COVID-19 DIGITAL AFRICA LOAN ENVELOPE

approved

The envelope aims at accelerating the deployment of digital infrastructure and solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, in particular the ones now being used to build resilience in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The envelope aims at financing operators of telecom infrastructures (international connectivity, backbones, access networks, cores, datacentres and the modernisation of energy supply infrastructure of cellular tower sites). The envelope also aims at financing service companies offering digital solutions, which could notably include the research and development (R&D) and the implementation of IT systems in the field of mobile services, digitalisation, process optimisation, business model evolution, regulatory requirements, risk management and cyber-security protection.