Bank of China provides CFA 42.7 billion loan for Armed Services Integrated Information System Establishment Project (Linked to Project ID#97788)

On September 11, 2018, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire signed a CFA 42,754,805,764.67 buyer’s credit loan agreement with Bank of China for the Armed Services Integrated Information System Establishment Project (as captured via Project ID#97787). Then, on March 6, 2019, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire signed a CFA 7,018,739,900 buyer’s credit loan agreement with Bank of China for the Armed Services Integrated Information System Establishment Project (as captured via Project ID#97788). The borrowing terms of the Bank of China loans are unknown. However, it is known that the borrower was expected to use the proceeds of the CFA 42,754,805,764.67 loan to finance 85% of the cost of a commercial contract with an unspecified Chinese contractor. It is also known that the borrower was expected to use the proceeds of the CFA 7,018,739,900 loan to finance 15% of the cost of the same commercial contract. The CFA 42,754,805,764.67 loan achieved a 98% disbursement rate (CFA 42,077,004,262 out of CFA 42,754,805,764.67). 6 disbursements took place between 2019 and 2020: a CFA 9,568,049,781 disbursement on June 30, 2019, a CFA 15,478,003,812 disbursement on October 31, 2019, a CFA 10,938,194,160 disbursement on January 31, 2020, a CFA 3,896,402,757 disbursement on March 31, 2020, a CFA 827,825,441 disbursement on May 31, 2020, and a CFA 1,368,528,311 disbursement on August 31, 2020. The CFA 7,018,739,900 loan fully disbursed on April 30, 2019. According to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s Aid Management Platform (PGFE), the project was completed on December 31, 2020.

Additional details

1. The French project title is Projet de mise en place d'un système d’information intégré pour les forces armées de Côte d’Ivoire_85%. 2. The project identification number in the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s Aid Management Platform (PGFE) for the September 11, 2018 loan is 1120071329398. The project identification number in the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s Aid Management Platform (PGFE) for the March 6, 2019 loan is 1120071331057.

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