Project ID: 19626

China Eximbank provides a $25 million USD loan for the E-Government Network Project

Commitment amount

$ 34818173.39490601

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 34818173.39

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) [State-owned Policy Bank]

Recipient

Togo

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Loan

Level of public liability

Central government debt

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2010-01-01

Actual start

2014-06-18

Actual complete

2017-04-24

Description

In July 2010, the Government of Togo announced that it secured a $25 million loan USD (CFA 15 billion francs) from the Export-Import Bank of China for the E-Government Network Project. On November 11, 2010, Togolese authorities signed, but not ratify the China Eximbank loan because they had learned that the loan’s financing terms narrowly failed to meet the concessionality requirements under the International Monetary Fund's Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported program. The Togolese authorities postponed ratification of the loan agreement until the loan’s terms were renegotiated to be consistent with the minimum level of concessionality. The loan was eventually ratified, and carried the following terms: a maturity of 20 years, a grace period of 5 years, and an interest rate of 2%. In 2015, $13,884,880 USD of the proceeds from this loan were disbursed, and in 2016, $4,215,852 of the proceeds were disbursed. The project sought to link 287 public and private institutions — including government ministries and agencies, banks, insurance companies, schools and hospitals — and 560 buildings total through the creation of a 250 km fiber optic network. The network primarily sought to link institutions in the city of Lomé (and its surrounding areas) and Kara and provide them with access to high-speed internet. The project sought to provide government administration with high-speed internet access, improve the flow of information between administrative services and between users and servies, optimize administrative procedures and procedures, and provide state officials with a modern digital environment. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. Huawei worked under Togo’s Ministry of Posts and the Digital Economy, and provided the optical fiber, equipment, and training necessary for the project. Phase 1 of the project was launched on June 18, 2014. The official launch ceremony was on March 10, 2015. The project was officially completed on April 24, 2017 with the Phase 1 inauguration ceremony, which was attended by the President of Togo Faure Gnassingbé and the Chinese Ambassador to Togo Liu Yuxi.

Additional details

1. The French project title is Le projet E-gouvernement. The Chinese project title is 多哥电子政务网项目. 2. The database of Chinese loan commitments that SAIS-CARI released in July 2020 identified this project as having reached the implementation stage but not the completion stage. AidData coded this project as having reached the completion stage since a Phase 1 completion ceremony was held on April 24, 2017.

Number of official sources

28

Number of total sources

34

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Togo [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Togo Ministry of Posts and Digital Economy [Government Agency]

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. [Private Sector]

Loan Details

Maturity

20 years

Interest rate

2.0%

Grace period

5 years

Grant element (OECD Grant-Equiv)

48.97%

Bilateral loan

Investment project loan