gabon: telecommunication development project on liberville
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP
GABON
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN
LIBREVILLE AND PORT-GENTIL AND OTHER INLAND CENTRES
Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER)
OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT (OPEV)
7 August 1990
TABLE OT CONTENTS
CURRENCY DQUIVALENTSLIST OT ANNEXESPREFÀCEPRO.'ECT DÀTASI'IN,IARY APPF"AISAL
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PERTOru|ANCE AUDIT MET'TORA}IDT'M
INTRODUCTrION
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the nrodernization and extension of the
on teleconununications development inCen t res .
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General overview of the economyThe t.eleconununl-cations gectorProject baekground
BackgroundProject rqsul tcTectrnical performanceOperational performanceFLnancial performanceInstitutional perforrnance
OPTConsultantsSupplLersÀf,rican Developrnent Bank
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rI. PRO,'ECT IMPLI,I{ENTATION
Loan effectivenegsProçurerncnt of goods and servieesMajor modifications in the projectsImplementation scheduLeCosts and disbursementsProject rnanegement and monitoring
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III. pROJEqf PEREoRMAIûCE RESULTS AND EVALUÀTIoN
rv. PERI!'ORMANCf, EVALUÀTTON OF lHE PANÎTES TWVOLTITD
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v. gusTArNÀBIIrIly Or lHE PROJECIS
vI . coNclrqj;roN, LEssoNs ÀND RECOMMEIIDÀÎrONS
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ProJect eorqrlction report onLl,breville telephone network.
Project eonpletion reportPort-Gentil and Eight Inland
Thls report lras prepared by t ' lessrs V. VALAYDON, Principal Economist andD. NIKIEI.tÀ, leleconununications Engineer and ConsuJ-tant, foJ.lowing Èheirrn iss ion to Gabon f rom 06 to 18 November, 1989.
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CURRENCY, AeRONylrtS_ÀND AgBREVIATTONS
Currencll eguivAleuL,s
1) At aporaisal (1978)
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2l Duriugr-tha PCR (Nov. - Dec. 1988)
= US$ 1 .29039: C F A . t r 4 1 2 . 6 3 5 0 0
3t puring rhs PPÀR (Nov. - Dec. 1989)
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ACTEL t Agencê CormnercLale de TelecormnunicationsAPTV : Afriean Post and Telecorrununicat,ions UnionBDEAC : Development Bank of Central- Àfrican StaÈes8GD : Gabonegs Development BankBT : Base laxBUA : Bank Unit of ÀccountCCCB : Caigse Centrale de CooperaÈion Economique (france)CENÀCOM : C€ntlo Nat,ional de ConununicationCfA.f : franc dc la ComrrunauÈe Financiere A,fricaineDPC 3 Detr Processj.ngf CentrellfPÎ : EcoLc Nationale de Postes et TelecorununicationsGDP : Gross Domcstic ProductIIIC ! International Manual CentreIMf : Intcrnational Monetary FundISB : Independcnt Side BandITU : Intsrnatl"onaL TéIecorurrunications UnionIOrt : KilomreterU : MetcrML : Mal.n tineNSf I Nurnber of S5.gmalling of FaultsNfC : National Transit, CentreOCTRÀ : Office dcs Chèmins de Fer Trans-GabonaieOPT : Offlce dss Postes et TeleconununicationsPATU : Pan-African Teleconnnunications Union (Specialized Àgency of ùhe
oAu)PCR : Project Completion ReportPPAR : Project Perfor:mance Audit ReportRTG : Radio Television GabonaiseSÀP I SÈructural Àdjustmênt ProgrranrwreSM : Sguare MGt€rSCU : Subscribers' Connection UnitSEC : SecondT\I : lelevisionU : UnitUPU : Universal Posta1 UnionSfG : SocieÈe de TelecormunLcations Internationales du GabonSOfRECOM : Societc Franca:Lso de ReaLisation des Teleconununications
ACCOLNTTNG ÀNp UISCÀ,L_lrEAA.
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1. Gabon: Econornl-c Trend
2. EOUÀSÀT Nctwork
3. Key lelcconnunlcatLons Data
4. IrLbrcvl.Ll-c: Disbursments
5. Post-Ccnt{I and I Centrcs: DisburuGmenta
6. Sum.ry of, OPl 's Operat ing Accounts (1991-88)
' : ." ' . ?. Surunary of (OpTrs 1981/88) Balance-She€ts
8. CâIsulaÈlon of, Èhe fRR (Calcul+Èion Àssunrptions)
9. Teleconununications rêvenuest 1L982/88,
10. Supplanrcntary RÊvanucs and Calculations of the fRR(Ll.brev:[I1c, Port GênÈiJ- and Eight Centres) .
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PRETACE
1. This ProJect Perforrlance Audit Report
Modernization and ExÈension of the
(PPAR) Ls on th€:
Libreville Telephone Network;
Tcleconnrunieationg Development in Port-Gentil and Eigrht inlandCGntres i
for rhl.ch tro ÀIlB loang of UÀ 5.0 nil l ion each werê grantêd to the Republic ofGabon Ln Dccember 1978.
2. Although two sêpante loans were granted, they were for one sJ-nglctelecomttunications project which was split, into tvfo becàuse of the ceil ing
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UÀ 5.0 mill ion fixed for ADB loans at the t. ime. In addiÈion, they wereapproved and sJ-gncd in the same 1978t which explains why there ig only oneAudl-t Rcport for the two Loans.
3. the first project airts aÈ remodeJ-1ing and extending Èhe f.ibsevLJ-len€tsork with a view to meeÈing the pending tetephone and teLex ingtalLationregueets for a per iod of 10 years.
thg tGcond proJcct seeks to Lnstall a modern tele;rhone exctrange atPort-Gentil and to set up local networks in I inland centres. In L918t theentlre project costs (inlcuding OPT's share) were estj.mated at UA 7.4 mill ionfor the first. and UA 8.1 mill ion for the second.
{. Works rare completed in December 1984 for the Librevil le network andin Dcccrnbcr L987 for Port-Gentil and the eight centres. À Bank rniesionvisLÈed Gabon Ln Novcnber/Deccnber 1988 to prepare a project conrpletion report( P C R ) .
5. Thc present PPÀR nas prepared following a Bank'g audit missj-on toGabon frqn 06 to 18 Novenber 1989. It referg to the PCR and the appraisalreport and' is bassd on: thc data avaiJ.abl-e in all the project docrrnrents atthe Bank; Èhe discugsl-ons and conversations which the auàLt
-mission had with
thc of,ficials of PTD in Gabon; the docr:rtrents and data submitted by the PTD.
6. The PPAR comprises (it a review of thê economic background and thetclecomnunications sector Ln Gabon; (i i) a study and an appraisat of theresu^lts and perfonnences of the proJects and the parties involved and (i i i)the vl-abl.I ity of the projccts. It draws the lessons and makes reconrnendâtionsto the PTD and the Bank for future projects in the teleconfirunications sector.
1. Copies of the PPÀR trere gent to the PTT, Gabon and to the operationaldepartrnentg of the Bank for corfirents. CorTnrents receiwed have been dulyincorporated in this report.
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PRO.'ËCT DÀTA
LIBRGVILLE
CountryProJcct
Loan NO.Dorrowcr
lrccut,Lng ÀEËney
ffltu
Loan rGquCBtLOan amOuntIntérort rat. (appraJ.aal)
Statut,ory charge (appraisal)Csilnl.tincnt chargc (appraisal)
Ralraymcnt BcriodGrecc PcrlodDatc of appraisalDatc of approvalDatc of SJ.gmaturcDatc of cffcctlvencss
PROi'ECÎ DÀTA
ProJcct cott (appraLcal)finencLng plan (appraisal)
ÀDEGovcrnrncnt
DcadlLne for lct dlsbursscntActua]- datc of 1sÈ disburs€nêntDcadlinc for ].aat dicburgensntÀctuaL datc of last digbursorrênt(Planncd) Îfork starÈ-off
Data of eonplction of, planncd worksÀctual project sÈârt-off dateÀctual project corqrletJ.on dat,eâmounÈ of di.sburccd ÀDB loanOutrtandLng balance
PRO�TECI TrINA�TCIÀL I}IPLE!4BNTAIION
Projcct cost ovonunNcr financlng plan
ÀDBBDEAC
PgD
Rcal ProJêct costÀDB baLance
Republlc of GabonModernization and ExtencJ.on ofthe Lj.brcville tclcphone nêtworkADÈ/Ce/eB/rL/18/OO4Govcrn$rent of ths Rcpublic ofGabonPost and lelacomnrunicationcDepartment, (PfD).
: Septembez L977: UA 5.0 mi l l ion: 7t on the swûs dLsburgcd and
outstanding: 1 t: 0.75t on t,ho undLcbursqd
portion of the t.oan! 16 ycars inclusivc
4 yearsÀpr i l 19?88 .Iune 197804 Dqccmber 1978December 1979
: UA 7.44 m.t ] - l ion
: UA 5.0 ni l l ion: UA 2.44 mi] . l ion
3 L / L 2 / 7 802/0L /803LlL2l83 extsndcd to 3L/t2/871 3 / t o / s 7L 5 / A 8 / 7 83 L / 0 L / 8 2February 19792 8 / L L / e 4u À 4 9 9 8 2 7 7 . 3 5tJA" 1722.65 (cancelled)
: + UA 3 424 974.13 (equivalent)
u À 4 9 9 8 2 7 7 . 3 5CrÀ.r 815 ml. l l ion(uA 2 238 72L.291CrA.f ?88 mil l ion( u A 2 3 2 1 1 3 8 . 7 9 )
u A 1 0 8 3 8 9 7 4 . 1 3VA I 722.65 (cancel led)
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Amount (mitlions of,Interest rataConunl-tment chargeRei.rnburgement, timeGrace poriod
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1980 11981 179821 9 8 31 9 8 419851 9 8 61987Total 5Balance
PORT GINTIL AI{D ETGHÎ CENIRES
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LOan NO.BorrowerExecuting ag€ncy
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Loan reguêstLoan Amountfnterest rate (appraisal)
Statutory charge(appraLsal)
Corunitmcnt charge(cvaLuation)
Rêpayment periodGrace periodDate of appraisalDate of approvalDate of, sJ-gnatureDatê of effectLvsnesg
Republic of GabonTeleconununications dev€lopÛnênt inGent,iL and I other inland c€ntresADB CS/GB/T �L /78 /005Government of the Republl-c of GabonPost and Teleconrmunications DepartmentnPTD|'
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September 19?7UA 5 .0 m i l l i on7* on the amountEoutstandinglt on the amountgand outstanding
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0.75* on the undisbursedport ion of the loan16 years incJ.usive
5 yearsiluly 197818 Sept,ernbex L97804 December 197803 Decernber 1980
rT. PROJICÎ DATI
1. Ent i re pro ject coat (appraisal !2. Financing plan (approval)
- ADBGovernmGnt
3. DeadLLne for lst disburs€rrent{. Actual datc of 1st disburgement5. Dcadlinc for lact diaburgement6. Actual drtc of Lact dicburgêment1. (Planncd) rork gtart-off8. Corqrlction datc of planned workg9. Actual projcct start-off date10. Actua1 proJect coryrletion date11. Amount of, digburccd ÀDB loanL2. Outstanding balance
III. PRO{'!CÎ TIIXÀITCIÀI, IITPI.EIIENIÀTION
Cost ovârrun of thc projectNew financlng plan
ÀDBPTD
- ÀDB bâlânce
Iv. DISBURSEMENTS (EADI ln nil-Iiont of, UA
At apgraisa]-
UÀ 8 .104 mi - lL lon
UÀ 5.0 mi l lLonUA 3 .104 mi l l ion
3L/ t2 /79 ex tended to 3L /L2 /802 7 / 0 6 / 8 03L/L2/83 ex,têndÊd to 3t/1,2188L 6 / 0 2 / 8 908/18L L / 8 La 8 / 0 2 / 8 2L 2 / 8 7vA 4 978 856,30UA 21 LA3t7 (cancelled)
lrrt(after proJcct inrplcocntlon
uA 4 978 856,30u A 9 3 8 7 0 5 , 8 8UA 2L 143'7A (cancelled)
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SUMMARY APPRAISAI
thLs audlt performance report is on the folloring projeetsModernl-zation and extension of the LibrevilLe Èelephone
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leleconununicaùions development in Port-Gentil (PG) and eight inland centresf.or which thc ADB granted two loans of UA 5.0 mil]. ion each in ,Iune andSeptember 1978 respectively.
the implementation of these projects fa1ls rithl.n thetelecorununicationg deveJ.opment pJ.an which is an integral part of Gabonrs thirdeconomlc and socLal development plan for the period rgzg - 1990.
The loan for the Libreville telephone network becanne effective inDecember 1979 and' that for telecorsnunicaÈiong deveJ-oprnent in pG and I inl-and.centres' in Dccember 1980. the first project was completed in November Lgg1,1:9: roughly two (21 years behind the schedule and, the second., in December1987 wl- th s ix (6) yêars la teness.
the inrplementation of the î,ibreville project encountcred mainJ.y civilengineering problems (road repairs). The maJor- problem encounÈcred, in theinplementation of the Port-Gentil and eight
-inl-and. centres project is the
bankruptcy of the E8ÀTEL company responlibLe for imptementiingi the .Localnetworks of the eight centres. ?his led to the deJ-ays ment,ioned àbove in thecomplet ion of the proJects.
Sollowing the modifications made during implemenÈation and the civj-lcngJ.neerJ'ng problems encountered (repairs of t l ie rôad surface), there was a57* ovÇrrun Ln the actual total cost of the Librevil le project. The cogt ofthe PorÈ-Gentil and eight centres project remained wit[ in the projected,f: lnancial package.
The ADB loans for the financing of these projects showed a balance ofg^ L722.6 and uA 2LL43t? respect iwely for the ro l - iowing reasons: ( i ) the oFTof Gabon sccured funds (Loans from private banks) to f-Lnance the overruns ofÈhe Llbrevil l€ net$ork, (i i) the jmplementation of one of thê eight Lnlandnctworks (Lamvarene! was dcferred, (i i i) exchange profit resultinf from thcfluctuationg of the UÀ in rclation to the CFÀ.r ana ff.
the rseultg of thc two. projects are in keeping with the objectLvess€t at their appraisal - the equiprnent installed ensuie à good increasé in thcconnect ion of thê main l ines (11.5t on the average). Dur ing audi t , , theequipmcnt was gatisfactori ly maint,ained,
the OPT made an appreciabl,e effort in the training of its personnel,.the telecomnunications workers increased by 133 in L978 ana Uy lZi Ln 1g8g;their standard improved considerably.
In 1988' the volume of unpaid b i t ts increased markedly by 144.8* ( inrclatj.on to that of 1987) thus cornpell ing the oPT to adopt in
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policy of tcrrninlt ing the contracts of bad payers. that J.ed Èo a drop in thenurnber of subscribers in 1989
Àlthough the OPTts operational performance was pooitive, compared tothe tota l proceeds, i t dropped f rom 916?r in L98L to 1,2t* in r9B8 duâ to t t reLncrcase {n charges (16.6t on the average) and the financi-a} expensee (10.3tof the total proceeds). However, the oPT maintained a good cash ratio od f.S8on the. average and generated a posi-tive working capitàJ- which enabLed it tocope wLth its running exPenses. OPT's debt reàcheà an extrernely high 1eve}t r i th a dcbt rat io of 0.6t Ln 1989.
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From Èhe point of view of performance of the various parties involvedLn the implementat ion of the pro jects, i t can be noted thal : a l though theset t ing up of the pro ject uni t wi th in t ,he OPT was late, i t he lped solwè f rom1983r many problems which arose: in the speci f icat ions, the consul- tant d id notg ive a sat is factory descr ipt ion of the L ibrev i lLe road st ructure. Thisshorteoming accounted for Èhe Èemporary suspenoion of the civil engrineeringworks in 1982. Apart from the problems of repairing the Librevil lecarriageways encountered with Signalisation and the bankruptcy of t,he ERÀÎELcomPanyr the cornpanies on the whole carried out the workg t,hey were Eivensat igfactor i ly . Bct ,ween 1980 and t982t the Bank carr ied out no technicalsuparv is ion migsion of the pro jects. However, the miss ions carr ied out f rom1983, at the rate of two rnissLons every 18 months on the average, helped solvethe problems.
trinally, the OPT, the Consultant and Èhe Bank l-aeked vigilance in thecase of the ERAIEI, Company which, despiÈe its poor financial situation , hadwon the contract on the networks of the eight inland centres. Unt,i l i t becarnebankruptr ERATEL'e bil ls were paid whereas the sÈart-off adwance was notcowered by a bank guarantee.
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' lhe internal rrite of return tecalculated by the Audit is L7.45* forL ibrev i l le and 9.8?t for PG and the e ight centreg. These rates are indicat iveas only the internal rate of return of OPT'g overall- investment programre overthe per iod 1980-87 would be more s igni f icant .
lhe sugta inabi l i ty of the pro jects wi l l depend main ly on OPT'snaintcnance capacity.
' Conclusion
Dcspitc the nurnerouô implementation problerns encounÈered, theseprojects rnosÈly financed by the ÀDB hawe contributed a great deal towards theexpansion and reliability of Gabonts telecommunications network: considerableincrcase in the countryts màin Èelecorwrrunicat ion l ines (13.9E) and number ofsubscribcrs as wcll- as improvement in the gualiÈy of serviceg.
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The following lessong can be learnt from the implementaÈion of theseprojects:
at pro ject appraisal , i t is essent ia l that the object ives be wel ldef ined and la id out i the resul ts expected f rom Èhe pro jectsshould be guantif ied and indicated year by year' 8o should thevarious technical and financial performance indicators. Such anapproach makes it possible a posteriori to carry out, a majorobject ive conÈrol .
the Èime beÈween tlre date of signature of loan agrreetnênts and Èhedate of their entry into force should be as short as possible; tothat end, the borrower should do aII in his potrer to expedite thevarious ratifLcation procedures and fulf i l wit 'hout, delay thecondltione preo€dent to first disbursement. Project launchingmissions by the Bank are indispensable in order to init iate Èheabowe aetions.
wi th regard to b id analys is , par t icu lar at tent ion should be paidto the èontractors ' f inancia l capaci ty pr ior ùo select ion. Thisfinancial capacity ehould be given as much weight as theÈechnieal cr i ter ion.
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Regardlng proj€et implernentation, it is Lrnportant to egtablish aproJect unit wLthin the e:recuting agency. This unit required t,optray the role of projecÈ rnanager, wil l have at its disposal allthe logist,ical facil i t ies (vehicles, fue1, staff etc)necessary for its funcÈioning. The establisbnent of this unit(wherc it does not exist) could be a project component andconstitute a condition prececient to first disbursement. Theproblems thât arose during the implementation of t,he projectscould not be solved pronptly due to inadequate tecbnicalaupervision missiong.
Rccornncndations
In the light of the above lessons, the audit reconnrends to:
3hS--_OPI,--.l8lbeg: to ensure that t.he projects are viabJ-e and ofgood guality, thê audit reconunends the eetablishment, withoutde1ay, of a national improvement and maint,enânce pJ.an; thJ.s planwi.Ll asgess the additional maj-nÈenanqe requirements, ldentify thenreagureg neeessary to achieve the international standards as wellas estimâte the varioug acÈions to be undortaken - rnake adescript,ive study of the job positions in order to provide thet€rinrg of refer€trce for st,af f . rnanage the hrrman resources betterand êvolve a sti l l more efficient organizaLional gtructure; -expeditc Èhe seÈting up of :i.ts planning unit; - limit investmentsin conring years until sounder management ratios are found;
the Bank: to rnake a cost estfunate of the projecÈs by taklng intoaccount the tirne reguired to final-ize Èhe procedurês forintcrnational competitive bidding, and consider as the base thosecorts updated on the bid submigsion date; carry out,r incoopcration with the ot,her international institutione (ttNDP, ITU,PATU, àPfU), a sectoraf study on the economic r€turn ôf,teleconnunicatLons in Africa as well as a study of the irnpact ofthe ner tclccqsrrunications services (telecopy, data transnuissJ.on)on the standard services (telephone, telex); - suppletrcnt itsop€râtJ.ons rith support to tecornnunicat.i.ons rchabilJ.tation andmâlntcnance on thc basis of, its action with the INDP./IrU in thisârê! (projcct RÀf,/80/018 on maintenance, located in Ouagadougou)- undertake a larger nurnber of launching and supervision mlssionsin order to solve the problems hampering the impJ.ementation ofp ro j cc t s .
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1 . 1 General overview oJ the economy
1.1.1 tfhsn thc Librevil lc Telecorrnunicationg proJect, was appral.scd {19?S)and up to L982, Gabon's real GDP grew at a remarkable rate of a.a* per annurnowing to :Lncrsased o11 production and the oiL price spiral on Cfre worldnarket. Thig vcry tr€nd pevailed in 1984 (compJ.etion date of Èhe LibrovilLoproject') as the oil sector accounted for 48* of GDP, 848 of thé exports and66* of the Government revenus. I lowever, in 1985, th€ oiI aectorrs share ofthe GDP began to diminLsh follovring Èhe slump in world prices. This d,or+nwardtrend wag gradual-Iy revèrsed in 1988 througih an increase in the contrLbutionof oLl scctor to the gDP and expoEts which stood aÈ 25t and 64* reopectJ.vely.rn,1989r thc GowsrnrnenÈ projected Èhat the GDP would grow at a modcit rate ôf1 . 5 * .
1.1.2 Meanvh:ile, undcr the cornbi.ned effects of over-leverag:lng and thacontracÈj.on of -oil rov€nuegr tlre Government had. under an IMF recovcryProgtâImte, to take eusterit.y mcasures such as cutbackg on the salar:lee of thccivLl s€rvice, the amountg allocated to gtoods and gervices and. or1 domegÈissubsldles in order to maintain publ.ic expendiÈures at an accept,able level.The extsrnal debt (1) rrac rescbeduled in order to bringr the OeLt ratj-o downfrorn 30t Ln 1989 to 27.5* in 1990 - !992. fncent iwe rneasulos a i :ned atbrl'nglng Gabon's econglnfr back on the growth path wete taken to stfunulate thêtraditj.onal eectors (J.oggtng) and non-trad.it ionaL sectors {such as sêrvices) .But thcrc measur€s arè not l ikely to bear fruit before 1990 - !992.
1.1.3 In the developrnent p lan epanning the per iod 1999 - 1991, empahsis is1lso pgt on the productive sectors of the economy, particularly.agrlcul-ture.fn 1988' this sèctor rapresented 9A of GDP and 235 of public-invlstment asagainct 21* ln 1987 and legs than 7* an the averâge between 1984 and 1986.the cmphesis on the agricultural scctor sought to check rural-urban migration,ncct the countryt e food requiremente, reduce the i:nport of cormoditieg andcnhancc the production of export elops. the volume oi ttre cxports of non-oilmLncral products (rnangancsc, uranium-and iron ore) which accoùnted for 138 ofthc totaL êxportsr wLtl be maintained at the eame J-eveJ. despite the Lor world,priccs as the overhead prices paid by Francê are higher than the spot prices.
1:1.! ?J.nally, Lt Ls hoPed Èhat al ' l . these efforts wiJ't ' halp curb Gabon'shJ.ghly dctcrJ.orat:lng balancc of palzment,s. fgith the cxception of gotd, thcLntcrnat:l.onel rcsorvès which amounted to $ 312 miLLion ai, the cnd-of
'1_9g2,
droppcd to $12 rntfl ion at the end of 1987 and rogc again to S 66 mill lon aithc cnd of, L988. It is projected that at the end of iggg trrese earnJ.ngs wil lnâls-Lt pocsiblê to cov6r only 3 months'imports l2l. This import rcgti ictionarl-sJ.ngr from thc shortage of foreigrr exchange to purchase t,he éssentiaL inputatLll bG largely offset by the cut back on coneumption due to the reductioà ofthc purchaslng power in Gabon.
1.x.5 thc key daÈa on Gabon'a economy are suîrned up in Anncx r.
L . 2 the t,q].econsnunl.cations sector
1.2.1 Gabon's geogtaphical data (relief, cJ.imate, hydrography, vcAetation)(see PCR 1.2) ar€ a handicap to the const,ruction of a dénse-anâ êff,ecÈive road
network in the country. fo daLe, Librevil le and Port-Gentil are only l inkedby_plane or by boat. Teleconrnunications have therefore a sti l l more i:nportantrole to PIay in bringing pcople closer and in the socio-economic d,eveiopmentof the count,ry.
( 1 )t2'/,
tstimâted at about crÀ.F 800 bill ion or 77*In 1988, food imports represent.ed 208 of the
of estirnat€d GDP.volume of importe.
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L.?.2 ALproject appralçal ( I , larch and rTuty 1978), Gabon'steleconununications network data were as fol. l_ows:
Telephone: 18 teJ-ephone exchangee (8 of which were to be replaccd) and, manualexchanges with a maximum capacit,y of 36,000 linee (16,000 bt wtrictr had beeninstalled) and ùo which subecribers were connected by 6600 maLn lines (Mf)(0 .66 PL fo r 100 i nhab i t an t s ) .
LocaL nctrorks: Cable networks of the overhead,/underground type vrele mostlyinadcquatc Ln capacity and, unadapt,ed to automatic opera-tion.
rnter-urban links: Automatic at 45*, the int.er-urban Links trere mainlvoperated by (direct or Èropospheric) microwave radio-relay systems. The teiwire connectlong which existed provid,ed poor qua1ity setviée owing to theclimat,e and vegetation.
InternaÈional Links: they srere provided by radio links for Cameroon and Congro,and by the car th gtat , ion for the rest of the worLd.
TalegrraPh and lelex serviq!às: A telex exchange of 400 lines which wac nearingsaturat,J.on, and a gentex network* heJ-ped meet the telegraph and, telex serviceàneeds
.\ . È. tMainÈcnancc: lack of trained pereonnel (133 telecorsnunications workers) was asetback to an adeguate maintenance of ttre ingtallat,ions.
trinance: the subsc:;i.bers' .;-n'; ir: i+ilrg was bi*'rrorithly,the producÈivity was 20 workerg for 1000 MLt,he rate of return was 11*the operating ratio wae 88*
1 . 3 Projcct backgrround
1.3.1 Under i ts 3rd f ive-year deveJ-opment p lantelecqnnunLcat,lons progrtrmne comprising :
(1976 - 80) Gabon drew up a
a) Nationa]. network
constructlon of radio-relay l inks9E link : Librevil l-e - Francevi.l leSouth link - Lafiibarene - Mayumba
Apart from the telephone and telex, these links were to re].ay televisl-on andradio broadcasting signals;
- Modernizing, extending and equipping wit,h automatic devicesthe telephone exchange systemo and local networks ln the
I toetns. Priority wil.} be giwen Èo Librevil le and Port,-Gentil.
InternationèI Network
The establishment of direct and automatic ]-inke with Àfrican andEuropaan countr:lee.
b )
c) the FÀ}{A?TEL Network
The establishment of earth ]-inks between Gabonneighbours: Canneroon, Congo, Sao-Tome and Principe.
1.3.2 In ear ly 11977, the tota l coEt est imâte of the prog;arune ùrasbilLion (UA 65 mill ion incJ-udinE UA 53 mill ion in foreign exchange ato f app ra i sa l ) .
telegrraph and telex serviceg offered Èo cllentg who arc notsubscr ibed to te lex.
and its
crÀ.r 18the time
*Gentex:
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1.3.3 ThG Post and Telecortnrunications Department (OPT) of Gabon appealed tog€veral sources of f inance for the imptementation of the proçtraflune. By anoffieial request of Septembar L977, the covernment of Gabon àppioached thJ ADBfor a part f inancing of t,he prograrme.
1 .3 . 4 An ADB preparat.ory rnigsion to Librevil le (oct, . 1977't enabled, thecollection of the documents which rnade it possible to det.ermine ùhe J-oanobjectivcs and to decj.de on the appraisal mission. Durj.ngr the fLret appraisalmLssion (Feb - March 1978) the ADB la id down the pr ior i t ies
-ôt the
telecornnunications progranme; if the Gabonese Aut.horities sô deeired, it nj.glrtaftèr thc Librevil le project, in a second phase, be int€rÊsÈÊd in itretelephone exchange and Port-Gentil network whose ouÈdat.ed system r{aÉrcompletely caturated (object of anot,her appraisal mieeion in ,fuJ.y 197S) .
1.3.5 The consequsnce of these ef for ts was the approvalof three monthc, two loans of UA 510001000 each. The termgthese loanc arê found in t,he key data given earlier.
within an intervaland conditions of
1 . 4 Project objectives and description
1 .4 .1 ob jec t i ves
1 the proJcct objectives at appraisal rere as followg. I
a) Pro ject 1: Modsrnization and extension of Lhe IJl.brevil letelêghone network
remodel and extend the telephone neÈwork in the Libreville town;
meeÈ oututandLng telephone inetallation reguests and makcprovicions for future connections ovêr a ten-yèâr period,.
:l-ncrcagc the number of telex subscribers
take advantage of the connection possibil i t ies in the twotclcphone €xcheng€s existing at the tirne.
b) Projcct 2: lclaconunurricat,ions development in port-Gentil and
j.nstall in Port-Gentil, Gabon's second major town, an autonratictelcphonc exchangre designed for 8000 lines but init,ially equippedfor 4000 l l -nes;
renodel and exÈend the telephone network in eight major :lnlandc€ntres rhere 2000 to 4000 Line capacity automatic tclephoneexchang|Gs have recently been ingtall-ed. These c€ût,rgs included:francevil le, Moanda, N,Djole, LambareneT Oyem, Bitam, Mouila andRou1amsut.oui
- m€Êt outsatanding telephonecêntrês and rnake provision forperiod.
Rcmarks
installation reguests in thesefuture connections over a ten-year
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fn rc lat , ion to the pr ior iÈ ies la id down (7.3.U, one notes !hât , theGaboncse Government has preferred replacing the Port.-Gentil net$rork (which wasfinanced by tho CCCE) with those of the eight in.].and centreg.
1 . { . 3 Deso r i p tLon
Thê project,s rêre wall described in the project compleÈion report(PCR} (2.L1. Th€ ghort description given below wi]-l however facLlitate theread.lng of thLs r€port.
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Project 1: Llbrevil le Network
- At appraisal, the project included the following supplj-ee andterv iees:
a) procur€mont and laying of pipes inctuding, the nraking of fJ_apdoors and connecting boxes; eupply, drawing and connection oftransmisgLon and distribution cables;
b) Procur€ment and laying of subscriber overhead/undergroundtelephone cablcs together with the inst,allatj-on of teJ-ephones;
c) procuremont of vehicles and special- machinery for the projectimplementation and correet maint,enance of the facil i t, ies afterthey have been coruniesioned,.
d, Use of consultancy cervice for
prcparatJ-on of service and technical specifications andtcnder documents;
tendcr opening and analygis in close cooperation with the P &I Department and the ADB;
;:i:::î:1"1.1to""îliiïction works and the provisionar rinar'
training of network rnaint.enance technicLans and theinstalletion of new Èelephone sets,' an in-dcpth study of thetrain.l-ng problem in Gabon, whose terms of reference wil-J- helpto monitor the training of instructors outgide, and that ofteehnicians in the National P & T School, l ibrevLlle.
.t equipping the training centre with adwuatê Èeachingr aids.
Project 2: PorÈ-Gentil telephone exchançrc and thc netwodcg ofthe eigrht centres
At appral.sal, the project implernentation l-ncluded:
a, At Port-GcntLl : the supply and instal-lation of a modernautometic tcJ.ephone exchange that couLd be inÈegrrated into thenêtwork of the P e T DepartmenÈ, Gabon, includingr a power gtation(with autmratic startLngf device) i inst,alLation of digtributorfutGs, monltoring eguipment and spare PâttE stock;
b) ln the eiqht c€ntres
the supply and ).aying of conduLtethe supply, drawing and connection of transmission anddictribution cablesÈhc supply and laying of eubscriber ovcrhead/undergroundconnection cables
el and (d) - the sa$re as in (e) and (d) of ProJeet 1 above
1. tl . { Current situat:Lon
Cornpared to thê gltuation descrlbed ln the PCR (para. 1.3.2) the P &T Department hac conmisgLoned its domestic atatellite network (Equagat) andhas movcd lnto its ngw adminLstrative head office (Delta Postal).
t
a)
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EOUASAT
Sincs Àugru-ct L987,. the OPT has put into operation th€ equ!.parent, ofltg f-Lr-at phaac of a nationwide telecorununicationj, rad.io uroadc-asÊing andtclevicion projcct. The networlc known ag Equasat, is based on the sateiLiteU.nks and cceka to securitize the existinf transmission nctrork, Link thehardly acccssiblc localities and reliablli transmit t.elevisLon and radiobroadcastLng slgmals. This first phase provides Links between 1ibrevil,le andtho- clght othcr provincial centres in a itar network structure i t.vo localitieg(Mclcanbo and I't'Bigou) arè also linkcd. A mobile station cornplct,es the networkrhosc trnplarcntatl.on cogt amount,ed to CFÀ.f 25 billion (see e;nex II) .
b, Del.tr poste1
Sincc 1988r the P t I Department (OPT) has bcen occupyingr a nGïaùninLstratlve head office cal.led Delta Posta]. . This infragt,ructùie malces itpoasiblc to providc offices for 800 workerg; i,t has many facilitLes(confcrcncc rootrrc' auditorir.ur, library, r€staurants, cafetari.a, ete) on its29r0OO t'12. thic very modern buildLng is ext,ensible and coct about crj,.f 10bLll.ion.
cl Frenccvl.lt.c tal.gghonc exchanqe
- .In Augruct l '989' thc oPI corrnissioned,, in FrancevLIle, an E 10GlcctronLc !'Gl6phona gxchânge- of 3200 lines. tirig tetephone exc-hange wiJ.tthË countryrs second LntGrnCiional transit centre.
Bbe
l.{.5 lhc pcrfotmâncG LndLcators of Gabonts telecqrununLcatLons are found LnAnncx III of thLc t€port. - Thê drop observed in the number of telephone andtcl'cx subgcrj.bars j.s partly due to the counÈry, s econmic recessioï and to9?l'c cenpal.gm to digeonnect bad payers. The introd.uction of nerù sêrviccallka thc tclccopy (fax) càn atso taptain the steady faLl Ln the nrrmber oftclcx subsorlbcrs.
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PROJECI TMPLEMENTÀION
Conditiong for loan cffectivcness
Thc two Ioans approvcd on I ,tune and 19 September 1978 were sigmed ontl Deeembcr 19?8.
2.L.2 Thc fulf,llnrent of some of the cormnitments such as thc amendnrent ofarticle 756 of th6 statute eetabllshing the P e T Department (OpT), thêcotnmencenrcnt of the Port-Gentil building construction works and thê.ratLficâtion of the loan agreements, delayed the €ntEy into force of tbeseloans. Thc loans became effective
2 . 2
ln Deccmber 1979 for the Librevil le network, i.a. a yeatafter thc signing of the loan agreement,s;
i.n Dccenber 1980 for the Port-/gentil telcphonê Ê:rchange andthe cLght c€ntres, j..e. Two (21 years after thc signing ofths Loan agro€ment,s.
Procuremcnt_of qoods and serviceg
2.2.L lhc procurcnGnt procedurcs as st:lpulated :tn the lôen agrcêtnËrrtrcspectcd xt"th Eogard to the LibrevilJ-e network (FCR 3.2).
2.2.2 thc procGdurcg ncre also respected for the Port-Gcntl.l telcphoneexchangc and the cight inland cenÈrea. It strouJ.d, however, be stressed thatfollowing tR"ATllIJ' s bankruptcy, the OPT with the agreefirênt of the ÀDB, pursuedthe rorks on force eccounÈ. There was lfunit,ed shopping for the procur€nent ofccrtrain goods (cablc sheathing eguipment, vehicles, measurlng Lnctreun€ntsand m-Lsccllaneous aquLpncnt). These procedures do not conform with those ofthc loan aErGcmcnt, but travc the merit of bringing the proJect out of thêimpasrc Ln rhi-ch ERÀTlL,s bankruptcy had put it.
2 . 3 Major nodl-fications
2 3.L Li.brevl]-].s nctrork
Ths srodlf,icatJ.ons nadc ln the LLbrevillc networlc arG of tro tlpcs:
those rclating to the exLension of tbe proJect througrh thcunprojccted connectlon of the new districtg of, Librevj.I le;
thocc stemuing from the diff iculties observed during ÈheimpJ.ementetion of the civil engineeting works.
À11 thesc rnodifications, as the PCR stressed, brought about considerableoeerruns and ].ed to the intervention of two other sources of fiance (GDB andBDEAC}
2.3.2 Port-Gcnt:Ll tclcphone exchançre and the nctrorkg of 8 Centreg
ThGrc rore no major modifications in this project. the supplementaryprocurGmênÈs duc to gaps between the implementation plans and the engLneeringdesigns rcre borne by the OPT. It shou3.d also be noted that f,or reasonsindepcndcnt of tho projecÈ, thc implementaÈion of the tanbarene nctwork wascuspendcd sinc dlc.
2 . 4 fmolannentat ion Schcdule
2.4. I LLbravLl lc network
Thc project was init ially designed to be implemented Ln 3 L/2 yeaEs(Augruot 1978 to i lânuary 1992). The actual imptementation Èook 5 years, from
lebruary 1979 to November 1984. A detailed description of t 'he projecÈinpfenrcntation is given ln th€ PCR (pages 23 - 36). The major ctraages, in theproject - the updaling of Signalisation's contract resulted on the whole to a57* overrun of the basic contract.
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2.4.2 Port-gentil telephone exchançre and net,"rrorks of I Centlee
Thc proj€ct was originally scheduled to be implementcd Ln 4 years(August 19?8 to November 1982). Its actual implementaùion lasted 9 years'
i roà raU"uary 1979 to December 1987 (PCR para. 3.4) . I f the implementat ion oftlrc pogt-eenlit telcphone exchange encountered reagonabl-e delaye' that- of then€tnorkr of I centres experieÀced a l-ot of setbacks as the delay vras
essentially due to the bankruptcy, in April 1983, of ERATEL the companyresponsLble for implernenting these networks (PCR' para. 3.4) '
2 . 5 Projcct -costs and disbursements
2.5.1 Thc pro ject costs are g iven and analysed in the PCR (Para, 3.6) . The
overrun observed does not affect ADB's participation for the foLlowing reasons:
a) thc two,projects benefited from tlre de facto dcvaluation ofthc crÀ.r in relation to the uA. ?he loans wêre calculatedon the bâsis of UA t - CFA.8 285.76 for af l amount of UÀ 5mil.Lion each. During disbureements, th+ uÀ fluctuated fromcrA 264.98 ( f i rs t d isbursement dated 02/0: - /80) to cFA'F413.3t2 (last disburgement dated L6/02/89) with a maximum ofCfA.f 467.24 (August 85) ' as all- the contracts t ' t€reest,ablished in IlP (fixed parity wit,h Cl'À) . fhese exchangreprofits resulted in a devaluation of the CFA.F in relatiot toLfre Ue (to the tune of 19t over 8 years for Librevil le' and22"3* over 9 yeare far Por t -Gent : ' - l - and the 8 centres) andeven enabled savings to be made in UÀ (UÀ r.722.65 forL ibrev i l le and UÀ 21143.7 f .or Por t -Gent iL and the I centres) .
b) The implementation of the T,antcarene netvtork ttas suspendedclne d le.
2.5.2 The d:Lsbursements are sununarized in Annexes IV and V. Unllke those
of the pCR, (t,ables 3.5 to 3.8) they take into account the last digbursementmade in 19it8 and 1989. ft shoutd be stressed bere that OPT'g disbursements,wLth the cxcept ion of those of 1988/89, are est imates.
2 . 6 Projcct rnanagrcnrcnt and monitorinct
2.6.2 I t was only in 1992, three (3) years af ter the p lanned star t -of f o ftha proJect, thât a unit was egtablished within the OPT for project-nanagrement
ana inonitoring. this unit thereafter supervised smoottrly the lmplementationof thc proje?ts. Thc establishrnent, in 1984t of ? specJ-alÈzed cêntraIaccounts
-detriartnrent et thê OPT also facilitated the financial rnonitorlng of
thc proJcct-s. Until L982, the Bank did not carry out any project technicaleupcivts:ion mLgsion. frorn 1983, the missions carried out twice every, 18
monthc on thc âvèrage, hclped soJ.ve the problems and ensure proJect monitoring.
2.6.2 nLth rcgard to post evaluation, it can be added that ERATEL (the
company gelected for Èhe network of the inland centres) did no!' provide any
ct "àty- prJ.or to comnencing its contract. Consequently, followJ.ng the
compaiyt Ë b"trf"optcy, tbe OSI is still unable to recover the grmrs due to it.
2 .6.3 I f t t r is non-provis ion of surety had not escaped the v ig i lance of the
OpT, the consultant a;d the ADB, ERÀTEL' s insolvency would have been quickly
egtablished and the contracÈ awarded to another comPany.
2.6.4 The f i . rs t general r€por t on the pro ject was prepared tn^ 1983fotlorlngr the dl-fficuttl"es encou-ntered. Then, the Bank was regrrlarly informedof, the corrduct of t,h€ operations through work progress reports.
I I I . PRO.TECT PERrORI{ANCE RESULTS AND EVÀIUATION
Backgrround
Over the period i.978 ' g7, the OPT invested a lot in ord.er to3 . 1implement its t€leconmunications development progfrarme. Several sources offlnance (internal and external) participated in the implementaÈion ôf thevarious projects. The current situation of teleconrnunications in Gabontherefore resul ts f rom al - l these measures. Wi thout wishing to credi t a l l theachievements to ttre sole activity of the Bank., tt is trowever neeessary topoint out the consequences of i ts operat ions.
By acceptlng to finanee the networks of tibreville' Port-GenÈi1 andt.he 8 centres in 1978, the Bank had opted for a profound and long-term actionâer at the time, sources of f inance preferred only nvisibfer operations (radio
reiay l inks and telephone exchanges). Sj-nce local networks account for over75t ;f a Ècleconmunications system, any action aL this lewe1 therefore hasfar-reaching irnpacts.
3 . 2 Results " ;
3 . 2 . 1 L i b r e v L l l c ' i , r . i . . - .1 ' l r l ' i
paragraph 2 of the PCR gives a detailed deseripÈion of the majorassetg of the project. The multiple amendnents to the basic contract (4 onÈhe whole) hawe modi f ied tbe j "n i t ia i pro j :c ' : d : lu t ; -
civil engineerinçr: 100 tz]- meters of pipes out of L07 280
æ out of Gg7 have been LnstaUed; 5 069/5100m2 of sidewalk and 17 7f33/2? 000n2 of carriageways havebeen repaired;
cables and linesz 268/6 3A0 supports have been plant_ed; 289gas/zn 915 *et . rs of underground cable and 63 L46/76 200
meters of overhead cables hawe been l-aid.
ConscquenÈ1y, the nstwork of rnain .l ines (ML) from Librevilfe has increassd 2.6
t imes ln 6 iàa.s f rom 6 1?5 in 1981 to 16 057 in 1986'
3.2.2 Port -Gent i l and I centree
The automatic telephone exchange installed in PG has helped bring the
connecting capacity of this town to 4000 Mt extensible to 8000 ML" Tbe
exehange Éas a-n opJrating capacity of 100 000 calls per hour.
Eight Centres
paragrraph 2.1 of the PCR describes the resulte obtained in the 1
centrês wtrose networks have been fully or part' iat-1y jmplemented' 2077
supports have been planted, 19 682 metèrs of pipes and 9 000 meters af
rnultiple conduits have been laid.
Ttre increased number of subscribere on aceount of the above resultg
pertly cxplain why deepite the countryt s economic diff icultiee, revenues frotu
ietec-onunui icat ioni in fgAS increased b;8.668 as compared to those of 1985'
3 . 3 Tcchnical Pcrformanoc
technlcallY wellthe international
Generally speaking' the two projects w9r9
lnplcnrcnted and the equipment install-ed comply with
standardt of qualitY.
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LibreviLlc Nstwork
3.3.1 Thc avoragG rata of Lncreage in the demandE for connectlon to theLlbrev iL le main l ines was 13.6t f rom 1983 to 1989. This increage ig due ingreat part to the availabil it,y of cables and subecriber eguipment. It shouldbe strcsged that in most African countries, short,age of cables is the mainr€ason why demands for Èelephone connections are not met for over 3 monthg.In october 1989, 16 215 out of an insta1led capaci ty of 24 320 main l ines wers.ln operation (Ànnex III) .
3.3.2 Onê hundred and twenty-five (125) workers and 40 vehicl-es carry outadcquately the varLoug works (maintenance, connection, extengion) at thcL:lbrevlllê nêtïork.
3.3.3 In rscent years, there has been a marked improvernent in the rapidityrith which brcakdowns are detected. At the t, ime of the PPAR, 24* of thebreakdowns sigmalled wer€ located in 24 hours, 78* in 48 hourg and 98t in arreek and after. the number of fautts signalled for 100 Mt and per year, whichrras about 50 during the PCR has not changed.
Port Gent:[] and lll-grht Centres
3.3.4 Betn€ên 1983 and 1988, the connect ions of the main l ines increased onthe av€rage by 12* for Poet-Gentil and by 88 for the other centr€s. InOctober 1989, Por t -Gent i l to ta l led 3050 connecÈed ML ( i .e . a 77* occupancy ofthe telephone exchange) and thè seven centres 1888 connected Mt (298occupancy) .
3.3.5 t{hiIe four (4) workerg are assigned to the operation and maintenanceof the Port-Gentil telephone exchange, 41 workers attend to the netetork workgin the 7 inland centres.
3.3.6 In these centres, breakdowna are detected at near ly 100t in 24hourg. thig perfor:mance is mainly due to the good quallty of the netvtorks.
3 . 4 OperaÈional PerrformanceStr f f rn r { ô r r f n r r }
B .
3 .4 .1 I n compar i son w i th t , he PCR (pa ra . 5 .3 ) ,the OPT personneL rhlch in October 1989 numberedfo l lows:
one observes a reduction1932 workerg dietrlbuted
1nag
PostTe l- e conununi cat i onsGeneral gervices
| 646z 72'7: 5 5 9
3.4.2 Thc telecomnunicationa pcrsonnel therefore increaged frorn 133 workerein 19?8 (at appraLsal.l to 727 workers in October 1989. This increage is ag aresuJ- t of an in tensive t ra in ing poJ- icy appl ied by the OPT (para. 5.3.2 of . PCR) .
3.4.3 The output index (nurnber of workers for 1000 main L ines) baged on thenumber of technical staff i-s 32 and reflecÈs an improvement as compared tot , ha t o f 1987 (pa ra . 5 .3 .1 o f PCR) .
3.4.4 Assurning that the general services staff devote haLf of Èhier t jrne totel-ecmrunLcations, the corresponding number of workers aseigned totelecomnunications ig therefore 1,016 in October 1989 and the output indexcalculated on this basLs ig 45*. The country's economic recov€ry e*Pected in1990 should help Lower this index in comingf years.
* À,n indcx of about 30 Lg acceptable.
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lariffg and Èelephone accountinq
3.4.5 Thc tar i f fs in forcc have not changed s ince the PCR (para. 55) . I tshould however be noted that since .Iuly 1989, OPT hag been charging localcorilnun:lcations by duration (1 unit, of 3 minutes in all the tottns eguipped withclectronic telephone exchanges (Francevil le, Souba, Librevil le, Makokou,Mouila, Oyem and Port-GenÈil). This provision makes telephone a bit dearer inthese towns, but it is mlt, igated by the application of, reduced tariffs (ofIess than 50t) during off-peak hours
3 ,4 .6 EL I l s a re s tL I l p repa red on a mon th l y bas i s (pa ra . 5 -6 o f PCR) .
3.4.7 The b i l ls unpaid t ,hree months af ter invoic ing arnounÈed to eFA,f 10.3bil1ion, 51t of whieh is for the government and 498 for private individuals.These figures shovr a vrorsening of the siÈuation as comPared to 1987 (para.5.6.6 of pCR). To remedy th is s i tuat ion, the OPT ha,E s ince tbe beginning ofthe year been systemâticatly cancell ing its contracts with bad Pay€r?. Theapplication of Juch a policy to th€ privat,e subscribere lri l l bear f,ruit veryquLckly. The OpT should withtn the framework of its agreement with the Statetry to reduce the amount of outstanding nofficial-r biLJ.s.
3 . 5 FlnancLal performance
Management, of OPT
3.5.1 OPTTs f inancia l per forrnance isare given in Annexes VI and VII.
sunmarized in table 1 belon; details
Table 1Sumary of operatingr account'g
( in mi l l ions of CFA.r)
YEAR
ProceedsOgeratingr expcngesPersonnelOthersGross marginDepreciation *provis ionsOperat5-ng result
1 9 8 1 t982 1 9 8 3 1 9 8 4 1 98s 1 9 8 6 1 9 8 7 1 9 8 8
tl
ic
1 3 9 1 8 1 7 5 3 48666 L24972648 39126018 8s2s5252 s037
3 9 1 4 3 8 3 01338 L207
2L974 26531 30024 32t75 30546 2965214648 r1L72 20238 20878 23018 230L7
4280 5711 6228 7060 8380 859210368 11461 14010 13818 1{638 14425
7326 936s 9?86 LL297 7528 6635
s 4 8 7 8 8 2 8 9 s 4 81 8 3 9 5 3 7 2 3 8
11118 7160 6253L19 368 382
BATIOSResult,/proceeds-i n *Coverage offinancial expens€sRate of return ontotal net egeêts
9 . 6
2 . 6
2 . 4
1 l . 8 8 . 3 2 . 0 0 . 0 8 0 . 5 6 0 . 4 6 L - 2 9
2 . 9 2 . s 2 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 8
1 . 4 2 . 3 0 , 0 5 0 . 7 L . 2
8 . 9 1 0 . 3
1 . 6 1 . 6
3.5.2 OnG notês a worsenlng of the operating result which although
posi t ive, dropped f rom 9.6t of Éne tota l proceeds in 1981 to L.29* in 1988'
This is due to an increase in personnel expenseg and operating costE a? b?!19
1 c lear ly shows. The operat ing expenses rose f rom CFÀ.f 8.6 b i l l ion in 1981
to CFA.r 23.0 b i l l l ,on in 1988. ' A i paragraph 5.7.4 of the PCR points outr - the
heavy anount of the transfers (27* ôr trre operating expense^s). made by oPT to
TIG (Societe de lelecornrunications Internationales du Gabon) should be
stressed. the depreciations and provisiona averagiing .30t of the total
expensss per annlun are 1ae paragrapli 5.7.5 of ttre PCR points out) very high
becaugê of tn" --"éff-ginànci-nS
o-f irocurements, the constructsion of the new
Delta Postal head off|ce, the implËmentation of the various projects and loan
tePafrmentg.
