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Chinese Government provides grant for Access to Satellite Television in 500 Malagasy Villages Project

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MadagascarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MadagascarSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 19, 2017
End (actual)
Sep 12, 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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Madagascar

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • StarTimes

Loan description

Chinese Government provides grant for Access to Satellite Television in 500 Malagasy Villages Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 19, 2017, representatives of the Chinese and Malagasy governments signed letters of exchange related to a grant for the Access to Satellite Television in 500 Malagasy Villages Project. This is the "Wancuntong" project, that would bring satellite television to the Mabai village. The financial value of this grant commitment is unknown. The project involves the provision of “kits” — consisting of a solar-powered digital flat screen TV and a decoder — to 500 remote villages in Madagascar. Startimes was the contractor responsible for project implementation, and this project was reportedly completed in 2019. The December 2017 ceremony also included the signing of an Economic and Technical Cooperation agreement (recorded in Record ID#60985), but it is unclear if the projects are connected. This project is also known as the Wancuntong Project. The Chinese project title is “万村通”项目. The French project title is Le projet d’accès à la télévision par satellite dans 500 villages or le Projet d'accès à la télévision par satellite dans 500 villages malgaches or Acces a la TV satellite pour 10,000 villages africains.