05 March 2024

Tanzania will resell broadband connectivity capacity to Burundi over the next five years as part of the terms of a partnership agreement between Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Limited (TTCL) and Burundi Backbone System (BBS).

The value of the deal is estimated at $3.3 million. In October 2019, TTCL and BBS signed a $6 million, ten-year agreement for the provision of high-speed internet in Burundi.

Burundi is a landlocked country that cannot accommodate an undersea fibre optic cable, and therefore relies on coastal countries like Tanzania. The latter has three international submarine cables: 2Africa, Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and SEACOM.

The initiative should enable Burundi to improve the quality and coverage of telecoms services, particularly the internet.