PROJECT

Projects

Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

26498

Primary Business Area

Infrastructure

Disclosure Date

May 25, 2009

Country

Botswana

Region

Africa

IFC Approval Date

Oct 19, 2007

Status

Completed

Estimated Total Budget

$4,070,000.00
(Project budget includes all project-funded activities)

Last Updated Date

Nov 30, 2016

Project Estimated Start Date

Jan 31, 2008

Project Description

The project provides transition advice to the government of Botswana in privatizing the state-owned fixed-telecommunications incumbent, BTC. The objective is to bring in a strategic equity partner to enable BTC to invest in mobile technologies and catch up competitively with the two private mobile operators that have been serving the area since 1998.