Project ID: 52236

ZTE funds construction of Equatorial Guinea’s first communications training institute in Oyala

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

ZTE Corporation [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Equatorial Guinea

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

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

2015-01-01

Actual complete

2015-08-02

Geography

Description

In 2013, at the request of the government of Equatorial Guinea, ZTE Corporation and Xidian University began an educational cooperation project with the country, including providing an overall construction plan for ITC training schools for Equatorial Guinea and establishing a communication training school. On August 2, 2015, the Chinese Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation (ZTE) completed the construction of Oyala Communications Training Institute in Equatorial Guinea. This Oyala institute is the first communications institute to be both funded and constructed by ZTE. It serves to provide comprehensive training for the Equatorial Guineans alongside cutting edge media technologies imported from China, and in turn promoting the development of ICT-based smart education. The completion ceremony was attended by Mr. Gao Linfeng, ZTE's National Representative in Equatorial Guinea; as well as the Equatorial Guinea Minister of Transportation Technology Post and Telecommunications, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure The Minister of Trade and Enterprise Promotion, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, the Minister of Agriculture and Forests, the Minister of Public Functions and Administration Reform, the President of the Constitutional Court

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Equatorial Guinea [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

ZTE Corporation [State-owned Company]

Xidian University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]