The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) AFRICA | Western Africa | Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2013 | Seq No: 11 | ARCHIVED on 07-Jan-2019 | ISR34554 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Post and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development, Ministry of Employment, Professional Education and New Technologies, Ministry of Post and Telecom Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-May-2013 Effectiveness Date: 16-Dec-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 29-Nov-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 19-Sep-2016 Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2018 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objectives of each Project are to contribute to increase the geographical reach of broadband networks and to reduce costs of communications services in the territories, respectively, of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Togo. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name MAURITANIA - Supporting Connectivity:(Cost $21.50 M) MAURITANIA - Creating an Enabling Environment for Connectivity:(Cost $5.30 M) MAURITANIA - Project Implementation:(Cost $3.20 M) TOGO - Supporting Connectivity:(Cost $19.00 M) TOGO - Creating an Enabling Environment for Connectivity:(Cost $6.00 M) TOGO - Project Implementation:(Cost $5.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR (sequence 11) is covering Mauritania and Togo. It is based on a supervision missions conducted in Togo on July 2018 and November 2018, and in Mauritania on June 2018 and October 2018. MAURITANIA: Significant progress was made since the June 2018 and October 2018 supervision missions. Most importantly, (i) the construction works of the national backbone two “pilote” phases have started in November 2018; (ii) the in-depth FM review of the project was completed in October 2018 ; 1/7/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) (iii) the counterpart funds for 2017 have been committed by MoF and effectively mobilized; (iv) the client sent an acceptable NO request concerning a one year renewal of the PIU staff contracts. First, the lump sum contract for the construction of the national backbone was signed between the GoM and ZTE Corporation on November 15, 2017. The contract is effective since June 13, 2018. Construction works have started in November 2018 through the two launching of two “pilote” phases within Nouakchott and between Nouakchott and Atar. Following two direct payments to the constructor, as part of the contract, disbursement rate reached 29% in Nov. (compared to 20% in January 2018). Next project payments on the contract will be made according to the progress of the work. It is expected that disbursement will reach 40% in the coming two months. Second, the in-depth FM report was finalized on October 5th and is in the process of being officially transmitted to the WB for discussion with management. Third, after some delays counterpart funds for 2017 have been committed by MoF and effectively mobilized. Fourth, the client sent on October 24th 2018 an acceptable no-objection request on PIU contracts. TOGO: Significant progress have been done since the last ISR. 1. The project and Government managed to meet the disbursement conditions first quarter of 2018 (Disbursement letter dated April 18, 2018). 2. The bidding process for the construction of the Carrier Hotel is currently (April 26) under finalization (opening of the bids March 27, 2018 in Lomé). The civil work are expected to start by July 2018. 3. From the PPP side, the bidding process for the recruitment of the Carrier Hotel management company is also under finalization and the process should be initiated by June 2018 for a selection of a management company by end September 2018. It should also be noted that the WARCIP implementation operation in Togo was coupled with the preparation of the second Development Policy Financing, and the follow up of two important following prior actions: 1. the creation of a national company specialized in capacity wholesale to operate the National Carrier Hotel, a National Internet eXchange Point (IXP), and an eGov project network infrastructure. 2. the publication of a reference offer from TOGO TELECOM providing the terms and conditions which will ensure fair, non-discriminatory and transparent access to wholesale broadband services. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- High High Technical Design of Project or Program -- Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- High High Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes 1/7/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Project Development Objective Indicators IN00579232 ►Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 107.00 115.00 124.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579217 ►Mauritania - Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) per person - Kbits per second per person (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 10.50 12.40 11.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579216 ►Mauritania -Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe - Amount (USD) per monthper 2 Mbps (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7,000.00 63.80 60.60 250.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579215 ►Access to Broadband Internet Services - 3G+ and ADSL+ (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.00 53.00 44.00 11.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579211 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,355,930.00 4,132,141.00 4,131,214.00 5,061,125.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579233 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 IN00579227 ►Togo - International bandwidth per person (population) - Kbits persecond per person (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.50 2.03 11.80 6.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 10-Jan-2018 20-Jul-2018 29-May-2020 IN00579219 1/7/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) ►Togo - Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 48.90 85.50 77.00 75.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 10-Jan-2018 20-Jul-2017 31-Dec-2017 IN00579228 ►Togo - Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe - Amount (USD) per month 2 Mbps (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2,348.00 1,433.00 199.66 200.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 29-Dec-2017 20-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579225 ►Togo - Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,350,000.00 1,580,000.00 4,380,000.00 6,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 10-Jan-2018 20-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579234 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 30.00 16.70 30.00 40.00 IN00648092 ►Togo - Fixed Internet Retail Price (USD per Mbps) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 70.00 -- 11.40 46.00 Date 27-Sep-2016 -- 20-Jul-2018 31-May-2020 IN00648117 ►Togo - Mobile Internet Retail Price (USD cents per Mo) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.60 -- 0.70 1.70 Date 27-Sep-2016 -- 20-Jul-2018 31-May-2020 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components MAURITANIA - Supporting Connectivity IN00579223 ►Mauritania - Number of localities with broadband Internet access (256 Kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 1/7/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Value 144.00 144.00 144.00 200.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579213 ►Mauritania - Cross-border interconnections built (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579212 ►Mauritania - Length of Fiber Optic Network Built (km) (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,577.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 MAURITANIA - Creating an Enabling Environment for Connectivity IN00579224 ►Mauritania. Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 33.00 35.00 27.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579226 ►Mauritania - Average cost of mobile call (three minutes, local, peak) - USD/3mn (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.52 0.57 0.50 0.31 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579218 ►Mauritania - Number of operators and ISPs buying capacity from the infrastructure deployed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Dec-2017 29-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579222 ►Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.80 3.80 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Dec-2017 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 1/7/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) next value will be set up in December 2018. Comments: TOGO - Supporting Connectivity IN00579221 ►Togo - Number of operators and service providers getting capacity from the regional infrastructure deployed (as a percentage of total) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 20-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2017 TOGO - Creating an Enabling Environment for Connectivity IN00579230 ►Togo - Increase of number of players in the sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 20-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2017 IN00579220 ►Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 20-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2017 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P123093 IDA-52530 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 4.84 23.47 17% P123093 IDA-52550 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 8.35 20.01 29% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P123093 IDA-52530 Effective 30-May-2013 12-Nov-2013 31-Mar-2014 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2020 P123093 IDA-52550 Effective 30-May-2013 20-Jun-2013 16-Dec-2013 30-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2019 1/7/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 07-Nov-2017 Related Project(s) P169945-Additional Financing for Togo West African Regional Communications Infrastructure Project 1/7/2019 Page 7 of 7