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Overview

China funds Satellite Television project for 500 villages in Cote d'Ivoire (Linked to Umbrella Record ID#57618)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Cote d'IvoireDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Cote d'IvoireSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 15, 2018
Start (actual)
Oct 24, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The installation of the Satellite Television occurred in more than 500 villages in across Cote d'Ivoire, beginning in the capital, Abidjan. Locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/192779

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 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • StarTimes

Loan desecription

China funds Satellite Television project for 500 villages in Cote d'Ivoire (Linked to Umbrella Record ID#57618)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2015, during the Johannesburg Summit for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), President Xi Jinping announced the "Access to satellite TV in 10,000 African villages" project (万村通卫星数字电视项目). StarTimes (四达时代) is implementing the project in rural regions of 25 different African countries (Umbrella Record ID#57618), including Cote d'Ivoire, and it is all paid for by the Chinese Government in the form of free assistance. On June 15, 2018, the Chinese Ambassador and Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs signed an exchange of letters committing to carry out this project for 500 villages in Cote d'Ivoire. StarTimes will install necessary infrastructure for digital terrestrial television including satellite dishes, home decoders, 1,000 sets of solar-powered projection TV systems, 500 sets of digital TV all-in-one terminals, 10,000 sets of set-top boxes, and satellite reception systems for 500 villages nationwide. The project was officially launched on October 24, 2019, in Abidjan. As of October 2021, many villages in the country are covered by the project. The project seems to still be in implementation stage.

Staff comments

As of November 2021, many villages in the country are covered by the project. However, it is not indicated that the project has finished. Therefore, it is assumed that it is still being implemented, as the Chinese crew has encountered many difficulties to travel through isolated villages.