Regional Communications Infrastructure Program 3 (RCIP3) Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi—PID

Description

The Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (RCIP) is a World Bank Group regional
instrument aimed at catalyzing private sector investment to improve connectivity in East & Southern Africa (E&SA). The RCIP has been designed as a 10-year horizontal APL regional IDA operation to (a) accelerate the roll-out of the regional and national backhaul, and backbone infrastructure1 to extend the reach of submarine cables’ traffic to consumers in the East and Southern Africa region (b)finance capacity purchase schemes for Government use and that of targeted users (schools, universities, hospitals, etc) and (c) finance related activities such as eGovernment and ICT in rural areas.

Publication date

2008

Document type

Report

Language(s)

English

Website

www.worldbank.org

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