Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) AFRICA | Western Africa | Transport & ICT Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 21-Dec-2017 | ISR30655 | Implementing Agencies: The Republic of Guinea Bissau, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:24-Mar-2017 Effectiveness Date:-- Planned Mid Term Review Date:21-Dec-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-May-2022 Revised Closing Date:31-May-2022 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Development Objectives of this project are to contribute to increasing the geographical reach of broadband networks, and reducing costs of communication services in the territory of the Recipient, and between the Recipient and ECOWAS countries. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Supporting Connectivity:(Cost $31.59 M) Enabling environment for improved connectivity:(Cost $2.04 M) Implementation support:(Cost $1.36 M) National backbone and Restructuring of GuineTelecom/GuineTel (co-financing) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  High  High 12/21/2017 Page 1 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The WARCIP implementation unit is fully operational. As of December 1, 2017 the disbursement rate of the 6 million USD PPA is 96%. The Financing Agreement was signed on May 23 and effectiveness has been extended twice since then. The 4 effectiveness conditions have to be met before February 28th 2018 (new effectiveness date). Progress have been made on the main effectiveness condition pertaining to the creation of the SPV (i.e. PPP vehicle). The last implementation-support mission was conducted on September 18-22th and the main outcome is positive: the Government of Guinea Bissau committed to progressing rapidly on the finalization of the SPV documentation (status and shareholding agreement), according to the terms of the SPV Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the mobile operators on July 17, 217. More recently, a detailed agenda for achieving effectiveness has been prepared by the Government and is aiming at completing effectiveness by end of January 2018. The legal opinion on the signed Financing Agreement was provided by the Attorney general on November 27th 2017. The Project Implementation Plan has been adopted and signed by the government on March 2, 2017. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  High  High  High Macroeconomic  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  High  High  High Technical Design of Project or Program  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  High  High  High Fiduciary  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Environment and Social  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  High  High  High Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  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 3.70 3.70 3.70 12.90 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 12/21/2017 Page 2 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.60 4.60 4.60 22.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 72.00 72.00 72.00 82.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDPDOTBL  Average monthly price of international wholesale E1 capacity link from Bissau to Europe (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 169.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) 12/21/2017 Page 3 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1,296,222.00 1,296,222.00 1,296,222.00 1,702,619.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits that are actually addressed (%) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 Overall Comments No RSF was submitted by the PIU yet. Indicators value will be updated as soon as the first RSF is submitted by the PIU. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 736.00 736.00 736.00 206.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 12/21/2017 Page 4 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) PHINDIRITBL  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 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDIRITBL  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 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 PHINDIRITBL  Number of cross border interconnection built (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 28-Jun-2017 30-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 Overall Comments No RSF was submitted yet. Indicators' value will be updated as soon as the RSF is submitted by the PIU. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed Not P155876 IDA-59970 USD 35.00 35.00 0.00 0.00 35.88 0% Effective Key Dates (by loan) 12/21/2017 Page 5 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - SOP3 (P155876) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date Not P155876 IDA-59970 24-Mar-2017 23-May-2017 -- 31-May-2022 31-May-2022 Effective Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/21/2017 Page 6 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy