Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) AFRICA | Africa | Transport & Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 11 | ARCHIVED on 08-Jun-2018 | ISR32652 | Implementing Agencies: CREF, RCIP-4 4th Phase of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:10-Sep-2013 Effectiveness Date:19-Nov-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:14-Sep-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:14-Sep-2015 Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2018 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2019 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objectives of this project, in line with the overall RCIP program, are to support the Recipient’s efforts to lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Enabling Environment: promote further regional market integration, sector liberalization (through the award of a second license), an d legal and regulatory reforms.:(Cost $3.30 M) Connectivity: finance Comoros’s membership and participation in the FLY cable and provide demand stimulation through advance purchas e of capacity, promotion of ISPs and establishing an IXP.:(Cost $17.00 M) Project management: support to finance project management costs including project coordination, procurement, financial management, m onitoring & evaluation, etc.:(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 6/8/2018 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project implementation is generally on track, with some 90% disbursed as of May 18 2018.. Significant achievements include: • The passage of a Communications Law (Dec 2014) and licensing of a new operator (Dec 2015) under component 1 for the enabling environment. The second full-service license was awarded to Telma Comores on Dec 12 2015 and began service a year later, capturing over a quarter of the market to date. Comores Telecoms also signed a formal license agreement in March 2018. • Financing has been agreed for a new regional submarine fibre optic cable (FLY-LION3) under component 2.1. The disbursement conditions for the release of funds for component 2.1 (the FLY-LION3 cable) have been met, as of 30 April 2017, and the Government sent a confirmation that it did want to go ahead with the investment. The payment to the consortium was made on July 6 2017. In Dec 2017, it was agreed to enlarge the consortium with the addition of new members, which may permit the extension of the cable from Mayotte to Madagascar. A site has been identified for a new cable landing station. Environmental and social safeguards studies have been completed and the site cleared. A competitive bidding process for the contractor has been carried out. • Under the demand stimulation program (component 2,2), several thousand computers have been provided to beneficiaries, including schools, university campuses, civil society organisations and local government organisations ("mairies"). Outstanding issues to be resolved include a formal interconnection agreement between Comores Telecoms and Telma Comores, the launch of an authorization regime for Internet Service Providers, and the provision of unmetered bandwidth to the beneficiaries. Project effectiveness was declared on 19 November 2013 and the mid-term review completed on 7 Oct ober 2016. The projected date for project completion was 30 June 2018, but the Government has requested an 18 month extension to 31 December 2019. As part of the restructuring, the Government has also requested some US$7m in additional financing. This will be used to strengthen the existing program (US$2m) and also to provide eGovernment applications (US$5m). Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Moderate  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  High  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  High  Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Substantial  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  --  Substantial  Substantial Environment and Social  --  Substantial  Substantial Stakeholders  --  Substantial  Substantial Other  --  Substantial  Substantial Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators 6/8/2018 Page 2 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) PHINDPDOTBL  International Internet Bandwidth (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 175 Mbit/s 10885 Mbit/s 10885 Mbit/s 3611 Mbit/s Date 31-Dec-2011 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  International Internet Bandwidth per inhabitant (Text, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 232 bit/s 13.7 kbit/s 13.7 kbit/s 4.13 kbit/s PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.70 31.81 31.81 7.56 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Total number of Internet subscriptions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,416.00 253,200.00 253,200.00 66,030.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Mobile internet subscriptions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 250,000.00 250,000.00 49,500.00 6/8/2018 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) PHINDPDOTBL  Population (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 735,375.00 796,000.00 796,000.00 800,000.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Fixed-line internet subscriptions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,416.00 3,200.00 3,200.00 16,300.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 32.64 68.22 68.22 61.20 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Fixed mainlines (Number, Custom Supplement) 6/8/2018 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 23,600.00 13,049.00 13,049.00 18,000.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Mobile subscriptions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 216,438.00 530,000.00 530,000.00 459,000.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Average price of wholesale internet capacity (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,500.00 18.70 18.70 1,000.00 Date 29-Jun-2012 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 313,562.00 313,562.00 215,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) 6/8/2018 Page 5 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Fixed and Mobile Broadband Internet Subscriptions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 150.00 253,200.00 253,200.00 66,030.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Fixed-line broadband subscribers (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 150.00 3,200.00 3,200.00 16,530.00 PHINDIRITBL  Mobile broadband subscribers (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 250,000.00 250,000.00 49,500.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 6/8/2018 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) PHINDIRITBL  Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.02 31.81 31.81 7.60 PHINDIRITBL  Broadband subscribers as a percentage of total ICT subscriptions (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.04 45.60 45.60 12.34 PHINDIRITBL  Number of licensed ISPs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 31-Oct-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2017 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P118213 IDA-H8780 Effective USD 22.00 22.00 0.00 18.35 1.86 91% Key Dates (by loan) 6/8/2018 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI) (P118213) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P118213 IDA-H8780 Effective 10-Sep-2013 24-Sep-2013 19-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2019 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 28-Feb-2018 Related Project(s) P166737-Additional Financing for the Comoros program of the 4th Phase of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Program 6/8/2018 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy