Rwanda: Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project (Digital Investment for Recovery, Resilience and Connectivity)

approved

The Project is a major national, multi-sector, whole-of-government digital-acceleration initiative centered on: expanding digital adoption and access, by promoting digital access opportunities through last- mile connectivity, affordable smart devices, and broad-based digital skills acquisition; enhancing digital public service capabilities (particularly in health and education sector) and productivity, by strengthening the national ID system, equipping the government with the ability to deliver securely more quality data-driven solutions, and enabling transactional e-services in key sectors; and increasing Rwanda's capacity to support digitally enabled innovation and productivity-gains, by strengthening the local digital innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, supporting tech firms to move from startups to growth and by developing Rwanda's digital human capital. The project will finance the following components: Component 1: Digital Access and Inclusion (USD60.5 million) Component 2: Digital Public Service Delivery (USD100.0 million) Component 3: Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship (USD29.5 million) Component 4: Project Implementation and Institutional Coordination (USD10.0 million)