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China pledges to build a Big Data Center (linked to Record ID#66607, #57301)

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jul 28, 2016

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Burundi

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC)
  • Shanghai Textile Raw Materials Corporation

Loan desecription

China pledges to build a Big Data Center (linked to Record ID#66607, #57301)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On July 28, 2016, during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing, China pledged to build a Big Data Center, as one of the ICT infrastructure engagement. The construction has not begun and no funding information is found. The project was agreed to under an ETCA (Record ID#66607). This project is also linked to Record ID#57301 which was agreed to under the same ETCA. The Burundi government reports "The Society of Raw Materials of Textile of SHANGHAI" as an implementor.