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1 AFRICA Western Africa Transport & ICT Global Practice IBRD/IDA Adaptable Program Loan FY 2013 Seq No: 6 ARCHIVED on 31-Jan-2016 ISR20991 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Employment, Professional Education and New Technologies, Ministry of Post and Telecom Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:30-May-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:29-Feb-2016 Original Closing Date:30-Nov-2018 Effectiveness Date:16-Dec-2013 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- 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 Satisfactory 1/31/2016 Page 1 of 11

2 Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR (sequence 6) is covering Mauritania and Togo. It is based on a supervision mission conducted in Mauritania from 5 to 9th October 2015 and in Togo from 8 to 12 June MAURITANIA: Significant progress was made since the October 2015 supervision mission. First, progress was made on the bid evaluation process regarding the construction contract or the missing fiber optic links of the national backbone. Second, although they are not met yet, progress has been made on the three remaining disbursement conditions related to the PPP for the national backbone: (i) The Mauritanian Government is expected to sign the Main Contractual Agreement with the SDIN by End of January 2016; (ii) the IMT (i.e. the PPP operating the ACE cable and designated to operate the national backbone assets) is in the process of obtaining from the Regulatory Authority the necessary authorization (expected by End of January 2016) as required for the operation of the national backbone assets; 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, 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 Lawshave been approved by the parliament on December ; the two other Information Society Laws are expected to be approved by June Fourth, there was also significant progress on the counterpart funds (legal covenant). The 2013, 2014, 2015 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 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, 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 15% disbursement rate at the end of October 2015, disbursements are behind forecast due to delays in launching the bidding process for the national backbone. There are 18 disbursement conditions (5 for the WB and 13 for the EIB). As of October 2015, 2 of the 5 WB conditions and 6 of the 13 EIB conditions have been met. A follow up mission in Mauritania is planned in February/March 2016 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 prepare the upcoming mid-term review. The Project Development Objective Indicators and the Intermediate Results Indicators have been updated with the data as of June 30, TOGO: The Project implementation has encountered delays at the beginning due to fiduciary difficulties, as two major studies planned in the Project («Feasibility study and implementation support to set up the carrier hotel» and «Setting up PPP framework for SPV and support for bandwidth purchase») started with significant delays (respectively in March 2015 and May 2015). Nevertheless, these studies should be completed by end of Q2 2016, which will open to way to the construction of the carrier hotel financed by the Project, provided that legal covenants of the Project are complied with, namely (i) the establishment of a Carrier Hotel and the Internet Exchange Point to be operated with due diligence and efficiency and to be managed in a manner suitable to ensure services are delivered according to Open Access principles and (ii) the conclusion of a contractual agreement ( Main Contractual Agreement ) with the SPV to finance the Carrier Hotel and Internet Exchange Point. Several studies considered as priority for the Ministry are currently in the procurement stage, related to the creation of the national IT agency ('agence informatique de l'etat'), the design of the national digital planning ('aménagement numérique du territoire'), and the design of ICT-related training and education programs. The procurement process for the recruitment of the environmental & social Specialist and the firm in charge of the environmental & social study is also under way. Finally, the recruitment of experts (regulatory, strategy, economics) to support the work of the Ministry of ICT is making progress. With a well-established PIU and several procurement processes engaged, the project implementation should speed up considerably. The Government and the World Bank will continue to work closely in the coming months to accelerate the completion of the establishment of the neutral Carrier Hotel and the Internet Exchange Point, and to launch the above-mentioned procurement processes. 1/31/2016 Page 2 of 11

3 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 Environment and Social -- Substantial Substantial Stakeholders -- High High Other Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value MAURITANIA: In Mauritania, there was a Regulator decision in June 2013 (included) not to count inactive sims anymore. 1/31/2016 Page 3 of 11

4 Mauritania - Volume of international traffic: International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) per person - Kbits per second per person (Text, Custom) Value 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. Mauritania -Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe - Amount (USD) per monthper 2 Mbps (Amount(USD), Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Dec Dec-2017 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). The team is working with the PIU to obtain the official average monthly price charged by IMT for a STM1 since june Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value /31/2016 Page 4 of 11

5 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 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value 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. Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value Togo - Volume of international traffic International Communications (Internet, Telecoms, and Data) bandwidth per person - Kbits persecond per person (Number, Custom) Value The baseline data appears now incorrect, and might therefore be subsequently revised (as well as the end target). The Bank's team will further investigate this issue with the M&E specialist. 1/31/2016 Page 5 of 11

6 Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value Togo - Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe - Amount (USD) per month 2 Mbps (Amount(USD), Custom) Value Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Jun Dec-2017 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) 1/31/2016 Page 6 of 11

7 Value Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Core) Value Mauritania: this indicator is the average price of the three operators. Mauritania - Average cost of mobile call (three minutes, local, peak) - USD/3mn (Amount(USD), Custom) Value Mauritania: this indicator is the average price (charged to the consumer) of the three operators. 1/31/2016 Page 7 of 11

8 Mauritania - Number of localities with broadband Internet access (256 Kbps) (Number, Custom) Value Mauritania - Number of operators and ISPs buying capacity from the infrastructure deployed (Number, Custom) Value Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. Mauritania - Cross-border interconnections built (Number, Custom) Value Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. Length of Fiber Optic Network Built (km) (Kilometers, Core) Value /31/2016 Page 8 of 11

9 Mauritania: Infrastructure is not yet built. Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Core) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Jun Dec-2017 Mauritania: the value of this indicator is only referred in December of each year. As a result there is no value for june Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Core) Value 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) Value /31/2016 Page 9 of 11

10 Togo - Increase of number of players in the sector (Number, Custom) Value Togo - Additional Cross-border interconnections built (Number, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Jun Dec-2017 Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Core) Value Date 31-Dec Jun Jun Dec-2017 Overall Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IDA Effective XDR % P IDA Effective XDR % Key Dates (by loan) 1/31/2016 Page 10 of 11

11 Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IDA Effective 30-May Nov Mar Nov Nov-2018 P IDA Effective 30-May Jun Dec Nov Nov-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/31/2016 Page 11 of 11