Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Comoros

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Sep 29, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Comoros - Agence Nationale de Développement du Numérique (ANADEN)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Communications
Law and Government

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 10.34 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 28, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project's main objective is to improve the governance, quality, affordability and accessibility of relevant public services provided to users. More specifically, it aims to encourage the emergence of a comprehensive and coherent range of digital services capable of meeting the population's needs and ultimately bringing the country into the information society.

The main beneficiaries of PADEC comprise: Citizens, associations and private enterprises, as users of the digital services provided. Government services, given that the project will provide them with digital services to facilitate the deployment, operation and pooling of IT resources, thereby improving responsiveness, performance and innovative capacity. State employees, since they will be provided with a working environment and digital tools to improve comfort, efficiency and productivity. Young local entrepreneurs and innovators who, thanks to the project, will contribute to the emergence of an endogenous ecosystem capable of responding to local needs with local solutions.

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Samatar OMAR ELMI
ICT Specialist, RDGE
African Development Bank
s.omarelmi@afdb.org
www.afdb.org