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Kenyans’ calls to Burundi rise exponentially after one network area entry
Burundi's decision to join the region’s common network platform led to an overnight improvement in the costs and ease of making calls into the country from elsewhere in the region.
Burundi’s entry into the East African Community’s One Network Area (ONA) last July has boosted cross-border communication across the region, especially with Kenya, where voice calls to Burundi rose steeply in the quarter to September 2024.
Over the three month-period, calls made from Kenya to Kenyan lines in Burundi rose exponentially to a record 1.2 million minutes, from just 849 minutes the previous quarter.
