GEC NEWS WIREAlcatel-Lucent and Burkina Faso (first West African nation) to apply cloud networking technology to stimulate economic growth through digital public services
Alcatel-Lucent is all set to provide the government of Burkina Faso with cloud networking technology that will enable it to develop new digital public services, such as E-government, E-learning and E-health.
Alcatel-Lucent will supply the West African nation with its NFV (Network Functions Virtualization), Cloudband and IP platforms, which will be integrated into the ‘G-Cloud’ infrastructure to being built around virtualized network resources from cloud nodes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, and five provinces.
Their excellencies, Mr. Yacouba Isaac ZIDA, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso; Dr. Nébila Amadou YARO, the Minister of Digital Economy and Post and Mr. Bo Jensen, the Danish Ambassador to Burkina Faso, were among the local and national dignitaries who attended the ceremony.
H.E. Mr Nébila Amadou Yaro, Minister, Ministry of Development of the Digital Economy and Posts, said, “The G-Cloud network will have many positive impacts for Burkina Faso, including micro and macro-economic growth, and increasing the efficiency of health and education services.”
Alpin Verlet, Head of Alcatel-Lucent activities in West and Central Africa said, “This project will soon become a very strong exemplary project, showing how a forward thinking government is using the Cloud technology to provide its citizens with access to government’s services.”
