By Esther Nakkazi
Unfortunately, Burundi did not have an opportunity to hold a national Internet Governance Forum (IGF) prior to the third East African IGF taking place in Kampala 11th to 13th August 2010
If it did hold one, it would be the second IGF for Burundi. However, Burundi has gone ahead to address issues of Internet governance regarding infrastructure, laying legal ground for Internet growth through preparation of the law on Information society and electronic governance.
Victor Ciza of AfriRegister told the EAIG Forum on Wednesday that Burundi is also setting up a national chamber of ICT within the country’s Chamber of commerce.
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This will enable participation of the private sector in the national IGF, something that is eluding other national IGFs in the east African region.
“The original idea of national IGFs was the representation of all the sectors. Leading communication companies, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should participate and bring new ideas to the table,” said Ciza at the EAIGF.
Burundi has not yet connected to the fibre but hopes to be fully connected in the next 6 months. The national backbone construction also begins soon as the country awards one of the 4 bidding firms the contact. It will cost $19 million to connect the whole country through fibre.
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