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China Eximbank provides RMB 119 million government concessional loan for Phase 1 of E-Governance Project (Linked to Record ID#52933, #52934, #55898)

¥119M RMB

Funder	Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)
Recipient Organization	Government of Cabo Verde
Country	Cabo Verde
Start Date	Dec 09, 2008
End Date	Jun 06, 2030
Duration	7,849 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`55509`

Grant Description

China Eximbank provides RMB 119 million government concessional loan for Phase 1 of E-Governance Project On September 11, 2008, the Chinese Government and the Government of Cape Verde signed a concessional loan framework agreement for Phase 1 of the E-Governance Project.

Then, on December 9, 2008, China Eximbank and the Government of Cape Verde signed an RMB 119,000,000 government concessional loan (GCL) agreement for Phase 1 of E-Governance Project.

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountare unknown

Phase 1 involved the construction of a National Data Center in Praia, the construction of a data transfer network covering the entire nation, and the installation of 21 telepresence videoconferencing systems.

The project also involved the construction of a fiber-optic backbone network using dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) technology on six major islands to (b) upgrade the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) capacity from 622 MB to 20 GB and (B) provide broadband access service through the construction of worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) to achieve the network coverage across Cape Verde.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. A groundbreaking ceremony for the National Data Center (佛国家数据中心) in Praia took place on March 25, 2010. The rest of the project officially began in October 2010. Works ended in early 2014 but an opening ceremony was not held until July 29, 2015.

Beijing also provided a grant (captured in Record ID#52933) and a China Eximbank loan (captured in Record ID#52934) for Phase 2 of the E-Governance Project as well as an additional $5 million for a related Network Access Project (captured in Record ID#55898).

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Phase 1 of the National Data Center Project. The Chinese project title is 佛得角电子政务网项目 or 佛得角电子政务网一期项目. The Portuguese project title is Projeto e-GOV or Projecto de Governação Electrónica or Projeto de Governo Eletrônico or Projeto Infra-estrutura Tecnológica da Rede Electrónica do Estado.
In the database of Chinese loan commitments to African governments that SAIS-CARI released in 2020, it identifies the commitment year of the loan that supported this project as 2010. However, AidData records the loan commitment year as 2008 based on the precise loan signature date (December 9, 2008) reported to the Parliament of Cape Verde.
According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average maturity of all official sector lending from Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Cape Verde was 19.5424-years in 2008. AidData estimates the maturity of the China Eximbank loan that supported Phase 1 of the E-Governance Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/949n5rctiue6d7c/IDS_Average_grace_period_and_maturity_on_new_external_debt_commitments.xlsx?dl=0 4. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average grace period of all official sector lending from Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Cape Verde was 3.5641-years in 2008. AidData estimates the grace period of the China Eximbank loan that supported Phase 1 of the E-Governance Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/949n5rctiue6d7c/IDS_Average_grace_period_and_maturity_on_new_external_debt_commitments.xlsx?dl=0 5. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average interest rate of all official sector lending from Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Cape Verde was 2% in 2008. AidData estimates the interest rate of the China Eximbank loan that supported Phase 1 of the E-Governance Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/ab8qt4n6jijcbhd/IDS_Average%20interest%20on%20new%20external%20debt%20commitments.xlsx?dl=0

📚 Sources & References

中国为佛得角电子政务网二期项目提供优惠贷款协议在京签署
驻佛得角大使苏健参观佛国家电子政务网数据中心
驻佛得角大使杜小丛在佛国家数据中心启动仪式上的讲话
驻佛得角大使杜小丛出席佛得角国家数据中心启用仪式
驻佛得角大使李春华陪同佛总理视察政务网项目
驻佛得角大使苏健参观佛得角国家电子政务网数据中心
佛得角利用中国优惠贷款实施的电子政务网一期项目数据中心正式启用
佛得角总理内维斯与我驻佛得角大使李春华共同出席佛得角电子政务网数据中心奠基仪式
Cape Verde Goes Digital
Cabo Verde - Country Strategy and Program Evaluation (2008-2017)
傅自应副部长会见佛得角经济部国务秘书
Bringing the Digital World to Cape Verde Archipelago
North Atlantic
CONTA GERAL DO ESTADO ANO DE 2008
CONTA GERAL DO ESTADO ANO DE 2008
EGov: NOSi recebe representantes do EXIMBANK
把数字世界带入北大西洋佛得角
China concede emprestimo à Cabo Verde para 2ª fase do e-GOV
驻佛得角大使杜小丛在佛国家数据中心启动仪式上的讲话
驻佛得角大使杜小丛出席中国援佛项目开工仪式
China quer alargar cooperação com Cabo Verde no sector da economia marítima, energia e turismo Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.