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Burkina Faso - West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - Additional Financing

Development Objective

The development objective of WARCIP is to increase the geographical reach of broadband networks and reduce costs of communications services in West Africa. For APL1B, the Project's development objectives are to contribute to increasing the geographical reach of broadband networks and to reducing the costs of communications services in each of the territories of The Gambia, Guinea and Burkina Faso.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P161836

  • Closed

  • Charles Hurpy

  • N/A

  • Western and Central Africa

  • (as of board presentation)

    April 25, 2018

  • US$ 20.99 million

  • N/A

  • April 2, 2024

  • N/A

  • Yes

  • BANK APPROVED

  • P122402

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

No data available.
Financier Commitments
Borrower/Recipient 0.99
IDA Credit 20.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment 20.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment 20.00
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount N/A
Total Project Cost** 20.99

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of December 31, 2024

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Detailed Financial Activity as of December 31, 2024

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Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

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COMPLETION RATINGS

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INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

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Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Burkina Faso: Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people)Value0.2025.0040.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017June 30, 2021
    CommentMobile Internet corresponds to technologies at 3G level or above. Subscribers are defined as users having used an Internetconnection in the preceding three months.Fixed Internet corresponds to technologies offering download speeds at 256kbps and above.The end target reflects the growth of the (mostly mobile) Internet market, driven by more accessibility and higher affordability.
  • Gambia: Direct project beneficiariesValue1600000.001600000.001800000.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010June 19, 2015March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Direct project beneficiariesValue3700000.0010150000.005600000.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Direct project beneficiariesValue4594000.0016412000.0011326000.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017December 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Female beneficiariesValue40.0041.3344.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010August 29, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Gambia: female beneficiariesValue44.0047.0051.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010June 19, 2015March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Female beneficiariesValue25.0035.0030.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Female beneficiariesValue51.0051.0051.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010June 30, 2016December 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (USD/month/2Mbit/s)Value7300.001717.002450.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010August 22, 2016December 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people)Value35.9585.0054.75
    DateSeptember 30, 2010August 29, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person (kbit/per person)Value14.33247.0063.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010August 24, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people)Value0.4121.661.43
    DateSeptember 30, 2010August 29, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Direct project beneficiariesValue3300000.007840000.006242000.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010August 29, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Gambia: Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (USD/month/2Mbit/s)Value5000.000.001000.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (USD/month/2Mbit/s)Value8000.001400.001400.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010January 7, 2016March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (US$ per month per 2MbpsValue9000.001513.00700.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017June 30, 2021
    CommentThe target has been adjusted from 2,500 to 700 to reflect the impact of the growing operations of the VLP and the addedinternational connectivity, leading to increased competition and reduced wholesale prices.
  • Guinea: Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people)Value34.7097.8047.50
    DateSeptember 30, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people)Value37.2088.0092.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017June 30, 2021
    CommentThe target has been adjusted from 62 to 92 to reflect that the increase in mobile penetration will be driven by further decreasingin retail telephony prices, to reach a more mature state (Note: the mobile penetration is calculated in terms of SIM cards and notunique subscribers).
  • Gambia: Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person (kbit/perperson)Value10.00497.0030.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person (kbit/perperson)Value5.0085.7585.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person (kbit/per person)Value28.00164.0074.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017December 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Gambia: Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people)Value0.7535.903.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people)Value0.3026.190.70
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Burkina Faso: Retail price of mobile Internet services (5Go prepaid package with 3G technologies or above)Value16.000.008.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016June 30, 2021
    CommentThis indicator will be calculated as an average of the retail prices offered by the ISPs for these types of packages.
  • Burkina Faso: Retail price of fixed Internet services (download speed at 2Mbps or above) per monthValue130.000.0070.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016June 30, 2021
    CommentThis indicator will be calculated as an average of the retail prices offered by the ISPs for these types of packages
  • Burkina Faso: Network coverage for mobile telephony (as % of population)Value80.000.0090.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016June 30, 2021
    CommentThis indicator will show the percentage of population covered by at least one mobile telephony network
  • Burkina Faso: Network coverage for mobile Internet (3G and above, as % of population)Value25.000.0060.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016June 30, 2021
    CommentThis indicator will show the percentage of population covered by at least one mobile Internet network
  • Burkina Faso: Total length of national fiber optic networks (km)Value1860.000.003500.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016June 30, 2021
    CommentThis target reflects the contribution of WARCIP, G-Cloud, and the network extensions of Orange and Onatel
  • Burkina Faso: National Internet traffic exchanged at the IXP (Mbps peak times)Value350.000.001500.00
    DateDecember 31, 2016December 31, 2017June 30, 2021
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Citizen perception of the affordability and quality of broadband services (Including perception by women)Value0.000.0075.00
    DateJune 30, 2021
    CommentThis newcitizenengagementindicator will becollected twicethrough a survey, just after the effectiveness of AF and the closingdate.Breakdown data forwomen userswill be alsotrackedThe baselinewill becollected inDecember2018.
  • Burkina Faso: Volume of available international capacity: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth (Gbps)Value0.7817.7030.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017June 30, 2021
    CommentThe end target has been revised from 7.7 to 30 to reflect the increase in the usage of existing Internet users and in the number ofInternet users. Additional bandwidth that will be supplied by the additional link.
  • Guinea: Volume of available international capacity: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth (Gbit/s)Value0.159.505.90
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Gambia: Volume of available international capacity: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth (Gbit/s)Value0.164.975.90
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016March 31, 2016
    Comment
  • Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact)Value0.003.003.00
    DateSeptember 30, 2010August 29, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Gambia: Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact)Value0.004.003.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010June 19, 2015December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Guinea: Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact)Value0.004.003.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010December 23, 2016December 30, 2016
    Comment
  • Burkina Faso: Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact)Value0.004.004.00
    DateDecember 31, 2010September 30, 2017June 30, 2021
    Comment