AFCRI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo

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The objective of the Third Adaptable Program Loan (APL3) for the Central African Backbone(CAB) Project is contribute to increase geographical reach and usage of regional broadband network services and reduce their prices, in the Republic of Congo. There are four components to the project. The first component is enabling environment at the regional and national levels. This component will include technical assistance to strengthen the regulatory framework and capacity of key stakeholders to provide policy and regulatory capacity building, technical assistance to promote open access regime and Public Private Partnership (PPP), technical assistance to design a strategic plan for Congo telecom, and technical assistance to design management policy; the second component is connectivity. This component will include CAB related environmental and resettlements consultancies, the financing of three interregional links to neighboring countries, the financing of the establishment of Internet Exchange Points (IXP) to minimize rerouting of domestic internet traffic via international routes; the third component is promotion of ICT sector. This component will build Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and create new business opportunities for local ICT firms; and the fourth component is project management.

FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies

World Bank Group

Project

Broadband, Forest Products and Packaging, Telecommunications, Commercial, Government, Automotive