3.5.3 As a result of the varioug borroirings made by t,!e 99Tr the financial
expenses junrped f rom cFA.r 364 rn i l l ion in 198r to CPA.F 3 b i l l ion in absolute
value Ln 1988. In relative value ag compared ùo the tot'al proceeds' they rose
f r o m 2 . 6 t i n 1 9 8 1 t o 1 0 . 3 t i n 1 9 8 8 -
3 . 5 . 4 t h € r a t e o faveragG of L.24 overaccepted by the Bank.
3 .5 .5 In gcncra l?reducJ-ng invegtmentsrate of roturn.
return on totalthe per iod 1981
the OPT shouldin t,he irrnediate
1 1
rret assets ig very J.ow with a yearly- 1988. Thie rate is below the level
cut back on the fj.nancial €rBpcnses byfuture in order to improve its lnternal
3 . 5 . 6
YT!AR
ÀssErsCurrent arsêtg
Capital asgêtsflxed assêtsOn-gol-ngTotal capitalaasets
SOTETJ NlT AS9EÎS
LIAEILIÎITSthort-term debtgLong-tesm debtsTotal debtsEquJ.tyRêsult
TOTAI, ITIÀBTLITIIS
9161 13358 18188 23217L2710 11893 L3143 18461
21aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa�81t 25251 31331 4t678
288L0 339?8 34t0223666 52662 53106
5 3 4 7 6 8 6 6 4 0 8 7 s 2 0
OPl's performance is gunmed up as follows:
lable 2Stlmrarv of Performances 1981 - 1988
( in mi l l iong of CFÀ.F)
1 9 8 1 t982 1983 1984 1 9 8 5 1 9 8 6 1987 1 9 8 8
26526 32466 45LO2 6t837 692L4 82368 8684722313
615611602
1 ? ? s 8
40131 48397 577t1 76433 103515 L22694ffi
169008 L7436' læ æ
14091 1664068{8 81.i22
20939 2476217854 22428
1338 t207
19958 293671206 5800
27t64 36167287L4 397291 8 3 9 5 3 7
41883 459259351 ]-3329
5L234 5925452043 632s1
239 L79
5975043224102974656663 6 8
66588a23s21089406s0{5
382
4 0 1 3 1EE
4 8 3 9 7 511L7 16433 103515 L22690 169008 L74361æ E E æ
Iforkl-ng eap:ltal
Capital accctg/Equity ratlo
Solvency rat{g{acrui trr,/}.rrtr1 dalrt sI
L:lguLd ratio
RcpaymenÈ capacLty
0 . 5 0 0 . s s
0 . 9 1 1 . 0 6
8282
0 . 4 9
0 . 8 5
1 . 5 9
0 . 2 5
1 . 5 9
0 . 2 0
1 . 6 3
0 . 2 1
0 . s 9
1 . 1 0
1 . 5 4
0 . 2 6
0 . 5 5
L . A 2
1 . 4 8
0 . 1 9
0 , 5 ?
L . 6 7
1 . 5 1
0 . 1 9
2786 12508 1s735 19955 23289 226t8 20259
0 . 4 1 0 . 3 9
0 . 6 4 0 . 6 0
1 . 3 8 1 . 3 0
0 . 0 7 0 . 0 6
3 . 5 . 7 Thê capital assets/equ5-ty ratio ramained al.rnost coastant throughoutthe perl.od wLth a yearly average of 0.52, meaning that OPTrg capital assetswhich lncreased by about 30t per annum lrere f,inanced in great part f,rom J.ongand ncdl-r:nr-term debtg. ft should be noted in particular that the capitalassets of thê 1987 and 1988 financial years were financed from borrowings.
3 . 5 . 8 The debt ratio calculated by the PCR doeg not adequately roflectOPl's debÈ situation. Considering the heavy arnount of short-term dêbtsabout CfÀ,f 66.5 btl l ion in 1988 and even exceeding the long-terrn debts (CfA.f42.3 bil]. ion) - Èh€ Àudit thLnks that a. solvency ratio, namely equity/totaldebts rouJ.d reflect better the magmit,ude of oPT's debts. Therefore, t,hssolvency ratio which droppcd from 0.85t in 1981 to 0.60t in 1988 cJ.earJ.y showsthat OP3 should improve lts debÈ sÈructure.
3 .5 .9 I n t he PCR (pa ra .5 .8 .1 . ) t he wo rk ing cap i t a l was ob ta ined by us ingone of the foJ-l.owing methods (example for 1981).
t 2
Table 3( in ni f l ions of CrA.r)
l'lethod Bllcthod A
Current assetsOn-goJ.ng capital asset,s 11 601.91 Capital i Reeerves *SecurLtLes 29.50 lJong: & mediam-term debts - 24 702.37Quiek ler€ts 22 343.L6
Tota l 33 974.57
tesg rgpavablc at short-terrn X.eSS
f i x e d a s s e t s - 6 1 5 6 1 1 ?Short - term debts - 14 070.93Resul ts L 3 3 7 . 4 4
- 15 ' t 28 . 37lota].
ItorkLng capl-tal '18 546.2 tùorkLng capitat t L8 546.2
3.5.10 By us ing th€ee methods, the PCR obta ined a work ing capi tat increasingfrom CrA.r 18.546 b i l l ion in 1981 to CFA.r 74.9L2 b i ] . ] . ion in 198?. Theee
i : amounts âr€ very heavy and appear incompatible with OPT's debt policy duringthe same period.
3.5.11 In calculating the worklng capiÈal, it was advisable in Method A toexclude the current assets, on-going capital assets (as these reprosent inactual factr non-transferabLe goode) and, in Method B, to include the reeultsin the investmênt capital.
3.5.12 On tha bacig of the above observat:Lons, the audLt recalculated therorking capJ.tal and obtaLned the followingr reEults (1981).
Table 4 ( in mi l l ions of CrA.r )
Method À
Current âggetg
Securit l-eg
RealLzable andcash acscts
lotal
- 2 9 t 5
- 2 2 3 4 3 1 1
2 2 3 1 2 1 6
Mèthod B
TnuÊetmêlr t r ratr l t l l
Àppropriations *Regerveg
+ IÂtT debts+ Regults
TotaI
1 7 8 5 4 , 5
6 8 4 7 1 8L 3 3 1 t 4
26 039 ,7
LêÈs rêpayable at - 14 0901 9ehort,-teriIl
l vo rkLngcapL ta l r 828L .7
Less capital ascets 17 758(f ixed asaets + on-going)
Working capital 8 2 8 t , 7
3.5.13 The working capitals tbus obtained, though positive, renrain rnarkedlyl.ower than those calculated in the PCR. they go from CFA.F 8.381 bil l ion inX.981 to CAÀf 29.259 bil l . ion in 1988 and their Ievel therefore justif les thsborrowing operations adopt€d by the OFT. (see table 2 above for the workingcapltals of the other financial years).
3.5.1{ ttaving said this, the Audit agrees wit,h the PCR that the exist€nce ofthis posltive work.Lng capital enables the OPT Èo meet itg varioug operatingerspenees. thl-s fact is borne out by a good liquid ratio overaging 1.50t perannulr.
3.5.15 Thc PCR (para. 5.?1) presenta of course for the OPI dur ing the1981-87 flnancj.al ysar, a positive cash-flow which, according the Audit ',should however be related to the totaL debt .i-n order to determLne OPT'scapaclty to repay. Conseguently the cash flow/total debt, rat,io dropped frora0.25 ta 1981 to 0.06 in 1988, thus showing a net reduct ion in OPl 'a repaymentcapaeJ.ty,
1 3
Internal ratc of ret,urn of the projects
3.5.16 the cdnpon€nts of a telecormnnicatLons network âct by synergry, and itLs v.ry dlffLcult to determine alf the costs and benefits of an indivj.dualproject. Thè total coet/benef,iÈ analysis made for a compreh€nsive investmentPrograïune and/or for a given period, gives a clearer picture of thecost-effcctLvencss of the operationg undertaken. Un]-Lke the PCR,' thè Auditugad a method bascd on r€venues and addj-tional charges (see assumptions in!nnex VIII) wLthout usLng tbe revenue per main line and the growth ofcubscrLbers.
3.5,17 thc Lntcrnal rate of return (IRR) recalculated by Àudit on thc bagicof thc PCR data (annexos L2 and 14) is 19.18t for L ibrev i l le and 13.7a18 forPort Gcnt i l and the e ight centres instead of 18.63t and 9.47* as indicated inthc PCR.
3.5.18 Anncrcêt IX and X clarify the data on the revonues fromteLeeqnnunicatLons, additional revenues and the calculation of, the fRR ofLJ.brevll lc, PorÈ Gentil and the eLght centres.
3.5.19 thc IRR calcul.atcd ôn the basie of the Audit assumptions is X7.45tfor Ll-brcviLLc end 9.87t for Post Gentit and the eigrhÈ centres.
3.5.20 UcLngr a diffarcnt method, one obtains rateg of return fairly close tôthosc of the PCR (but signifLcantly different from the recaLculatcd IRR ofL:lbrcvil lc and thê I ccntrss). These rates are purely indLcative as it isvcry dLfficult to dcternrlne wit,h scientif ic rigour the fRR of a project takenin isoLat lon in the te leconrnunicat ions sector tc f . para.3.6.1) . That is whyt'hc PPâR rathcr stresscd the rate of return on the total net assets (para.3 . 5 . { a b o v e ) .
laononLc rsÊurn of the pl:oject's
3.5.21 Ths aeononLc cveluation of thc projects la glven in para. 5.0 of thcPCRs. 8lncc thc Lntcrnal rate of, retutn aLone is still not enough tocorrccÈIy appraiac ths proJects, it has beconre necesaary to combine it wLthttrc cconmic ratË gf rÇturn in other to better rneasure the impact of, thatclccqrmunicâtionc proJcats on the economy of the countries. Ag thêcalculatl.on of thi.s ratG invol-ves rnacro-economic data, tt would pcrhaps bcapproprl.atc to carry out a globa1 study on the economic return of thêtclccomrunlcatLong proJccts Ln a number of African countrieg in order to havorGtGrQncG ttandards. In addition, emphasis shouJ.d be 1aid on the need for theIoan :lmpl€mêntation agencf.ca to coll€ct the gocio-econornic data.
