Overview

China Eximbank provides RMB 230 million government concessional loan for Data Center and Shared Infrastructure of Electronic Government Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$39,513,831

Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•MozambiqueDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MozambiqueSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 5, 2012

End (actual): Dec 21, 2015

First repayment (originally scheduled): Mar 21, 2020

Last repayment (originally scheduled): Sep 21, 2032

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The purpose of the project is to provide RMB 230 million government concessional loan for Data Center and Shared Infrastructure of Electronic Government Project. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/248008832

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Policy Banks

Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Mozambique

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Loan description

China Eximbank provides RMB 230 million government concessional loan for Data Center and Shared Infrastructure of Electronic Government Project

Grace period•7 yearsInterest type•UnknownMaturity•20 years

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 5, 2012, the Government of Mozambique signed an RMB 230 million ($35 million) government concessional loan agreement with China Eximbank for the Data Center and Shared Infrastructure of Electronic Government Project. The loan carries a 20 year maturity, a 7 year grace period, and an unknown interest rate. Its first scheduled principal payment date is March 21, 2020 and its last scheduled principal payment (maturity) date was November 21, 2032. The loan's (principal) amount outstanding was $24,596,304 as of December 31, 2022. The purpose of the project was to build a data center and rollout an e-government project. Huawei was responsible for project implementation. By December 21, 2015, it completed the construction of Mozambique's National Data Center, located in the capital Maputo. A ceremony was held on the same day, attended by officials such as Chinese Ambassador Su Jian and Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário of Mozambique. The progress of the electronic government project component is unknown.