ICT

Fibre Optic Cable

GENDER SENSITIVITY

 

URBAN-RURAL CONNECTIVITY

 

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

 

PIDA PROGRAMME:
50 - ICT Terrestrial Broadband Connectivity

LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:

S4B: Construction (2018)

PROJECT LOCATION

Liberia

PROJECT INSTITUTION:

Liberia - Cable Consortium of Liberia

BENEFICARY COUNTRIES

Côte d’Ivoire

Liberia

Sierra Leone

PROJECT DIMENSIONS:

STARTING_DATE:

COMPLETION_DATE:

PREPARATION COST:

0.00 million USD

CAPEX COST:

66.00 million USD

PROJECT STAGE:

S4B: Construction

PROJECT FEATURED IN:

Freetown-Monrovia-Abidjan Fibre-optic Link (Liberia section)

The Government of Liberia considers the deployment of a national ICT and Telecommunications backbone infrastructure to connect all of its people, institutions and places.

DESCRIPTION

The Government of Liberia’s development goals for ICT and Telecommunications are to modernize networks and create added value through the effective utilization of ICTs that make use of different technology solutions. Through this policy agenda and recognizing the essential social and economic potentials of broadband connectivity, the Government of Liberia including its development partners and local industry players facilitated Liberia’s connection to the global community through the ACE Communication Network.  

Liberia has since 2013 had access to broadband interconnection to the rest of the world via ACE. However, this connectivity does not extend outside the capital, Monrovia, since service providers transmission links does not have the necessary capacity required for broadband services.

The proposed development of a National ICT Backbone is a key initiative expected to provide the necessary connectivity infrastructure which will carry the volume of data traffic that is projected in the coming years and increase the diffusion of broadband access in order to reap the development benefits.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

PROJECT ECONOMICS

  • NET PRESENT VALUE: 66.00
  • 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: 0.00 66.00
COST SECURED: 0.00 0.00
FINANCING TYPE:
FINANCIERS:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERALL COST: 0.00
ANNUAL COST: 0.00
COMMENTS ON FINANCE:
Financing provided by the World Bank under IDA Credit

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Regional Coordinator

Economic Community of West African States

Lead National Agency

Liberia - Cable Consortium of Liberia

CONTACTS

Program Manager E-Liberia Office James K. Sulonteh -jksulonteh@mopt.gov.lr jksulo@gmail.com

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

CONTRIBUTION TO 2030 AGENDA