Public Disclosure Copy 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 | Transport & ICT Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Adaptable Program Loan | FY 2013 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 24-Mar-2017 | ISR27339 | Implementing Agencies: 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:30-Nov-2018 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 PHRPDODEL Components 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 $16.00 M) TOGO - Creating an Enabling Environment for Connectivity:(Cost $11.50 M) TOGO - Project Implementation:(Cost $2.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Unsatisfactory 3/24/2017 Page 1 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR (sequence 8) is covering Mauritania and Togo. It is based on a supervision mission conducted in Mauritania from 25 to 29th April 2016 and in Togo from 8 to 12 June 2015. The last supervision missions in Mauritania was in April 2016 and October 2016. MAURITANIA: Significant progress was made since the April 2016 supervision mission and October 2016 mission. First, progress was made on the bids evaluation process regarding the construction contract or the missing fiber optic links of the national backbone. Second, although they are not all met yet, progress has been made on the three remaining disbursement conditions related to the PPP for the national backbone: (i) The Mauritanian Government has signed the Main Contractual Agreement with the SDIN on January, 25, 2016 (condition is now met); (ii) the IMT (i.e. the PPP operating the ACE cable and designated to operate the national backbone assets) has obtained from the Regulatory Authority the necessary authorization as required for the operation of the national backbone assets (the authorization-related cahier des charges is still to be finalized); and (iii) Agreement on the key provisions of the delegation contract between SDIN and existing International Mauritania Telecom (IMT; PPP operating the ACE submarine cable landing station in Nouakchott) that will operate the fiber optic links and provide the services has been achieved and recorded in negotiation minutes dated September 7, 2014. Third, with respect to the legal covenant pertaining to the revision of existing ICT legal and regulatory framework, 2 of the 4 Information Society draft Laws have been approved by the parliament on December 22 2015; the two other Information Society Laws have been approved by the Council of Ministers on February 17th 2017, they are expected to be approved by the Parliament in May 2017 Fourth, there was also significant progress on the counterpart funds (legal covenant). The 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 subsidies for the WARCIP PIU have been paid by the Government together with the provisions for safeguards. Fifth, procurement process for the US$1,000,000 to support the implementation of activities No. 433 (Mettre en place un Centre National de Données / Establishment of a national data center) and No. 435 (Mettre en place un prestataire de certification électronique / Establishment of an electronic certification office) of the 2012-2016 Strategy for ICT and Modernization of Public Service have registered good progress and are still underway. Furthermore, the Internet Exchange Point has been created and inaugurated on November 27th, it is now fully operational. Finally the EIB co-financing agreement signed on October 23, 2013 was made effective June 5, 2014. All supervision missions are conducted jointly with EIB; bidding documents for the backbone links as well as safeguard documents were reviewed and cleared by both institutions. With 18.4% disbursement rate at the end of December 2016, disbursements are behind forecast due to delays in launching the bidding process for the national backbone and delays in the bids evaluation process for the construction of the national backbone. There are 18 disbursement conditions (5 for the WB and 13 for the EIB). As of January 2017, 3 of the 5 WB conditions and 10 of the 13 EIB conditions have been met. A follow up mission in Mauritania is planned in April 2017 to monitor progress on the disbursement conditions and on the construction process of the missing fiber optic links of the national backbone as well as to conduct the mid-term review. The Project Development Objective Indicators and the Intermediate Results Indicators have been updated with the data as of December 2016. TOGO: The mid-term review (attached Aide-Memoire dated September 2016) was conducted in September 2016. Based on the conclusions of the MTR, a formal request N°0021/MEF/CAB/SP dated from January 24, 2017 from Ministry of Economy and Finance for restructuring the WARCIP Project in Togo. The team conducted a supervision mission immediately after receiving the official letter on February 2017 to discuss/understand the requested changes in the project (attached Aide Memoire dated March 2017). The requested project restructuring would involve: (i) cost category reallocation, (ii) extension of Project closing date, (iii) result framework indicators modification, (iv) change in the structuring of disbursement conditions, and (v) Re- design and simplification of Project Component 2 in order to focus on selected impactful activities. Since the last ISR, none of the disbursement condition has been met although progress have been made toward the creation of SPV. This SPV is related to the disbursement condition related to the conclusion of a “contractual agreement with the SPV to transfer to the SPV: the proceeds of the Financing allocated to Category (1) to finance the Carrier Hotel and (B) the ownership of the Carrier Hotel to be established under of the Project”. On November 24, 2016, the Government issued a press release following the Conseil des Ministres confirming the creation of SIN (Societe d’Infrastructures Numeriques – Digital Infrastructure Company, the above mentioned SPV), but as of March 14, no decree has been issued so far for the creation of SIN nor for the appointment of the general manager. The adoption of the decree for the creation of the SIN should therefore be identified as a new action for management attention. 