RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 (RI)

Abstract*

The development objectives of Fourth Phase of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Project for Comoros are to support the recipient's efforts to lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks. The project has three components. The first component is enabling environment. This component aims to promote further regional market integration, sector liberalization, and legal and regulatory reforms... Show More

Development Objective

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.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P118213
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Cecilia Paradi-Guilford
Borrower 2
Union of the Comoros

Country
Eastern and Southern Africa
Disclosure Date
February 27, 2012
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
September 10, 2013
Effective Date
November 19, 2013

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 22.00 million
Implementing Agency
Bureau RCIP-4 (4th Phase of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Program),Cellule de réformes économiques et financières (CREF) - Ministère des Finances et du Budget
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2014

Commitment Amount
US$ 22.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
March 9, 2023
Closing Date
September 30, 2022

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Associated Projects
P166737

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment14%
- FY17 - Regulation and Competition Policy14%
FY17 - Jobs28%
- FY17 - Job Creation28%
FY17 - Public Private Partnerships10%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development28%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery28%
FY17 - Urban Development28%
- FY17 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery28%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant	22.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	22.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	22.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	22.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Sep 28, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	185,649.17
Aug 26, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	20,760.18
May 31, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	130,772.37
Jul 21, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	353,045.00
Mar 18, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	132,423.90
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	422,972.30
Nov 23, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	103,959.75
May 12, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	84,699.35
Feb 14, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	42,020.60
Aug 25, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	579,674.90
Jan 18, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	176,315.60
Jan 21, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	219,334.31
Sep 9, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	368,743.06
Oct 19, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	45,599.00
Oct 3, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	242,845.77
Sep 22, 2022	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	233,582.55
Apr 4, 2023	IDA-D3820	Loan Cancel	89,950.95
Apr 4, 2023	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	-87,364.00
Apr 13, 2023	IDA-H8780	Loan Cancel	3,402.95
Apr 13, 2023	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	-3,349.14
Sep 28, 2018	IDA-D3820	Loan Commitment	10,000,000.00
Sep 10, 2013	IDA-H8780	Loan Commitment	22,000,000.00
Sep 30, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	-56,596.96
Oct 23, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	62,503.60
Dec 8, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	150,063.84
Jan 7, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	-103,978.31
Feb 12, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	1,517,797.60
Nov 19, 2013	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	596,181.50
Sep 18, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	60,916.23
Mar 26, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	55,013.92
Mar 24, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	76,111.81
Aug 21, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	84,068.62
Aug 25, 2014	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	59,324.69
Mar 5, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	104,507.11
Aug 18, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	68,333.66
Jul 17, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	224,168.20
May 18, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	51,190.83
Jun 4, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	129,434.54
Nov 2, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	171,869.25
Sep 25, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	115,707.03
Dec 3, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	119,049.07
Jan 26, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	115,929.01
Dec 23, 2015	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	361,226.12
Apr 22, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	39,394.24
Mar 1, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	112,924.46
May 3, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	55,160.40
Jul 28, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	137,167.61
Jun 30, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	130,531.24
Nov 3, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	62,859.73
May 26, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	61,300.17
Sep 13, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	26,432.74
Feb 1, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	142,882.55
Dec 16, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	80,045.13
Nov 18, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	89,720.91
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	54,643.70
Apr 20, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	451,481.88
May 23, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	93,237.74
Apr 7, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	191,015.27
Apr 20, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	92,151.73
Jul 13, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	758,417.06
Jul 6, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	7,807,755.00
Oct 13, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	117,152.10
Oct 2, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	639,023.30
Sep 22, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	286,929.62
Nov 27, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	394,832.34
Aug 24, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	110,036.28
Aug 24, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	79,790.66
Mar 9, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	150,148.10
Feb 1, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	212,255.78
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	72,289.41
Dec 22, 2017	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	531,365.90
Mar 29, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	111,277.16
Jan 23, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	748,424.90
Apr 19, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	82,329.03
May 2, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	49,515.20
May 15, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	270,168.84
Jul 16, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	190,662.20
Sep 20, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	48,523.19
Jul 10, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	111,425.82
May 24, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	140,365.45
Sep 4, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	377,017.88
Jan 29, 2019	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	211,459.70
Dec 11, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	193,060.30
Nov 1, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	22,877.95
Feb 4, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	801,888.75
Dec 26, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	156,002.70
Feb 22, 2019	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	43,777.12
Oct 18, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	270,080.53
Dec 6, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	98,814.40
Dec 6, 2018	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	96,531.25
Jul 10, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	749,337.50
Mar 7, 2019	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	4,199.78
Jun 24, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	517,054.84
Apr 10, 2019	IDA-H8780	Loan Disb	510.55
May 17, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	385,829.00
Oct 17, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	159,235.52
Aug 27, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	213,451.36
Dec 10, 2019	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	338,481.44
Mar 9, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	254,045.27
Jan 14, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	224,783.44
Apr 1, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	299,942.38
Jun 16, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	361,667.47
Sep 29, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	155,724.40
May 18, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	302,983.80
Oct 16, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	106,302.10
Aug 4, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	180,493.66
Feb 9, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	150,403.06
Jan 5, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	207,766.69
Mar 23, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	147,537.03
Dec 2, 2020	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	69,368.42
Apr 9, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	67,707.40
Jul 1, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	33,415.75
Mar 30, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	310,452.44
Jul 23, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	301,832.66
May 27, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	174,558.56
Oct 19, 2021	IDA-D3820	Loan Disb	25,866.71

