Mass media in Burundi

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.

Radio

As of 30 June 2021, Burundi registers the following radio stations :

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 :

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. 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 :

TELEVISION NATIONALE DU BURUNDI
HERITAGE TV
REMA TV
TELEVISION ARGOS
TELEVISION SALAMA
CITIZEN TV
TELEVISION NUMERIQUE DENOMMEE « BEST ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION »
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 as well as English-language channels from the DStv service.
Best Entertainment Television is a local private television that was launched on 25 October 2017 in Bujumbura, Burundi.
BETV Burundi currently broadcasts several programmes like Amakuru, Journal, and BELIVE 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.
News Website In Kurindi; https://ubwengebwikirundi.freeforums.net/board/3/ubwengebwikirundi

Print

Newspapers include:Arc-en-CielBurundi ChrétienBurundi TribuneLe 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.