Kinshasa - Kigali/Bujumbura Fibre-optic Link (DRC section) is a terrestrial digital-connectivity project serving Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It seeks to increase international bandwidth and route resilience through fibre cable, transmission equipment and cross-border interconnection facilities. The DRC section of the Kinshasa–Kigali/Bujumbura fibre corridor remained at feasibility in the latest confirmed information. No route-specific construction or commissioning milestone was confirmed by end-2025.
<p>Construction of DRC section of the fibre optic link between Kinshasa (DRC) and Kigali/Bujumbura (Rwanda/Burundi).</p>
<p>EDIT : This project involves the roll out of a fiber optic backbone linked to regional network to improve quality and<br />
reduce costs of communications services. The project links the DRC to Rwanda and Burundi and to the<br />
East African countries networks and will offer redundancy loops for these networks with DRC and the<br />
countries in the region.</p>
<p>Improve quality and reduce costs of communications services.</p>
<p>The development objective of the Fifth Phase of the Central African Backbone (CAB5) Program Project for<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to contribute to increase the geographical reach and usage of<br />
regional broadband infrastructure and to reduce the price of services to enable more people in the DRC to<br />
access information and communication technology services.</p>