3 . 6 l n r t { f n } { a n r l
3 .6 .1 Tha s t ruc tu r€ o f t he OPT as desc r i bed l n t he pCRs (pa ra .5 .2 l hasbcen modl.fl-cd by Èhê creatLon of two (21 positions of Deputy GeneraL l'lanagerc:the DepuÈy Gcneral Mânag€r Ln charge of General Affairs and Lhe Deputy GenerallrlânagGr in charge of fnrpection. That, brings the number of Deputy GeneralDLtectors to f ive {5) . f t shoutd a lso be, noted that wi thLn theaub-dLrectoratc in charge of the nationat telecourunications network, thecwitchLng and ncÈworks DeparÈment was spLit into the switching Department andtlrc ovctlread/undcrground ll,nes Department. The on-going reorganization whichrrl l, l givc greatcr power to the managerial staff in Èhe hierarchy; especiallythc hsadc of provincl.al units, seÈrns to have been prompted by the conccrn fordccentraLization and decongestion. It should however be borne in m'ind thatthè rl-dcr tho gap betwecn the srrrrnrit and the base the more èorununicationprob]-crns the enterprJ.sc encounters.
3.6.3 Under thc meagurcs taken by thc State to cutvarLoug sectors of the national economy, the salary ofilrrnuary 1989 becn cut by about 202 (less 38 ofcancclJ,atLon of the operating allowances). Thisclow-dorn the steadily growing, share of remuneraÈionsnct operat ingr G*p€nacs (30E in 1984 and 36.3* in 1988).
down the enpsnsclr of thcthe OPT staff has sincethe bagic salary .and
measure will doubtLessand wages in thc overall
rv.
1 . 1
L 4
PERfORMA}TCE EVALUÀTTON Or THE PARÎIES II{VOI.VED
OPT
Thc abs€nce a project implernentation unlt right frorn thc onsethendLceppcd ÈhG- Lmplcmcntation of the projects up to 15S2. r,atel oîe thecstablLshl[cnt of thig unj.t helped eolve many problem facing the projects.' IhêÀudit notes that th€ structure was not maintâined and tha{ a pIànn{ng unit isbcLngr set up rithin the OPT. rt would be advisable, for effitiency
-purposes,
if ovcr and abovc.lts plannlng assJ,gnments thie unlt al-so manages ana-rnoàttoriaLl OPTts proJccts.
The OPI carried out efficJ.ently, on force account, the cablG drawingând conncction works as well as the gubscribere' instatlations thankc to thàtraLning given to thc tcchnical staff.
4 . 2 Congultantg
Thc congultant's ccrvices rlere deeply analyrcd Ln thc PCR 15.2.61.EmpharLs chould ho*cvcr be Laid on the f,act that the ànalysfs of-lF,AAElrgf,lnancial capaclty was Lnadeguate - (the premises of ttre Company were alreadyundcr scal. xhqn Lt ras awarded the contraet).
. t . 3 Srlgol-icrlr
On Èhc wbole thc services of, the supplierg were Eood in spitc of theslJ.Eht ghortconLngrc obacrvcd in the concrete resistancc of the drâwing boxegI'nctallcd by SLgnalj.satLon Ln r.ibrcvil1e. Th€ enterprises whLeh took o;er thèrorks follorlng tnÀTELts bankruptcy r€spected the gchcdule.
t . 4 Àfrl.can Dcvcl.ogncnt Bank
fhe Àudit agrcalt rith the observatione of, the PCR (para. 3.9.4) onthê Bank's pcrformancc and, in particular, on the inadequate technicalaupcrvllLon ni.tsLons.
:e:
15
v. sllgTÀrNÀBII,rTy or TqE PRO,IECTS
5.1 the survival of a telecorrnunications network depends eseentially onhow it ls maintained. Personnel init. iatives and the fact Èhat the eguipmentis relatively new account mainly for the current good rnaintenanceperformance. If the number of workera appeaïs adequate, the other claesicalmaintenance problems: tack of log is t ic fac i l i t ies (vehic les, tools , measur inginstruments) and shortage of spare parts are arising and beginning tojeopardize the future.
5.2 thc drawing up of a nat.ional maintenance improvernent plan would,without doubt, help take better advantagre of the equiprnent as long aspossib le. The fAR/80/018 maintenance pro ject which t t re ITU . has beenimplementinq since 1980 with UNDP and ÀDB support, can be arr appreciablecontribuÈLon.
5.3 The increage in the arnount of bi11s unpaid in 1988 is causLnsconcerD. The rneasures taken i-n 1989 by the OPT should improve the situation.
5.4 l ransfers to the TfG const , i tu te the second i tem of expendi ture 127*of thc €xPensês - Para. 5.7.4 of PCR) af ter personnel expenees. L ike theState measures on salaries, the OPT would certainly improve Èhe financialregults by finding a ïtay of cut.t ing down the level of these transfers.
5.5 Gabon's climate is not ideaf for telecommunications eguipment. TheOPT couLd therefore impose severe standards on t,he suppliers {reeistance tohumidity) for the equipment dispatched to it.
v I .1 6
coNcl.usloN. IJESSONSL Al{D RECOMMENDATTONS
Conclus ion
6.1 The object ives of t ,he two pro jects hawe been achieve.d, wi tness thevery sJ.gmificant improvement in thé vàrious performance indicatore of theOPT. Thesê Èwo projecÈs are the first f inanced by the ADB in theteleconununications sector in Gabon and, despite the diff iculties inimprementatJ-ng t,hem, they are a success for all the operators.
6 .2 Legsons
The J.mptementation of these proJects Lg an enrichlng experj.enee andmakeg it possible to draw the following lésson:
(a) aÈ proi.cct appraisal: Èhere is need to estimate and guantifythe obJect ives and ( technical and f inancia) resul tg expectedfrom the pro jects; the a poster ior i appraisal of the pro jectsrould be more fac i l i ta ted and object ive. The use of thegoftware maÈrix being studied by the Bank would make it possibleln thc future to achieve th is object ive. Fur thermore, i t is' esgent ia l to set , a t appraisal , a date for loan ef fect ivenêss.This date would be used as a reference for the precedingmeasureg.
(b) Loan ef fect ivenese
To comply with t.he implernentation schedules of the projects andIimit the time between the signing and ent.ry into force of loanegre€mÈnts, the borrowers should do aII in their power Èo fulf i la3 quickly ae possible Èhe conditions precedent to firsÈd:lsbursement,. A project launching mission carried out by theBank after signature of the loan agreemenÈ would without doubtremove the earliest diff j-culties encountered at the start-off oft he p ro jec t s .
(cl Bl-d analyscs
the fLnancial capacity of the contractors and companies selectedshouLd be carefully studied at alJ. the stages preceding cpntraetsignaturc and approval. The financial capacity criterlon shouldbe as rcLghted as the technical criterion.
(d) Prolcct :ùnlrlerncntaÈion
the borrower should set up a project implementation, pilotJ.ngand rnonitoring uniÈ. The establishnent of thiE unit (where it,does nôt exist) equipped with adequate logistic faciLit ies(vchicles, f,uel, off, iee equiprnent, etc) could be a projecÈcomponent and eonstitute one of the conditions precedenÈ ÈofLrgt disbursoncnt. the Bank shoul-d teach this unit lts project5.mplementation procêdures (reports, l isÈs of goode and services,d lsbursements, etc) and increase the number of pro jectsupervision missions. The executing agency and the coneultantehould at each stage, implement the local netlrorks projects onthe basis of the updated urbanizaztion plans and in clogecollaboratl-on with the public works, electricity and waterdepartments.
I 7
5 . 3 ReconurrendaÈionq
The above anaryses and the following reconunend,at,ions can be made:
OPT Gabon
A D B
( a )
(b )
ADB AND OPT Gabon
Àt appraisal : make a costaccount the necessaryinternationaL competit ivËcosts the costs updated bydate -
job posi t ions in order to havemanage its human resources to
an action (TAÀ) on theof t ,he exist ingr
î:::^_ -y -."" * a marter of urgency a nationaJ. maintenancelmprovement pran with the assistance of the rru or ".r1. -ofn".
par tner . This pran wir r evaluate the supplementary maintenancerequirements to achieve the ioternationar àtandarde and eetimatethe costs of the var ious components;
make a descriptive study of thepersonnel terms of refeience andthe bes t ;
expedite the setting up of itg planning unit with â view tore-updatingr l-ts tereconununications mast.ef prarr and, disposing of,â coordination and supervision mechanism ftr the deveroprnent ofGabon' 5 teleconrnunications network ;
Presevere in the current tax recowery poJ.iey;
improve lts f inaneial performance by bringingr the financialrat ios , - (debt , recovery, repa]ÆnenÈ capaci ty et ,c) down toacceptable levels .
estimate of the project,s taking int,odeadlines for f inanJ.izing the
bi-dding procedures; regrard as basethe contractors at the bid, eubmission
internationa] instiÈutions (UNDP, I:TVI
make a gectoral study on the economic rate of return oftelecornrnunications in Africa;
study .the impact of the nee, gervices (telecopy, datatransmission, etc) on the demand for classicar serviceg( te lephone, te lex) in Afr ica. This s tudy , f f f make i tpossible t,o better determine in the immed.iate future theeapacity of the telecommunications éq"ù;"t to beinsta l led. .
" :FP| : ! . . i ! : pro jecÈ f inancinsr wiÈhrerrabi l_ i ta t ion and mainÈenanceteleconrnunications network :
fn cooperat.ion with otherPATU, ÀP?U):
make any patrmentdeposit of a bank
of contract mobi l izat ionguarântee by t.he suppliers
fee subject to theand contractors.
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2 .
