Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) AFRICA | Gabon | Transport & ICT Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Adaptable Program Loan | FY 2012 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 29-Apr-2016 | ISR22575 | Implementing Agencies: CN-TIPPEE Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:28-Mar-2012 Effectiveness Date:06-Mar-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:31-Oct-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:30-Jan-2015 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the project is consistent with the PDO for the CAB Program: To contribute to increasegeographicalreach and usage of regional broadband network services and reduce their prices in the territory of the Republic ofGabon. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1 - Enabling environment:(Cost $6.05 M) Component 2 - Connectivity:(Cost $48.50 M) Component 3 - Project Management:(Cost $3.45 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 4/29/2016 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) Implementation Status and Key Decisions NO CHANGE. This ISR (sequence 9) is based on a supervision mission conducted in Gabon from September 14 till 25, 2015. Major milestones in project implementation have been achieved since the September 2015 mission, and disbursement rate increased from 18% at the end of May 2015 to 46% at the beginning of January 2016. The private wholesale operator (Axione of France) has been duly created, registered and made operational and has obtained the license to operate in Gabon ; five commercial contracts with local telecoms operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been signed as of early January 2016 for the international connectivity on the ACE submarine cable as well as for the national submarine cable between Libreville and Port-Gentil (financed by counterpart funding). Following the notification on November 23, 2015 that the disbursement conditions for the international ACE connectivity were lifted, an immediate disbursement was made to refinance $5.64 million ; as indicated during the Mid Term Review mission, the Gabonese authorities used this refinancing to make available early January 2016 the full counterpart funding on the Project Implementation Unit project account. Works - passive infrastructure of the national backbone are progressing on several fronts simultaneously to burry the PVC ducts and build the technical centers. The Bank is closely monitoring safeguards compliance. Bids for the active equipment required to carry traffic over the passive infrastructure of the national backbone are expected by early March 2016. The Internet Exchange Point (GabIXP), which is operational since December 2014, was selected in July 2015 by the African Union (AU) to become the first of the two Regional IXPs for Central Africa. Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding on the CAB4(Gabon)-CAB3(Congo) cross border fiber interconnection signed on February 6, 2014 in Brazzaville, bidding documents for the backbone works under CAB4 and under CAB3 have been made consistent with each other to ensure that the fibers to be built in Gabon and in Congo will effectively connect in Lekoko (border Gabon-Congo) and the teams in Gabon and Congo are progressing towards this objective at comparable pace. Finally technical assistances to define a national broadband stimulation strategy and to revise the basic telecoms Law and the 2nd generation ICT laws are expected to be launched early February 2016. Results were updated with data as of end of June 2015, because data as of end of December 2015 are not yet available. 4/29/2016 Page 2 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) 4/29/2016 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  Moderate  Moderate Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  International Internet Bandwidth (Bits per second per person) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4620.00 13141.00 13141.00 14712.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 14.00 59.00 59.00 28.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 4/29/2016 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 147.00 160.00 160.00 125.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (US$/ month/2Mbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10500.00 5000.00 5000.00 500.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1545255.00 1672634.00 1672634.00 1740208.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 4/29/2016 Page 5 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) PHINDIRITBL  Impact on Telecom sector of World Bank Technical Assistance (composite score: 1- low impact to 5-high impact) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.60 1.60 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Average cost of mobile call (three minutes, local, peak) (US$/3 min) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.71 0.50 0.50 0.20 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Retail Price of Internet Services (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 218.00 139.00 139.00 80.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of operators and ISPs buying capacity from the regional infrastructure deployed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 4/29/2016 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) PHINDIRITBL  International Communications (Internet, Telecoms and Data) bandwidth (Gbit/s) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.20 6.60 6.60 4.90 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 -- PHINDIRITBL  Length of Fiber Optic Network Built (km) (Kilometers, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1140.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Increased access to ICT services: Number of localities with broadband Internet access (256Kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 13.00 13.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2016 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P122776 IBRD-81500 Effective USD 58.00 58.00 0.00 29.81 28.19 51% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P122776 IBRD-81500 Effective 28-Mar-2012 21-May-2012 06-Mar-2013 31-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2016 4/29/2016 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon (P122776) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P158299-Additional Financing CAB4 4/29/2016 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy