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Fibre Optic Cable

GENDER SENSITIVITY

 

URBAN-RURAL CONNECTIVITY

 

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

 

PIDA PROGRAMME:
50 - ICT Terrestrial Broadband Connectivity

LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:

S2B: Feasibility (2018)

PROJECT LOCATION

Burkina Faso

PROJECT INSTITUTION:

Burkina Faso - Ministry of Digital Economy Development and Post

BENEFICARY COUNTRIES

Benin

Burkina Faso

PROJECT DIMENSIONS:

Connection Speed: 100000 Mbit/s

Length: 160 km

STARTING_DATE:

COMPLETION_DATE:

PREPARATION COST:

0.22 million USD

CAPEX COST:

6.32 million USD

PROJECT STAGE:

S2B: Feasibility

PROJECT FEATURED IN:

Burkina Faso-Benin Fibre-optic Link (Burkina Faso section)

 Construction of Burkina Faso section of the fibre optic link between Burkina Faso and Benin : 160 km from Fada N'Grouma to Porga (Benin Border); 36-core G.652D cable and 100 G of backbone capacity

DESCRIPTION

Burkina Faso is already connected to all its neighbors, with the exception of Benin, which is already present in Porga (Border with Burkina). Thus, the realization of this link is fully integrated into PIDA PAP 2020 and the ECOWAS Regional Connectivity Integration Strategy, which has made the development of broadband infrastructure among Member States a priority. This link will be integrated into the network currently being deployed as part the National Backbone Telecommunications Project (PBNT), of which Fada N'Gourma is a main node of the national and international transmission network.

The section goes from Fada N'Grouma to  Benin border at Porga where the physical interconnection of the optical cables will be realized with Benin Telecoms.
The passive infrastructure includes two HDPE tubes, one of which will contain a 36-core G.652D cable. The length of the network is 160 km. The transmission network is IP-MPLS over OTN over DWDM with a transport capacity at the installation of 100 G. One point of presence will be created halfway to Pama.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

Border conflict between Burkina Faso and Benin on the Kourou-Koalou border

Insecurity in the project area (banditry, terrorist)

Effective coordination between Burkina Faso and Benin for cross bord interconnection

PROJECT ECONOMICS

  • NET PRESENT VALUE: 0.00
  • COST BENEFIT RATIO: 0.00
  • FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (FIRR): 0.00
  • ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (EIRR): 0.00
  • COMMENTS ON ECONOMICS:

PROJECT FINANCING

PREPARATION CAPEX
COST: 0.22 6.32
COST SECURED: 0.22 6.32
FINANCING TYPE: Grant Only Debt Only
FINANCIERS:
Burkina Faso - Ministry of Digital Economy Development and Post
World Bank
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERALL COST: 0.00
ANNUAL COST: 0.00
COMMENTS ON FINANCE:

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Regional Coordinator

Economic Community of West African States

Lead National Agency

Burkina Faso - Ministry of Digital Economy Development and Post

CAPEX Funder

World Bank

CONTACTS

Infrastructure Expert (COMESA) Mr. Peter Ofori-Asumadu -poasumadu@yahoo.com

ICT Infrastructures Manager KEBRE Marcel-mkebre@gmail.com

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