| Viettel Burundi Société Anonyme (Lumitel) | |
| Type: | Société Anonyme |
| Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Foundation: | 19 December 2013 |
| Location: | 51 Uprona Boulevard, Bujumbura, Burundi |
| Area Served: | Burundi |
| Key People: | Nguyen Huy Tan (CEO) |
| Products: | GSM-related products Internet services |
| Num Employees: | 43,000+ |
| Num Employees Year: | 2021 |
| Parent: | Viettel Group |
Lumitel is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Burundi. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC[1] which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide.[2] Founded in 2013, Lumitel launched its service in May 2015.[3] It provides services to over 3 million users.[4] Lumitel became the largest operator in Burundi within 1 month of operation.[5] Its main competitor is Econet Leo.
Lumitel began setting up a 4G LTE system in Burundi in 2016.[6] It also operates the mobile wallet service called Lumicash since 2017,[7] and a lottery system called Lumiloto since 2021.[8] The lottery was authorized on 24 November 2020 by LONA and launched in 1 July 2021. As of 2021, Lumitel operates over 25,000 sales location and employs 43,000 sellers.[9]