Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA Africa Global Information/Communications Technology Global Practice IBRD/IDA Adaptable Program Loan FY 2009 Seq No: 10 ARCHIVED on 08-Jan-2015 ISR17942 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Science and Technology, Malawi Privatization Commission, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:25-jun-2009 Planned Mid Term Review Date:02-Apr-2012 Original Closing Date:28-Feb-2015 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:14-Oct-2009 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:22-Jun-2012 Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2016 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Project development objectives for RCIP 3 include the following: Malawi: Support the Recipient#s efforts to improve the quality, availability and affordability of broadband within its territory for both public and private users Mozambique: Support the Recipient'sefforts to contribute to lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks and to contribute to improved efficiency and transparency through egovernment applications. Tanzania: Support the Recipient's efforts to: (i) lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks; and (ii) improve the Government's efficiency and transparency through egovernment applications. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name MALAWI - Enabling Environment Component 1: Enabling Environment (including M&E capacity Building):(Cost $2.00 M) MALAWI - Connectivity Component 2: Connectivity:(Cost $14.50 M) MALAWI - Project Management Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.00 M) MOZAMBIQUE - Technical assistance Component 1: Enabling Environment (Including M&E capacity Building):(Cost $3.23 M) MOZAMBIQUE - Connectivity Component 2: Connectivity:(Cost $14.60 M) 1/8/2015 Page 1 of 18
MOZAMBIQUE - egovernment Component 3: egovernment:(cost $10.40 M) MOZAMBIQUE - Project management Component 4: Project Management Support:(Cost $2.34 M) TANZANIA - Enabling Environment Component 1: Enabling Environment:(Cost $14.00 M) TANZANIA - Connectivity Component 2: Connectivity:(Cost $60.00 M) TANZANIA - egovernment Applications Component 3: egovernment Applications:(Cost $22.00 M) TANZANIA - Project Management Support Component 4: Project Management Support:(Cost $4.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Please note this is a duplicate ISR to the one filed in December 2014. It is being processed again to allow separate restructurings for Mozambique and Tanzania to be processed in the interim period. his ISR covers the period from May 2014 to November 2014 for Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Malawi Implementation Status: The project shows steady progress with some components approaching 100% completion. The total disbursement rate has risen to 56% from 43% at the time of the previous ISR, with a total commitment rate of 94%. Key Achievements to Date: Some notable achievements include completion of both the Public Sector ICT Policy and National ICT Policy. The revised Communications Act and e-legislation bills have been drafted and are expected to be presented to parliament for consideration in the next session. The last mile connectivity initiative has provided internet connectivity and ICT equipment to 145 governmental and educational establishments under Phases I, II and III, exceeding the target of 100. The capacity building activities have provided support to five institutions, including the PPP Commission, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPE), Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture (MoITC), the e-government Department and the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA). Almost all the planned activities under this component have been carried out. The main component of the RCIPMW project, which represents approximately 50% of the project funds, is the provision of a competitive international capacity link to Malawi under a PPP arrangement. There have been delays in the implementation schedule by the contractor which have now been resolved. Works are now underway, with a revised implementation timeline for completion of the western link to Zambia and establishment of the Virtual Landing Point (VLP) in Lilongwe by mid-may 2015 and the Northern/Eastern link through Tanzania by October 2015. Mozambique Implementation Status: Project implementation has accelerated, though remains behind schedule to reach completion of all activities by the current closing date of February 28, 2015. 76% of project funds are currently committed under signed contracts, a significant rise from 60% as of the August 2014. A restructuring and extension request is under preparation for WB consideration. Key Achievements to Date: Increased Sector Competitiveness and Access through award of the third mobile license and regulatory reform/strengthening: Movitel has launched commercial service which has had a significant impact on availability of services, with a strong rural focus, extensive fiber rollout, 1/8/2015 Page 2 of 18
and connection of thousands of schools to the Internet, free of charge. With the operation of Movitel, Mozambique has witnessed a significant impact on cost and quality of telecommunications services provided by mobile operators, including Internet. The project has supported the government in the development of regulatory tools for licensing and cost modeling of telecommunications services in Mozambique already in use, as well as with the development of a new telecommunications strategy and updated legislation for the telecommunications sector (pending parliamentary approval). Increasing Broadband Capacity for Governments and Institutions: Through the purchase of three STM 1s (155 Mbps each), the project has doubled the Government Electronic Network (GovNet) capacity to 310 Mbps and provided 310 Mbps international capacity to the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet), that currently interconnects 13 research and education institutions in Maputo. 