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-07-15
Project Management	Satisfactory	2022-07-15
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-07-15
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2022-07-15
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2022-07-15
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2022-07-15

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 03-23-2023
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 08-23-2023	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

International Internet Bandwidth Value 456 Mbit/s 3611 Mbit/s
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022
Comment
Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) Value 0.62 65.93 37.70
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022 September 28, 2018
Comment
International Internet Bandwidth per inhabitant Value 232 bit/s
Date December 31, 2011 December 28, 2017
Comment
Total number of Internet subscriptions Value 5416.00 253200.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Average price of wholesale internet capacity Value 5500.00 1000.00 0.00
Date June 29, 2012 September 30, 2022
Comment
Mobile internet subscriptions Value 0.00 250000.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Population Value 735375.00 796000.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Total number of mobile subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) Value 27.39 72.75 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022
Comment
Mobile subscriptions Value 216438.00 530000.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Direct project beneficiaries Value 0.00 372355.00 365562.00
Date December 31, 2012 September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 50.00 50.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2012 October 31, 2017
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of licensed ISPs Value 1.00 4.00 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022
Comment
Broadband Internet Subscriptions Value 150.00 493102.00 300000.00
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022
Comment
Mobile broadband subscribers Value 0.00 491635.00 295000.00
Date December 31, 2011 September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022
Comment
Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants Value 0.02 31.81 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Broadband subscribers as a percentage of total ICT subscriptions Value 0.04 45.60 0.00
Date December 31, 2011 October 31, 2017
Comment
Number of E-Systems connected to an interoperable Government-administered digital platform Value 0.00 3.00 0.00
Date July 2, 2018 September 30, 2022
Comment
Number of female beneficiaries of the co-working space Value 0.00 100.00 0.00
Date July 2, 2018 September 30, 2022
Comment
Number of crowdsourced reports from citizens on quality of service for telecommunication services Value 0.00 4.00 0.00
Date June 28, 2018 September 30, 2022
Comment

International Internet Bandwidth	Value	456 Mbit/s	3611 Mbit/s
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people)	Value	0.62	65.93	37.70
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022	September 28, 2018
	Comment

International Internet Bandwidth per inhabitant	Value	232 bit/s
	Date	December 31, 2011	December 28, 2017
	Comment

Total number of Internet subscriptions	Value	5416.00	253200.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Average price of wholesale internet capacity	Value	5500.00	1000.00	0.00
	Date	June 29, 2012	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Mobile internet subscriptions	Value	0.00	250000.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Population	Value	735375.00	796000.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Total number of mobile subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants)	Value	27.39	72.75	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Mobile subscriptions	Value	216438.00	530000.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	372355.00	365562.00
	Date	December 31, 2012	September 30, 2022	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Number of E-Systems connected to an interoperable Government-administered digital platform	Value	0.00	3.00	0.00
	Date	July 2, 2018	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Female beneficiaries	Value	50.00	50.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2012	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Number of licensed ISPs	Value	1.00	4.00	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Broadband Internet Subscriptions	Value	150.00	493102.00	300000.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Mobile broadband subscribers	Value	0.00	491635.00	295000.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	September 30, 2022	September 30, 2022
	Comment

Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	Value	0.02	31.81	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment

Broadband subscribers as a percentage of total ICT subscriptions	Value	0.04	45.60	0.00
	Date	December 31, 2011	October 31, 2017
	Comment