Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) AFRICA | Africa | Transport & Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2011 | Seq No: 13 | ARCHIVED on 28-Jun-2018 | ISR33210 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Charge of ICT, Ministry of Teleommunications, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Charge of ICT, CAB Project Implementation Uniit Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:25-May-2011 Effectiveness Date:19-Dec-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date:31-Mar-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:27-Oct-2014 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2019 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the proposed project is consistent with the PDO for the CAB Program: to contribute to increase geographical reach and usage of regional broadband network services and reduce their prices, in the Republic of Congo. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1: Enabling environment at the regional and national levels:(Cost $3.55 M) Component 2: Connectivity:(Cost $12.40 M) Component 3: Promotion of ICT sector:(Cost $2.10 M) Component 4: Project Management:(Cost $1.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 6/28/2018 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project implementation is satisfactory. The project management team has been pro-active and dynamic. Good management has given a positive momentum within the PCU. As a result, the interconnection between Gabon and RoC has been completed in April 2018. There remains 3 issues critical to the success of the project. 1 . The creation of the SPN. The team recommends that the Government, and the Ministry in charge of Telecom and Ministry of Finance and Public Portfolio , gives the effective operationalization of the SPN a priority, as the establishment of the company needs to be completed before the infrastructure is operational (active equipment installed). 2 . PPP Transaction. The team recommends the inter-ministerial commission to initiate the launching of a new transaction to recruit the operator in charge of the management and maintenance of the infrastructure. 3 . Counterpart funding. The team receives the restructuring request which is currently be analyzed but wishes to recall that the remaining funds in the Project won’t be enough to cover the 1.3 billion FCFA gap. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Substantial  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Low  Low Fiduciary  --  Low  Low Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Low  Low Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Volume of international traffic- International internet bandwidth (bits per second person) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 6,045.00 6,045.00 3,341.00 6/28/2018 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Date 31-Dec-2009 29-Sep-2017 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.10 42.00 43.00 40.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 29-Sep-2017 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,200.00 1,592.00 1,592.00 892.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 29-Sep-2017 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50,000.00 2,033,877.00 2,112,000.00 1,732,051.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 29-Sep-2017 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) 6/28/2018 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 23.00 33.00 33.00 37.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Beneficiaries satisfied with access and quality of services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- 80.00 Date 31-Jan-2017 -- -- 31-Dec-2019 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Average cost of mobile call (three minutes, local, peak) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.50 0.06 0.13 0.06 Date 31-Dec-2009 16-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Retail price of internet service (per 256kbit/s per month, in USD) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 300.00 83.00 83.00 46.00 Date 31-Dec-2009 16-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 6/28/2018 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) PHINDIRITBL  Coverage of mobile network (percentage of population covered) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 89.00 95.00 96.00 96.00 Date 31-Dec-2009 16-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of operators and service providers buying capacity from the regional infrastructure deployed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 16-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of localities with broadband internet access (128kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.00 10.00 43.00 14.00 Date 15-Apr-2011 16-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of incubatees using and graduating from the supported incubator(s) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 -- 30-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 6/28/2018 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) PHINDIRITBL  Amount of money leveraged by the project to endow the Digital Development Fund (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- 200,000.00 Date 02-Jan-2017 -- 30-Dec-2017 27-Dec-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Amount of money disbursed by the Digital Development Fund (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- 126,500.00 Date 02-Jan-2017 -- -- 27-Dec-2019 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P122398 IDA-49740 Effective USD 15.00 15.00 0.00 13.38 0.14 99% P122398 IDA-59910 Effective USD 5.00 5.00 0.00 3.09 2.22 58% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P122398 IDA-49740 Effective 25-May-2011 15-Jul-2011 19-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2019 P122398 IDA-59910 Effective 30-Mar-2017 18-Apr-2017 06-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 Cumulative Disbursements 6/28/2018 Page 6 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 17-Mar-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 29-Nov-2016 Related Project(s) P160292-Central African Backbone SOP3 Republic of Congo Additional Financing 6/28/2018 Page 7 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy