Burkina Faso launches “Digital Huts” to connect rural communities
On Thursday, February 19, the Burkinabe government inaugurated the first “digital huts” in the villages of Doufiguisso and Lemnogo. This initiative aims to facilitate access to internet and digital services for rural populations, which until now have remained largely disconnected in these localities.
The two sites represent a pilot phase for a project that ambitions to expand nationwide.
The objective is clear: reach areas lacking electronic communications networks and offer their residents the same digital opportunities available in urban centers, in line with the policy to bridge the digital divide.
The “digital huts” are an innovation of the Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications.
They were developed in partnership with the Universal Access and Service Fund (FASU) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), demonstrating regional cooperation to connect isolated populations.
Concretely, these facilities will allow villagers to access the internet, benefit from online services, receive digital training, and communicate more easily with the outside world; an important step toward ending the isolation of rural communities.
The project aligns with the vision of the authorities of making digital technology a development lever for all Burkinabe, wherever they may be.
By connecting the countryside, the entire local economic and social ecosystem stands to modernize and open up to the world.
Maurice K.ZONGO
