The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) AFRICA EAST | Eastern Africa | Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 25-Mar-2021 | ISR45677 | Implementing Agencies: National Information Technology Authority, Uganda, Republic of Uganda Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 22-May-2015 Effectiveness Date: 26-May-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-Dec-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 08-Oct-2019 Original Closing Date: 28-Feb-2022 Revised Closing Date: 28-Feb-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To support the Recipient's efforts to: (i) lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of b roadband networks (the connectivity development objective); and (ii) improve the Government’s efficiency and transparenc y through e-Government applications (the transparency development objective). Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Enabling Environment:(Cost $3.00 M) Connectivity:(Cost $36.00 M) e-Government:(Cost $40.00 M) Project Management:(Cost $6.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The RCIP remains a relevant project that is well aligned with the sector and national development goals. The project is likely to achieve the project development objectives by the end of its implementation period in February 2022. Procurement have been slower than anticipated in the second half of 2020, in part due to the Covid-19 crisis. Overall, substantial progress has been made: of the 37 activities of the project, 11 have been completed, 16 are under implementation and 10 are under procurement. All activities are expected to be completed within the planned project 3/25/2021 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) period by February 2022. One of the key project activities on the connectivity front i.e. the construction of some fiber optic backbone links has been completed while establishment of "last mile" connectivity to MDAs is at 65%. The project has made substantial progress on e-government services including operationalizing cloud based national data center facilities; launching implementation of interoperability and data exchange platform; development of SMS gateway and e-payment as well digital authentication and e-signature solution. A number of solutions were introduced to address COVID-19 pandemic. Coordination between Uganda Digital Acceleration Project (UDAP) (under preparation) and RCIP is ongoing with an aim of ensure continuity in the development of the digital economy in Uganda. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks IN00959668 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3,836,999.00 3,915,428.00 5,060,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 The number of direct project beneficiaries will continue to increase with the planned implementation of the last mile sub-component. Comments: The increase in number of beneficiaries was attributed to the fact that under SMS gateway targeted high volume clients eg Ministry of Health and National water, Evoucher, E-passport; these attracted more users who were recorded as beneficiaries. The number was corrected to 3,800,000 beneficiaries based on the 3/25/2021 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) monthly users rather than cumulative users. This result will be revised after including project beneficiaries of Last mile, and system integration since the project is still on going, e-payment gateway because the system was down, Cloud services (the end users can’t really be determined). IN00959676 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 46.00 38.00 40.00 IN00959677 ►International Internet Bandwidth (Mbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25,679.00 77,224.00 173,663.00 50,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. Comments: IN00959678 ►Access to Internet Services (percentage of individuals using the Internet) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 16.20 37.90 46.00 35.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 30-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 28-Feb-2022 Final targets already achieved and exceeded. Currently aligning with UBOS; More accurate data to be shared by UCC in the next three months. Comments: IN00959679 ►Access to Telephone Services (fixed mainlines plus cellular phones per 100 people) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.90 64.00 61.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 Result achieved is revised due to change in measurement methodology Comments: IN00959680 ►Price of wholesale international capacity (per Mbit/s per Month, in US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 97.00 2.60 2.60 40.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 The end target has been exceeded. Comments: 3/25/2021 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) Improve the Government’s efficiency and transparency through e-Government applications IN00959669 ►Beneficiaries satisfied with quality of e-Government services supported by the project (%) – Citizen Engagement Indicator (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 77.20 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. Comments: IN00959670 ►Number of transactions per year utilizing the shared public service delivery platform (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,930,207.00 11,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 Only transactions from SMS gateway were recorded in the reporting period. The transactions from the E- payment gateway were not recorded because the system was down. The other transactions were not recorded because the systems are not yet up and running (Data integration system, and Digital Comments: authentication). This result will be revised in the next three months. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Enabling Environment IN00959682 ►Retail Price of Internet Services (Mobile Broadband, 500MB prepaid bundle, in US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.73 3.50 2.70 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 The end target achieved and exceeded. The retail price is dependent on the different service providers in Comments: the market which fluctuates every month based on the environment. Operators usually revise their prices. e-Government IN00959683 ►Percentage of MDAs/LGs using the Shared Public Service Delivery Platform (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 3/25/2021 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) Value 0.00 38.00 52.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved. Comments: IN00959685 ►Number of e-Services Implemented with Project Funding (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14.00 20.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. Main services include: MoGLD: Employment management Information system (EMIS), Integrated Anti-Corruption tool (JLOS/security) for the office of the president to combat corruption Virtualized Court Video System- Judiciary Comments: Kolibri under the Ministry of Education/UNICEF UMCS directly developed by NITA-U E-Voucher under MAAIF Additional services were developed in response to COVID-19. IN00959687 Percentage of e-Services Implemented with Project Funding Which Take Into Account a Gender Perspective (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 10.00 30.00 IN00959689 ►Percentage of Total Expenditure on Eligible Goods, Works and Services Procured Utilizing e-Procurement System in the Pilot PDEs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 e-GP system is not yet fully operational. Comments: Connectivity IN00959681 ►Length of Fiber Optic Network Built/leased (km) (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 842.00 1,366.00 670.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. The breakdown of kms laid under the RCIP program are as follows; Comments: Missing Links- 842kms, and Last Mile- 524kms 3/25/2021 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) IN00959684 ►Availability of NBI (%) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 97.00 99.80 99.80 99.80 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved Comments: IN00959686 ►Average Price of Wholesale, Protected Capacity on NBI (per Mbit/s per Month based on STM-16 purchase, in US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.90 11.50 8.00 12.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. Comments: IN00959688 ►Number of Connections to Government MDAs, Local Governments, Schools, Hospitals and NGOs Supported by the Project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 590.00 523.00 400.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 30-Jun-2020 31-Jan-2021 28-Feb-2022 End target achieved and exceeded. The 523 sites are a consolidation of 100 MDA sites connected under Missing Link, and Last Mile 423 sites under last mile. Additional 277 sites are expected to be added under Comments: Last mile by end of May 2021 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P130871 IDA-56350 Effective USD 75.00 75.00 0.00 57.80 18.26 76% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P130871 IDA-56350 Effective 22-May-2015 04-Feb-2016 26-May-2016 28-Feb-2022 28-Feb-2022 3/25/2021 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Phase 5 - Uganda (P130871) 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) There are no related projects. 3/25/2021 Page 7 of 7