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Overview

Chinese government grants 800,000 USD for the 800 Villages Digital Television Project (Linked to Record ID#57618)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$805,037
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Jun 7, 2018
End (actual)
Dec 20, 2019

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 Kenya

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)

Private Sector

  • StarTimes

Loan description

Chinese government grants 800,000 USD for the 800 Villages Digital Television Project (Linked to Record ID#57618)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 7, 2018, Kenya launched the 800 Villages Digital Television Project at Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi, funded by a $800,000 USD grant from the Chinese government and implemented by StarTimes Kenya, the Kenyan subsidiary of a Chinese digital TV provider. Reportedly, half of the grant amount was used to purchase equipment and the rest for implementation. The project aimed to connect 16,000 households in 47 counties in Kenya with satellite television, and provided 2,400 public institutions with a satellite TV system and 32-inch television sets. This project is a regional implementation of an Africa-wide project "Access to Satellite TV for 10000 African villages" (known as "Wancuntong,"[万村通] in Chinese) an agreement signed during the Johannesburg Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in December 2015 (Record ID#57618). The project was completed on December 20, 2019. A completion ceremony was held the same day, and attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, Wu Peng.