Burkina Faso - West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - Additional Financing (WB-P161836)

Countries
  • Burkina Faso
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Apr 25, 2018
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
Ministere du Developpement de l'Economie Numerique et des Postes
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Communications
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 20.99 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jun 23, 2018

Disclosed by Bank May 1, 2017

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Project Description
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The development objectives of West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Project is to increase the geographical reach of broadband networks and to reduce the costs of communications services in the territory of Burkina Faso. This restructuring requires Additional Financing ( AF) that would finance a set of activities in direct continuation of the original project activities and grouped under the same three broad components as the original project. It would expand and maximize the development impacts of these activities by supporting: (a) the expansion and proper operationalization of connectivity infrastructure (for example, backbone networks, VLP, and IXP) and the strengthening of the regional telecommunications networks integration; and (b) the completion of Technical Assistance (TA) to improve the legal and regulatory environment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. This second level of restructuring of the parent project involves the following changes: (a) changes to the project components; (b) extension of the closing date of the parent project; (c) revisions to the Results Framework; and (d) application of the new procurement framework

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Name:Autorite de Regulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes
Contact:Mrs. Tontama Charles Millogo
Title:Directeur General
Email:secretariat@arcep.bf
 
Name:Secretariat Permanent du Programme Sectoriel des Transports
Contact:Pako Franck Olivier Toé
Title:Coordinnateur
Email:pst-2@pst-2.bf

 

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