Chinese government grants 800,000 USD for the 800 Villages Digital Television Project (linked to #57618)
Commitment amount
$ 871879.7983029414
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 871879.8
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Kenya
Sector
Communications (Code: 220)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
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 (Project #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.
Additional details
Number of official sources
5
Number of total sources
12
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Kenya [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
StarTimes [Private Sector]
China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) [Government Agency]