwnerTypeLaunched
RTNB Government of BurundiState-owned1975
Télé RenaissanceBernard Henri Levy [2] Private-owned2008
Héritage TV ?
TV Salama
BeTV  ?Private2017
MASHARIKI TV

There are also three main tele distributors:

Tele 10 started operations in 1997. By the mid-2000s it offered a limited package of French channels (Canal+ Horizons, TF6, LCI, TV5, France 2, etc.) as well as English-language channels from the DStv service. [3]

Internet

Burundi has launched a $25 million investment project in a fibre-optic cable network to widen access to broadband Internet and cut costs. [4]

Print

Newspapers include:

Iwacu, founded abroad in 1993, began publishing in Burundi as a weekly in 2008. It quickly became the most-circulated newspaper in Burundi and as of 2016 is the only privately-owned one. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Legum, Colin, ed. (1994). Africa Contemporary Record 1992–1994. Vol. XXIV. New York: Africana Publishing Company. p. B-287. ISBN   978-0841905627.
  2. ↑ "RFI - Création de Télé Renaissance". 1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Histoire de la télévision en Afrique noire francophone, des origines à nos jours (in French). Karthala Editions. 2009. ISBN   978-2-8111-5085-3 . Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Burundi invests $25 mln in high-speed Internet network". Reuters.com. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ↑ McCormick, Ty (15 January 2016). "The Last Newspaper in Burundi". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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