25 Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) have been implemented throughout the country with the support of the project: 50 CMCs have been connected to the Internet with bandwidth varying between 1.5 and 2 Mbps for download and 512 Kbps for upload. The Internet connections provided to the CMCs has benefitted from the extensive fiber rollout to all provinces and pricing reductions resulting from launch of the third mobile operator and increased competition. Improved Government Efficiency and Support for Services Applications: The project has purchased 6,000 licenses of Microsoft products for government desktops and servers, utilizing a new approach which achieved significant costs savings. The project has also purchased IT and telecommunication equipment which allowed the extension of GovNet to an additional 25 districts thus extending coverage to a total of 322 government institutions at central, provincial and district levels and has financed the increase of the storage capacity of the INTIC Data Center. The project has also purchased IT equipment for the Integrated Platform for the Provision of egovernment Services to the Citizen (ebau). The project is also supporting the deployment of the Land Information Management System in six provinces (Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala, Manica and Tete) by purchasing IT equipment and providing technical assistance and capacity building. As a result of this support, significant improvement has been achieved in the digitization of the DUAT applications and the land information data base. Tanzania Implementation Status: Project implementation progress has improved since the last ISR but remains significantly behind schedule. The disbursement rate improved from 16% to 21.5% (US$21.5 million) from but remains low after 5 years of implementation. The disbursement rate is expected to improve in the next 6 months due to the recent signing of several large contracts including the first set of contracts for the implementation of the Government Networkand second phase of the universal access program. A restructuring and extension request is under preparation for WB consideration. Key Achievements to Date: Improving government efficiency: 1. Procured bulk international Internet bandwidth for 10 years which is being distributed to Government institutions. These institutions have now gained centrally procured and managed Internet access at low cost. 2. Launched implementation of the Government Network. By mid-2015, over 70 Government MDAs will be connected using high-speed data connection. 3. The results of capacity building activities started showing the results with more planned for the next year. 4. Work on enabling environment, which includes consultancies on standards and guidelines, e-records and digitalization of government archives are about to start with contracts already in final stages. Improving and lowering the cost of internet connectivity, including in rural areas: 5. Contributed to the successful implementation of the National ICT Broadband Backbone financed by the Government of China (about US$200 million) through financing part of the supervision cost on the Government's side. The backbone is successfully implemented, all telecommunications operators have open access to it, and internet connectivity prices have dropped by over 90% (both wholesale and retail). 6. The implementation of the first phase of the universal access program financed by the project has resulted in over 50 unserved or under-served wards in rural Tanzania gaining access to mobile telephony services. The second phase contract for the provision of services in additional 33 wards has been signed with implementation expected to be completed by the end of February, 2015 (with final payments due 9 months after completion and technical audit by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Improving service delivery: 7. Nine mobile based e-service identified through a government wide prioritization exercise are being launched in 2014-2015. The services include mobile based access to school test results and university admission decisions, mobile and Internet based employment/ recruitment application for Government jobs, voting information application, and a service to deliver timely and accurate weather information via mobile; and 8. Preparatory work is well advanced for all e-government applications, including for e-procurement, business portal, birth registration and telemedicine 1/8/2015 Page 3 of 18
Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- -- Moderate Macroeconomic -- -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- -- Substantial 1/8/2015 Page 4 of 18
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- -- Moderate Fiduciary -- -- Moderate Environment and Social -- -- Low Stakeholders -- -- Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- -- Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators MALAWI: International Internet Bandwidth (Mbps) (Number, Custom) Value 180.00 4157.00 4157.00 400.00 MALAWI: Internet user penetration (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.70 5.94 5.94 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 28-Feb-2015 MALAWI: Price of wholesale international E1 capacity link (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 21230.00 2240.00 2240.00 10000.00 MOZAMBIQUE: Volume of International traffic: International Internet bandwidth (Mbps) (Number, Custom) 1/8/2015 Page 5 of 18
Value 1687.40 5725.00 5725.00 2500.00 MOZAMBIQUE: Internet user penetration (as percentage of total population) (Percentage, Custom) Value 1.00 7.40 7.40 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2013 31-Aug-2013 28-Feb-2015 MOZAMBIQUE: Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 9000.00 2040.00 2040.00 500.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2013 31-Aug-2013 28-Feb-2015 MOZAMBIQUE: Volume of yearly electronic records/events processed with the egovernment applications (using Lands and Civil Registration systems) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 2498.00 2498.00 25000.00 TANZANIA: Internatinal Internet bandwidth (Mbps) (Number, Custom) Value 302.00 5279.00 5279.00 3000.00 1/8/2015 Page 6 of 18
TANZANIA: Internet user penetration (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.98 21.00 21.00 7.00 TANZANIA: Price of wholesale international E1 capacity link (US$/month) (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 10000.00 2135.00 2135.00 1000.00 TANZANIA: Volume of electronic records/events processed with egovernment applications (yearly) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 3000000.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2016 Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value 11.56 46.00 46.00 -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value 29.48 56.00 56.00 35.00 1/8/2015 Page 7 of 18