3/24/2017 Page 2 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) 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 3/24/2017 Page 3 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Environment and Social  --  Substantial  Substantial Stakeholders  --  High  High Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 101.00 98.00 124.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments In Mauritania, there was a Regulator decision in June 2013 (included) not to count inactive sims anymore. PHINDPDOTBL  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 11.08 8.30 11.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments MAURITANIA: This indicator is the ratio between international bandwidth and the number of internet subscribers (internet, voice, data). The methodology for calculating the number of internet subscribers has changed in October 2013 following the insertion of Mauritel's 3G voice and data subscribers. Until October 2013, Mauritel only declared its 3G data to the regulator. As a consequence, the total number of declared internet subscribers has increased since October 2013 resulting in a lower volume of international traffic per subscriber. PHINDPDOTBL  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 3/24/2017 Page 4 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Value 7,000.00 82.00 82.70 250.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments MAURITANIA: Until june 2015 (excluded) the registered values refer to satellite price since there was no official commercial offer for a STM1 at the ACE landing station (created in 2012). Since then, this indicator refers to the official average monthly price charged by IMT for a STM1. PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.00 26.30 34.00 11.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments MAURITANIA: The methodology for calculating the number of internet subscribers has changed in October 2013 following the insertion of Mauritel's 3G voice and data subscribers. Until October 2013, Mauritel only declared its 3G data to the regulator. As a consequence, the total number of declared internet subscribers has increased since October 2013. PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,355,930.00 3,695,777.00 3,667,363.00 5,061,125.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments MAURITANIA: This indicator refers to the total number of mobile and fixed subscribers. Until December 2012 (included), the value covers double sims and inactive sims counting. Since june 2013 (included), inactive sims are not counted anymore. 3/24/2017 Page 5 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Togo - Volume of international traffic International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person - Kbits persecond per person (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.50 0.53 0.53 6.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.90 26.95 26.95 8.70 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 48.90 75.35 75.35 75.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  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 1,433.00 200.00 3/24/2017 Page 6 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,350,000.00 5,113,000.00 5,113,000.00 6,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 30.00 30.00 30.00 40.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 42.00 33.00 27.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments MAURITANIA: This indicator is the average price of the three operators. The average price has significantly decreased since June 2016, following the introduction of several competitive internet offers. 3/24/2017 Page 7 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) PHINDIRITBL  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 0.50 0.57 0.31 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments this indicator is the average price (charged to the consumer) of the three operators. PHINDIRITBL  Mauritania - Number of localities with broadband Internet access (256 Kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 144.00 144.00 144.00 200.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  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 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. 3/24/2017 Page 8 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) PHINDIRITBL  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 31-Dec-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. PHINDIRITBL  Length of Fiber Optic Network Built (km) (Kilometers, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,577.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. 3/24/2017 Page 9 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) PHINDIRITBL  Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.16 2.20 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Jun-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 149.00 58.00 58.00 110.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Togo - Access for all operators to international infrastructure: 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 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Togo - Increase of number of players in the sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 4.00 4.00 8.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 3/24/2017 Page 10 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) PHINDIRITBL  Togo - Additional Cross-border interconnections built (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P123093 IDA-52530 Effective XDR 20.10 20.10 0.00 1.87 18.23 9% P123093 IDA-52550 Effective XDR 20.10 20.10 0.00 3.76 16.34 19% 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 30-Nov-2018 P123093 IDA-52550 Effective 30-May-2013 20-Jun-2013 16-Dec-2013 30-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2018 Cumulative Disbursements 3/24/2017 Page 11 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 (P123093) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 3/24/2017 Page 12 of 12 Public Disclosure Copy