Mass media in Burundi
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Radio
As of 30 June 2021, Burundi registers the following radio stations (Telecommunications Authority, 2021):
Nationally owned radio stations
- RADIO BUNTU IJWI RY’IMPFUVYI N’ABAPFAKAZI
- RADIO » IJWI RY’ IMBABAZI
- RADIO BENAA FM
- RADIO CCIB FM+
- RADIO AGAKIZA
- RADIO COLOMBE FM
- RADIO CULTURE
- RADIO DESTINY FM
- RADIO EAGLE SPORT FM
- RADIO FREQUENCE MENYA
- RADIO IJWI RY’ UMUKENYEZI
- RADIO ISANGANIRO
- RADIO IZERE FM
- RADIO MARIA BDI
- RADIO REMA FM
- RADIO SCOLAIRE NDERAGAKURA FM
- RADIO SPECIALE HUMURIZA FM
- RADIO STAR FM
Internationally owned radio stations
- RFI
- RADIO HIT AFRIQUE
- RADIO ROYAL MEDIA.
The addresses and frequency assigned to those stations are summarized in the table below (Communications Commission, 2021):
| N | Name | Frequency | Station | Since | Key Contact | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTNB | 92.9 MHz | Bujumbura | 1959 | Jonas Ndikumurimyi | |
| 2 | CCIB FM+ | 99.4 MHz | Bujumbura | 1993 | J. Jacques Ntamagara | |
| 3 | CULTURE | 88.2 MHz | Bujumbura | 1999 | Salomee Ndayishimiye | www.radioculture.org |
| 4 | NDERAGAKURA | 87.9 MHz | Bujumbura | 2000 | Stany Nahayo | www.radionderagakura.org |
| 5 | IVYIZIGIRO | 90.9 MHz | Bujumbura | 2000 | Onesime Habarugira | |
| 6 | ISANGANIRO | 89.7 MHz | Bujumbura | 2002 | Sylvere Ntakarutimana | www.isanganiro.org |
| 7 | MARIA | 98.4 MHz | Bujumbura | 2003 | Abbe 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):
- TELEVISION NATIONALE DU BURUNDI
- HERITAGE TV
- REMA TV
- TELEVISION ARGOS
- TELEVISION SALAMA
- CITIZEN TV (satellite)
- TELEVISION NUMERIQUE DENOMMEE « BEST ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION (BE TV) »
- TELEVISION « MASHARIKI TV »
- TELEVISION BURUNDI BWIZA
Main channels
There are also three main tele distributors:
- TELE -10
- STARTIMES
- AZAM MÉDIA.
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]
Best Entertainment Television (BETV, BE TV or BeTV) is a local private television that was launched on 25 October 2017 in Bujumbura, Burundi.[4]
BETV Burundi currently broadcasts several programmes like Amakuru, Journal, and Believe SHOW.
Internet
Burundi has launched a $25 million investment project in a fibre-optic cable network to widen access to broadband Internet and cut costs.[5]
News Website In Kurindi; https://ubwengebwikirundi.freeforums.net/board/3/ubwengebwikirundi
Newspapers include:
- Arc-en-Ciel
- Burundi Chrétien
- Burundi Tribune
- Le Renouveau du Burundi
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.[6]
See also
Bibliography
- "Burundi: Directory: Broadcasting and Communications". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 158. ISBN 1857431839.
- "Burundi", Freedom of the Press, USA: Freedom House, 2016, OCLC 57509361
- "Radio silence: Burundi's media targeted in ongoing political crisis", Global Voices, 17 February 2016 – via The Guardian