Project ID: 88620

China finances Phase II satellite television program for more than 300 villages in Senegal in 2021 (Linked to Project ID#66560)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Senegal

Sector

Communications (Code: 220)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-10-01

Actual start

2021-10-21

Planned complete

2022-03-31

Description

In 2018, Senegal and China signed the exchange of letters for the installation and access to satellite television system in more than 300 villages in Senegal. This is part of the Access to Satellite TV in Ten Thousand African Villages Project committed by the Chinese government in 2015 (Project ID#57618). While Phase I of the project was completed in 2018 (Project ID#66560), Phase II started on October 21, 2021. The manager of StarTimes hopes they can finish implementation by March 2022. The goal is to provide access to another 300 villages in Senegal. Specifically, China seeks to install 300 solar TVs, 600 solar projectors, and 6000 solar digital media players.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Senegal [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

StarTimes [Private Sector]