The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) AFRICA WEST | Western Africa | Energy & Extractives Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 24-Nov-2021 | ISR48964 | Implementing Agencies: West African Development Bank (BOAD), Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), West African Development Bank (BOAD) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 17-Apr-2019 Effectiveness Date: 16-Mar-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Jun-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2030 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) PDO for SOP1 is to increase electricity access of households and businesses using modern stand-alone solar systems through a harmonized regional approach. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name 1A: Enabling Environment:(Cost $17.50 M) 1B: Entrepreneurship Technical Support:(Cost $7.00 M) 1C: Entrepreneurship Financing Support:(Cost $5.00 M) 1D: Barrier Removal for Challenging Markets:(Cost $33.00 M) 2A: Line of Credit for Stand-alone Solar Businesses:(Cost $209.00 M) 2B: Contingent Grant Facility for CFIs:(Cost $67.20 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Overall, the implementation of ROGEAP has been delayed, despite progress made in hiring PIU staff and updating Project Operations Manual (POM). While the effectiveness for BOAD instruments had been achieved on March 16, 2021, the effectiveness deadline for ECOWAS instruments has been extended for the second time until February 18, 2022. The WB Task Team is working with ECOWAS closely, aiming to achieve effectiveness within the calendar year of 2021. During the period May 27 – November 5, 2021, the following progress has been made: 1. Updated POM: completed jointly by ECOWAS and BOAD, with support from WB Task Team. 11/24/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) 2. Hiring of PIU staff: in progress; ECOWAS expects to finalize the hiring of PIU staff by December 2021. 3. Hiring of PFM: REOI stage passed, review in progress. 4. First disbursement to BOAD: The First disbursement from the World Bank to BOAD was on June 3, 2021 for an amount of EUR 51.9 million. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase electricity access to households IN01061117 ►People provided with new or improved electricity service (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,755,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 IN01061120 People provided with new or improved electricity service - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 877,500.00 11/24/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) IN01061122 ►Households provided with access to electricity through stand-alone solar systems (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 585,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 A household is a house and its occupants regarded as a unit. The purchase of a stand-alone solar PV Comments: systems will be considered as a proxy for use of the system. In other words, whether the use is immediate or delayed, once an equipment is purchased, it will be considered is provision of access to electricity. IN01061124 Households provided with access to electricity through stand-alone solar systems of which female headed households (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58,500.00 Increase electricity access to businesses IN01061095 ►SMEs provided with access to electricity through stand-alone solar systems (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Productive end use/application of solar power systems include the following: (i) Connectivity, (ii) Small Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, and (iii) Value added applications. Productive End Use (PEU) of Comments: energy refers to activities that increase income or productivity in different sectors such as agriculture (e.g. irrigation, grain milling), manufacturing (e.g. carpentry, welding, and sewing), and the service sector (e.g. restaurants using electric lights, sound systems, refrigerators, mobile charging stations etc.) IN01061119 SMEs provided with access to electricity through stand-alone solar systems of which women led SMEs (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,500.00 Use of modern stand-alone solar technology through a harmonized regional approach IN01061116 ►GHG CO2 emission reduction (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 385,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 IN01061118 ►Commercial financial institutions engaged in financing of solar companies (Number, Custom) 11/24/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Comments: Commercial financial institutions (CFIs) include banks, micro finance companies and leasing companies. IN01061121 ►Regional Standard of Quality Assurance (QA) framework for stand-alone solar systems prepared and adopted by ECOWAS (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 ECREEE has prepared a quality assurance framework to be adopted by ECOWAS for implementation by Comments: all project countries. IN01061123 ►Market Observatory Indicator: Country Specific information on Volume, Price and type of products (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 IN01061125 ►Annual publication of beneficiary feedback received from citizens reached through the consumer education and citizen engagement program (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Comments: TBD Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Developing a Regional Market IN01061126 ►Women-led companies operating non-solar sectors (Tier 3) reported increased awareness and information to engage in solar business (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Non solar companies will be targeted and informed about potential business gains they stand to make Comments: should they investment in the off-grid industry, especially, distribution of solar equipment. They will be guided to undertake expansion into the solar industry. Targeted non-solar businesses include those 11/24/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) operating in industries such as agricultural supply, agribusiness, retailing, or other areas that require strong, local distribution chains who have similar operational capabilities that might be transferred to the solar industry. IN01061129 ►Certified installers of Solar PVs in participating countries as a result of ROGEP assistance (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 730.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Installer certification mandates are one of the policy tools used to ensure that Standards and Quality Comments: Assurance frameworks are adhered to. The mandate of the installer is the stamped and signed certificate issued by the relevant certification authority in each participating country. IN01061132 ►Participating countries that show year-on-year progress towards achieving national renewable energy and electricity access targets (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 11.00 11.00 11.00 19.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Each year, actual data for each renewable energy indicator will be compared to the target. The observed Comments: differences will determine whether progress is being made or not. Entrepreneurship Facility IN01061127 ►Women-led companies operating in the solar sector (Tier 1 and 2) benefitting from the technical support from the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 6.00 6.00 35.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Data for this indicator will be obtained by disaggregating data for "Number of entrepreneurs benefitting Comments: from the technical and financial support from the project" IN01061130 ►Women-led companies operating in the solar sector (Tier 1 and 2) benefiting from the Entrepreneurship Facility and reported increased capacity and skills (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Data for this indicator will be obtained by disaggregating data for "Number of entrepreneurs benefitting Comments: from the technical and financial support from the project" IN01061133 ►Full time jobs created by Start up (Tiers 1), Early Stage (Tier 2) and Growth/Mature (Tier 3) companies. Data disaggregated by gender of owners of companies (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 11/24/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Number of full-time employees of recruited as result of ROGEP assistance. For seasonal employment Full Time Equivalents (FTE) shall be calculated. FTE represents the number of working hours that one full- time employee completes during a fixed time period, such as one month or one year. FTE converts Comments: workload hours into the number of people required to complete that work, which can help to simplify scheduling. FTE will be calculated as follows: 1. Note that the FTE Base for Part‐Time/Full‐Time Temp/Casual Hourly FTE calculations is 40 hrs/week; 2. Estimate how many hours the employee will work during an average pay period within the contract dates to calculate FTE. IN01061135 ►Women-led companies operating in the solar sector (Tier 1 and 2) that received technical support recorded increased incomes (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Companies or businesses receiving funding from the facility who have also received training or capacity Comments: building assistance will be requested to report o application of acquired skills and income from sales of solar equipment procured as result of ROGEP IN01061137 ►Women hired for full time jobs created by Tier 1,2,3 companies as a result of participation in ROGEP (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Access to Finance IN01061128 ►Beneficiaries of credit line that are women-led companies operating in the solar and non-solar sectors (Tier 2, 3) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 To obtain the percentage of beneficiaries of credit line that are female entrepreneurs, two variables will be Comments: needed: (i) the numerator-- the number of female beneficiaries and (ii) the denominator, the total number of beneficiaries. IN01061131 ►Loans (in USD) accessed by households, productive end-users, distribution companies and energy service companies through debt facilities. (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 140,000,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 The amount will be expressed in USD. USD equivalents of loans given in local currencies will be Comments: calculated by the commercial financial institution, the prevailing exchange rate at the time that the loan was contracted. 11/24/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) IN01061134 ►Households, productive end-users, distribution companies and energy service companies accessing debt facilities. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Four categories of potential beneficiaries of financing through borrowing from banks, commercial financial institutions or leasing companies or microfinance companies are reference in this indicator-- (a) households, (b) productive end-users, (c) distribution companies and (3) energy service companies. Households: A household is a house and its occupants regarded as a unit. Productive end use/application Comments: of solar power systems include the following: (i) Connectivity, (ii) Small Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, and (iii) Value added applications. Productive End Use (PEU) of energy refers to activities that increase income or productivity in different sectors such as agriculture (e.g. irrigation, grain milling), manufacturing (e.g. carpentry, welding, and sewing), and the service sector (e.g. restaurants using electric lights, sound systems, refrigerators, mobile charging stations etc.) IN01061136 ►CFI to report on amount of loans disbursed, amount of loans repaid, amount of NPLs to BOAD (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Aug-2018 21-May-2021 11-Nov-2021 30-Jun-2026 Comments: This indicator will measure the performance of the loans extended by the CFIs to the solar entrepreneurs. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P160708 IDA-63970 Effective USD 140.00 140.00 0.00 63.25 85.31 43% Not P160708 IDA-D4510 USD 10.00 0.16 9.84 0.00 0.00 0% Effective Not P160708 IDA-D7840 USD 15.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 14.97 0% Effective P160708 TF-B0302 Effective USD 67.20 67.20 0.00 0.00 67.20 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P160708 IDA-63970 Effective 17-Apr-2019 06-Oct-2020 16-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2024 30-Jun-2024 11/24/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (P160708) Not P160708 IDA-D4510 17-Apr-2019 15-Jul-2019 -- 30-Jun-2024 30-Jun-2024 Effective Not P160708 IDA-D7840 11-Mar-2021 18-Jun-2021 -- 30-Jun-2026 30-Jun-2026 Effective P160708 TF-B0302 Effective 27-Mar-2019 05-Oct-2020 16-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2030 31-Dec-2030 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P174885-Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project Additional Financing 11/24/2021 Page 8 of 8