Date 01-Jan-2009 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value 32.00 64.00 64.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2016 Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value 0.05 5.40 5.40 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2013 31-Aug-2013 31-Dec-2016 Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Value 0.01 3.70 3.70 7.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2012 30-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2016 User Perception of Quality of Public Services (%) (Percentage, Core) Value 0.00 -- -- 50.00 Date 01-Jan-2009 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2016 1/8/2015 Page 8 of 18
User Perception of Quality of Public Services (%) (Percentage, Core) Value 0.00 -- -- 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2016 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value 0.00 -- -- -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value 0.00 -- -- -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value 0.00 221666.00 221666.00 -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value 0.00 97533.04 97533.04 -- 1/8/2015 Page 9 of 18
Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2016 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 -- Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators MALAWI: Component 1 -Average price of mobile calls (US$ per minute) (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 0.20 0.13 0.13 0.15 1/8/2015 Page 10 of 18
MALAWI: Component 2 - Number of market players accessing on submarine cables (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 6.00 MALAWI: Component 2 - Retail price of Internet Access (US$ per month) (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 120.00 280.00 280.00 50.00 MALAWI: Component 2 - Number of operational ISPs (Number, Custom) Value 12.00 21.00 21.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 28-Feb-2015 MALAWI: Component 2 - Number of public Internet Access Points (e.g. internet cafes, PIAPs) (Number, Custom) Value 400.00 59.00 59.00 800.00 1/8/2015 Page 11 of 18
MOZAMBIQUE: Component 1 - Number of operational telecommunications service providers (fixed, mobile + ISPs) (Text, Custom) Value 3+4 4 + 23 4 + 23 5+8 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 1 - Monthly price of E1 dedicated line for 500km (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 12000.00 1080.00 1080.00 1000.00 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 1 - Price of broadband Internet Access (1Mbps, monthly, US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 140.00 90.00 90.00 30.00 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 2 - Volume of traffic going through IXP: Maximum annual bandwidth (Mbps) (Number, Custom) Value 2.80 200.00 200.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2013 1/8/2015 Page 12 of 18
MOZAMBIQUE: Component 2 - number of universities campuses and research institutions with access to broadband (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 13.00 13.00 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2013 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 2 - Number of CMCs with Internet Access (Number, Custom) Value 3.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2013 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 2 - Number of GovNet POPs (Number, Custom) Value 143.00 410.00 410.00 400.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2013 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 3 - % of ministries adhering to established standards for ICT (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 65.00 65.00 40.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2013 31-Aug-2013 31-Dec-2013 1/8/2015 Page 13 of 18
MOZAMBIQUE: Component 3 - Number of sectoral egovernment applications using the Enterprise Service Bus (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 31-Aug-2014 31-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2013 MOZAMBIQUE: Component 3 - Establishment of an Integrated CIvil Registry system (Text, Custom) Value No system in place -- -- 50% of citizens records entered into system TANZANIA: Component 1 - Average per minute cost of national mobile call (TSh) (Text, Custom) Value 276 202 202 180 TANZANIA: Component 1 - Average monthly price of Internet access (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 100.00 27.00 27.00 50.00 1/8/2015 Page 14 of 18
TANZANIA: Component 1 - Annual investments in the ICT sector (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 200000000.00 -- -- 400000000.00 TANZANIA: Component 2 - Coverage of mobile networks (% of population) (Percentage, Custom) Value 65.00 89.00 89.00 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2007 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 28-Feb-2015 TANZANIA: Component 2 - Number of Government institutions connected to Government network (GovNet) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 10.00 10.00 22.00 TANZANIA: Component 3 - Number of Ministries with operational egovernment applications (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 01-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 28-Feb-2015 1/8/2015 Page 15 of 18
TANZANIA: Component 3 - Ratio of walk-in requests for land records compared to electronic requests (Text, Custom) Value 100:0 100:0 100:0 70:30 TANZANIA: Component 3 - Number of patients served by telemedecine system (including ediagnosis, eradiology, and econsultations) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1500.00 TANZANIA: Component 3 - Number of sites connected to the Vital Registrations System (Number, Custom) Value 5.00 15.00 15.00 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2013 TANZANIA: Component 3 - Number of hits on the Business Portal websites (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2000.00 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance 1/8/2015 Page 16 of 18
Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P111432 IDA-46010 Effective XDR 20.90 20.90 0.00 14.14 6.76 68% P111432 IDA-46020 Effective XDR 13.50 13.50 0.00 8.11 5.39 60% P111432 IDA-46140 Effective XDR 67.00 67.00 0.00 15.52 51.48 23% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P111432 IDA-46010 Effective 25-Jun-2009 17-Jul-2009 29-Jan-2010 28-Feb-2015 28-Feb-2015 P111432 IDA-46020 Effective 25-Jun-2009 17-Jul-2009 14-Oct-2009 28-Feb-2015 30-Jun-2016 P111432 IDA-46140 Effective 25-Jun-2009 22-Jul-2009 19-Jan-2010 28-Feb-2015 28-Feb-2015 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level Approved on 19-Aug-2010,Level 2 Approved on 20-Nov-2013,Level 2 Approved on 05-Jan-2015 1/8/2015 Page 17 of 18
Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/8/2015 Page 18 of 18