The metropolitan fiber optics project, a high-speed communication system, will become operational in early April throughout Rwanda, an official source said in Kigali.
“At the end of March, the metropolitan fiber optics infrastructure will be fully installed in Rwanda,” according to Patrick Nyirishema, assistant executive director of the Rwandan Information Technology Agency.
”The project should connect at least 700 public institutions as well as community development facilities,” Nyirishema said, but did not disclose the cost of the project.
According to experts in new information and communication technologies (NICTs), the project will significantly lower the cost of telecommunications across the African continent and contribute to bridging the “digital gap”.
