CM- Rural Electricity Access Project for Underserved Regions

Abstract*

The development objective of the Rural Electricity Access Project for Underserved Regions Project for Cameroon is to increase electricity access in underserved regions of Cameroon. The project comprises of five components. The first component, rural electrification by grid extension consists of two sub-components: (i) rural electrification by extension of medium voltage and low voltage (MV and LV) networks; and (ii) reinforcements and extension of... Show More

Development Objective

The Project Development Objective is to increase electricity access in Underserved Regions of Cameroon.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P163881
Status
Active
Team Leader
Nash Eyison , Komenan Koffi
Borrower 2
Republic of Cameroon

Country
Cameroon
Disclosure Date
November 20, 2017
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
December 13, 2018
Effective Date
July 7, 2020

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 165.00 million
Implementing Agency
-Ministry of Economy, planning and Regional Developpement,Rural Electrification Agency
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2019

Commitment Amount
US$ 150.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
March 28, 2024
Closing Date
June 30, 2025

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

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 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change16%
- FY17 - Mitigation16%
FY17 - Energy100%
- FY17 - Access to Energy89%
- FY17 - Energy Policies & Reform31%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender27%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs11%
- FY17 - Youth Employment11%
FY17 - Public Private Partnerships13%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development64%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery64%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	150.00
Borrower/Recipient	15.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	150.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	150.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	165.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	689.33
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	23,980.04
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	23,980.04
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	18,882.90
Feb 23, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	2,472.03
Mar 10, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	5,346,144.50
Dec 23, 2020	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	154,783.31
Dec 8, 2020	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	116,669.89
Dec 8, 2020	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	56,005.31
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	5,816,369.50
Jun 28, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	29,699.25
May 26, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	2,570,968.50
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	135.86
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	53,801.11
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	53,801.11
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	42,506.00
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	293.75
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	49,422.81
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	49,422.81
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	39,391.64
Jun 21, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	134,709.55
Jun 21, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	130,051.19
Jun 21, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	82,958.30
Jun 30, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,225,368.60
Dec 20, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	78,329.03
Dec 20, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	30,802.23
Dec 13, 2018	IDA-63560	Loan Commitment	150,000,000.00
Dec 20, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	75,311.84
Dec 20, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	81,358.56
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	485.67
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	50,936.34
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	50,936.34
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-63560	Int Charges	38,097.53
Sep 21, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	206,849.12
Sep 21, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	185,399.12
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	2,840.38
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	60,943.90
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	60,943.90
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	47,980.47
Mar 7, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,379,374.10
Dec 7, 2022	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	146,781.64
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	74,838.06
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	74,838.06
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	55,068.12
Jul 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	149,296.81
Jun 20, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	3,934.26
Jan 26, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,041,020.25
Jan 26, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	67,235.16
May 8, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	26,175.39
May 8, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	52,121.46
May 8, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	26,251.57
Mar 31, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	180,289.55
Jan 26, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Cancel	30,000,000.00
Sep 21, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	463,493.20
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-63560	Int Charges	791.88
Oct 10, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	6,941,225.00
Oct 10, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	7,625,020.50
Oct 17, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	105,872.35
Dec 5, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	4,868.55
Jun 23, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	57,933.00
May 22, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	47,781.80
Jun 23, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	2,316,161.20
Oct 6, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	94,970.64
Nov 30, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	144,796.80
Dec 4, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	817.35
Dec 4, 2023	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	336.94
May 24, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	267,335.03
Sep 2, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Repay	1,864,037.40
Sep 2, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	647.68
Sep 2, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	113,604.90
Sep 2, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	145,346.42
Sep 2, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	145,346.42
Apr 3, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	250,159.40
Apr 3, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	251,819.98
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	97,161.54
Apr 30, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	136,846.56
Jan 29, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,055,714.50
Jul 22, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	103,009.65
Apr 8, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	219,579.19
Jun 17, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,148,847.00
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	4,715.37
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-63560	Loan Repay	1,808,368.10
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	122,237.32
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-63560	Int Charges	122,237.32
Jul 10, 2020	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	1,097,270.60
Jun 29, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	54,996.59
Apr 9, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	17,721.96
Feb 23, 2021	IDA-63560	Loan Disb	174,836.44
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	861.66
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-63560	Int Charges	861.66

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-24
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-24
Project Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-03-24
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-03-24
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-03-24
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-03-24

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

People provided with new or improved electricity service Value 0.00 475000.00 1102825.00
Date August 30, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Increase of national electrification access rate Value 0.00 0.00 5.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of staff trained under the project Value 0.00 403.00 300.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Number of villages electrified Value 0.00 0.00 280.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Beneficiary satisfaction survey completed Value No No Yes
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Feasibility studies of mini-hydropower sites completed under the project Value 0.00 0.00 2.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Private enterprises trained under the project Value 0.00 0.00 50.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Households provided with an electricity connection in rural areas under the project Value 0.00 0.00 57565.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Households connected to electricity through the Revolving Fund Value 0.00 95178.00 163000.00
Date June 12, 2020 November 20, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Health centers electrified through solar systems Value 0.00 5.00 31.00
Date June 12, 2020 November 20, 2023 January 31, 2025
Comment
Project-related grievances registered under the project GRM and addressed Value 0.00 50.00 100.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Of which female-headed households Value 0.00 0.00 0.10
Date
Comment
Of which female headed households Value 0.00 1.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Diagnostic study of AER Value No Yes Yes
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Distribution HTA lines constructed under the project in rural areas Value 0.00 0.00 1136.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Communication strategy of the project validated by stakeholders Value No Yes Yes
Date April 18, 2023 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Distribution BTA lines constructed under the project in rural areas Value 0.00 0.00 1237.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment
Feasibility Study for industrial unit for cable manufacturing completed Value No No Yes
Date April 18, 2023 November 20, 2023 June 28, 2024
Comment
Women employed during grid extension electrification Value 0.00 10.00 50.00
Date August 31, 2018 November 20, 2023 June 30, 2025
Comment

People provided with new or improved electricity service	Value	0.00	475000.00	1102825.00
	Date	August 30, 2018	November 20, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

Number of villages electrified	Value	0.00	0.00	280.00
	Date	August 31, 2018	November 20, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

Of which female-headed households	Value	0.00	0.00	0.10
	Date
	Comment

Of which female headed households	Value	0.00	1.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Diagnostic study of AER	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	August 31, 2018	November 20, 2023	June 30, 2025
	Comment

CM- Rural Electricity Access Project for Underserved Regions

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

Themes

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS