Lumitel is a

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company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC which is the state-owned Investment Company from

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investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. Founded in 2013, Lumitel laucnched its service in May 2015. It provides services to over 3 million users. Lumitel became the largest operator in Burundi within 1 month of operation. Its main competitor is ''

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Leo''. Lumitel began setting up a

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system in Burundi in 2016. It also operates the mobile wallet service called ''Lumicash'' since 2017, and a lottery system called ''Lumiloto'' since 2021. As of 2021, Lumitel operates over 25,000 sales location and employs 43,000 sellers.

References

{{reflist Government-owned companies of Vietnam Viettel Telecommunications companies established in 2013 Mobile phone companies of Burundi