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APA-Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Burkinabe Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thiéba inaugurated on Tuesday in Ouagadougou, electronic communications infrastructure whose cost is estimated at 11.5 billion FCFA, to improve the flow of the Internet connection.
This is an initiative called "West Africa Regional Communication Infrastructure Project-Burkina Faso Project" (PRICAO-BF) and financed by the World Bank.
the head of the Burkinabe government, the inauguration of these electronic communication infrastructures marks a decisive step in the revolution of the new information and communication technologies (ICT) in Burkina Faso.
Paul Kaba Thiéba explained that the The project was implemented over the period 2011-2016 to "increase the geographical coverage of high-capacity bandwidth networks and to reduce the costs of communication services in Burkina".
He specified that the objective is " to improve the quality of regional and international connectivity through electronic tools. "
M. Thiéba considered that access to the Internet is a right for all Burkinabè and his government has rightly embarked on this policy, in order to meet the needs of people to enable them to be connected to the world.
For his part, the Director-General of Electronic Communications Infrastructures (ICE), Galiam S. Mohamed Ouedraogo briefly described the project.
He indicated that the great achievements concern, inter alia, the connection of the Ouagadougou-Dakola fiber optic (Ghana border) with a Manga-Bagrépole ramp, the realization of the Virtual Landing Point (VAP) and that of the Ouagadougou Internet Exchange Point (IXP).
According to Mr. Ouedraogo, It is about "connecting Burkina Faso, like other West African countries, to the global broadband fiber optic infrastructure and enhancing the quality of regional connectivity of the country. "
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