Congo - Central Africa Backbone (CAB) Project - Congo Component

The Congo Component for the Central Africa Backbone (CAB) Project is initiated for the establishment of 550 kilometres of optical fibre cables on the interconnection links with Cameroon and the CAR and the establishment of a national data centre (Datacentre). The project also envisages the implementation of a number of ICT applications and services (Emergency Warning System, ePost, etc.), and an institutional support concerning, among others, feasibility studies for the preparation of the next phase of the project, support to the Posts and Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (ARPCE) and the Congolese Information and Communications Technology Agency (ACTIC), support to the Congolese National Institute for the Blind (INAC), the Brazzaville Institute for Young Deaf People (IJSB) and Marien Ngouabi University (UMNG), and support for women’s empowerment, the promotion of vocational training and the development of indigenous people. In addition to its regional focus, the project aims to complete the missing links in the national optical fibre backbone. It should help to extend the national optical fibre network coverage in this region and to Congo’s borders with Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR). The project cost net of taxes and customs duties amounts to EUR 66.555 million (UA 52.406 million). It includes the following main components: A) Optical Fibre Infrastructure; B) ICT Applications and Services; C) Institutional Support and Capacity Building; and D) Project Management.