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TGIËIrhône l'lchrngËNo. of automâtj.c telephone exchangeslotal inttaucd capacityÀvsrage occupancy ratc (t)No. of mâLn Lincs (e|I,) J.n operationGrorth of ML Ln opcration (t)Numbcr of eubscribers
fclerNo. of, eutqnet:lc tclcrc âxdtrengcsTotel tnatalled capacityCapact ty Ln operat:lonNtnbor of cubscrl.bcrcGrorrth of gubscrj.bcre (t)
3. fnnrinisg:LonLcngrth of tropocphcric radio link (lcm)LÊngrth of nuncrlcal radio lj.nk (km)&cngCh of analogruq radio linlcs (km)
Tota].
Ëqueraq (DonËæLc lfctwork)llo. of, lngÈaLlGd Êarth etationsNo. of c i rcuLts
tl . IittcËnât:lorerl- tretrfl.gEâath Etat:lonchtcrnÊtional ttengit ecntrelclcphona circuLtclcla:( cLrcuLtcIntcrnatlonàl câlls (nl.Llion!, nn taxcdl
5. PcrsonnclTclécmnunLcatLonsPoctGcncrel ccrviceg
lotal
6. Autrcr indLcatqurgal fclccqr. rovonuos (nillLon of CfA)
Rqvcnucs/Ml (thousends of CfA.f)Rcvcnuc/lelcon. rgcnt (thousands of CfA)Rcvcnuc./Gpp (t)OPT cxpcncca (millLons of, CrA)lxpcnccr/O?T agcnts (thougands of CFA)lxpcnscc./Ml (OPT, (thourands of CFA)OPT LnvcstnÊnts (mitlionr of CFA)Investmenta/eDp (t)
20 09â4 . 3
L . 1 2
20 6953
1 6 4 6 5
1
687
L1 4 4 0
651-5
1 1206
11 4 4 0
780613- 6
275' 3 0 0
1 7002 275
1 12 0 6
2 21 1
2671 1 5
L3.73
bl Tclephonc Scrviee (!tll100 inhabitants)Productiwity (ÀEcnt/1000 û) )t Te].ecm, + 0.5 SG
774l 1 1 6 0II 935
29 9261 4 8 9
38 5342 1 6
31 9961 6 5 3 5
1 5 9 2
8 X 0l t 2 L 2I2 022
28 3t21 366
34 9532 1 8
30 178L4 925
1 4583 5 8 9 4
3 . 6
L . 1 4
7216465 5 9
L 932
28 2751 0 1 6
38 8932 r 3
29 21015 150
L 322I 0 4 0
1 . 4
t . : o
98
1 . 8 845
c) Availabj.l i ty of radio Iinks (t)Dcction of brealcdowns (t) to ,t+1
to J*2to .r}3
9 85 07 89 8
ANTTEX 1I1Page 2 of, 3
CTEON t I
lclqcqnrun.lcaÈj.ons'lclcphonc exchanges
a) MtLn Lincs per town
Inctalled Capacity in Capacity J.n Occupancycapacity operaÈion as opcration as retc- Ln
-capacrEy op€raÈj_on as opêrat,l,on as retc Lnas a t 3 t / LO /89 aL 3L / t z /gg e t 31 , /10 /89 t
L!.brcvLlIcFort-Gcntll7 ccntrqstha rcrt of Grbon
25 2802 9366 4242 450
16 149 16 303 6r t2 906 3 050 77L 937 1 98? 311 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 4 6
Totel 3 8 0 9 0 22 L37 22 456 59
b) lrlrl-n LLnes bv lechno].oqv ag at 31./10/89
IncÈallcd Connection OccupaneyCapacity Capacity rete t
Elcctrmehanl.cc
Elcct.ronLer
2 s00
3s s90
1 6 1 5
20 840
64
5 9
lCtIAIr 38 090 22 456 5 9
ANilEX TITPage 3 of 3
GÀgOi[ : felglronunun:lcatlonq
Subgcribers by cateçrory
Câtêgrory L987 1 9 8 8 L989(3L/08 ' � t
1. lalcAhona
FrivatGBusincttOffl-cl"a1
2. Tel.crr
PrLvËtoEucLncrgOfficLal
3. oPl
lcleghonÉ
PubU_cOpcreÈl-on
TotaI
lotet'
lota.l.
Isikrr
Publ-LcOpcratlon
IotaI
| 1 3 7 9 1I
2' 6741 6 4 6 5
68?
9 0 1 8 I 9 9 95 951 6 0502 9L7 2 952
1 7 3 8 6 1 8 0 0 1
1.15 8 1
5 6651
L 7542
5 4613
7 97 1 97 9 8
7029139X5
19
1 0
1I9
ÀNNEX IV
GÀBON : leleconrrrunication
LIEREI'TTLE
DISBURSEMENÎS (CFÀ.F)
ÏDÀR
19801981198219831 9 8 {19851 9 8 6198?1988
l(tlÂIr
t p b
24 101t lo{ 358340 124t28 9293 { 6 0 4 9
30 89s168 693324 42L
1 ?68 1?1
ECD
90 000 000120 000 000140 000 000
80 000 00070 000 000
500 000 000
BDEÀC
:4?? 455 113
85 399 424237 372 s18
L4 772 885
904 928 000
oPT . ".*
3L 521 96063 05s 920? 8 8 1 9 9 0 078 819 90063 05s 920
1s7 639 800L4t 875 820
* 35 356 639* 1 6 8 6 0 4 9
6s1 837 908
ÎCML
s6 23s 635551 4L4 2835 3 8 9 4 4 1 7 1341 149 813258 235 073610 312 6033 9 5 9 6 8 4 ? 4s 9 7 1 5 0 9 6 3
1 6 4 5 8 9 3 4
3 ?35 008 941
61536321L9?35022732307 4 6
033
I OPl 's 198? and 1988 f,Lnancial eccounts
' : a:ç;. ?
AÀTNEX V
GABoN : ÎELECOùdMIINICÀ,IION$
POR:I Gfrffrt AIitD â cElfl[RES
DigbursGments (FCFA)
ÏIAF'
1980198119821983198r119851986198?19881 9 8 9
sotÂIl
A D B
159 9{2 6387L 922 474
455 766 422104 789 070
65 065 73782 482 536
329 284 946342 296 396L86 302 444
40 266 750
1 838 119 433
OPT
50 3085 1 3 8
5 1 5 6 224 708
_1 5 1 0 962 982
* 1 0 1 5 0
2t9 960
ICIITÀT,
2L0 25L 3317? 060 815
507 328 463L29 491 4L3
65 065 73791 592 2L7
392 261 8483 5 2 4 4 6 5 9 61 8 6 3 0 2 4 4 4
40 266 750
2 058 079 620
6993410 4 13 4 3
661902200
1 8 7
* OPlta 198? fLnancLal aceounts
INNEX Vl
GIABON : POST ÀITD IEI.ECOMMSNICATIONSSttlÂtARI of OPERATING ÀCCOUNTS 1981-88 (nLl].ions of CfÀ.Fl
1981 1982 1983 - 198 { 1985 1986 1987 1988linencl,alIoar
OpcretLngoroccsdl
Port!in ( t )
tclcphonccl n t
OÈhcrllnanct crcL n t
loel procccdc
lxPlrlgrg
Dcrgonnclc:3Ponscs
971 '.2207t 7*
L2439 1598390t 91t
488 32t
3t zry
1391E 1753{
L302 15X4 14t165 . 9 t 5 . 7 t 4 . 8 t
198?9 23gL4 2154290.5 t 90r 92*
7 9 4 1 1 0 9 1 0 3 6
3 . 6 * 4 . 2 * 3 . 6 *
2L974 26537 30024
1290 1306 110{' t . 0 * { . 9 * 3 . ? 3 t
29926 283t2 2827593t 92* 95 . { t
959 g27 273
3 1 3 . 1 r , 0 .
, *
32L75 30s{6 29 652
1557 2139 3056
1986 1987 1988
26{8 3912
Otherc lqrpt.maLntcnenccê È c . . . 6 0 1 8 8 5 2 5
Operatlngcost bcforcdcprecLatlon 8666 t2 497
DeprccLatlonf provisLons 391{ 3830
Iota]-Charocs (8) 12580 16327
OpGretingrccults f338 1207
In t of totalp r o e c e d s 9 . 6 1 t { . 8 t
FLnancialexPGûlar l2l 364 518
RATIOS 1981 -J9!2'
Rate of Ecturnon total nctttgst!A - B - C l " n t
D + E
Cowcregrc otflnrnclelexlrËntG3(lF/totalProcsrdr)
4280 s?11 6228 7060 8380 8s 92
10 368 11{61 14 010 13818 14638 1 l {25
14 648 ].7t7l 24235 208?8 23018 230t1
11118 ?160 6253
31996 30178 29270
548? 8828 95{8
20135 26000 29746
1 8 3 9 537 236 t19 368 382
8 . 3 ? t 2 . A 2 * 0 . 8 *
5{0 5?8 993
1983 1984 1985
0 . 5 6 t 0 . t l 6 t 1 . 2 9 t
2 . 4 1 . 4 2 . 2 5 0 . 5 0 . 7 L . 2 1 . 6 1 . 6
2 . 6 2 2 . 9 5 2 . { 6
::].:
SourcG : oPTt s f,imnolal âccourrts 1981-88
2 . L 8 3 . 3 1 4 . 8 { 8 . 9 ? 1 0 . 3
â!m{Ex ltrr?aga I ot, 2
cll8on_: PosTËÀltD TELECOùÂ4UNIC&.TIONS pEpT {OPE}
AtIirltBX Of ÊAIÀNCE-SHEETS 1981.-88 (in millions of CilI-F)
FlnancialYcer 1981 1982 1983 1984 198s 1986 19P7 1988
lsgrlsCurrGnt À!!cts!
Rcalizablcassctr L7332 22524 28404 27957 43783 52{05 58034 57960Ltqutd trlcrr 5011 3e42 3902 16985 L7894 166{9 24L74 28121Stockc/partJ.-cLpat ionc 30 160 160 150 X60 160 160 160totel. currGntasaetc 22373 26526 32466 45102 61837 692L4 82360 86847
fLrcd l'asct,gLands, bul.ldl.ngr,nctrork!,Lnctal--la t ions 6156 9161 13358 X8188 2321? 298tA 33978 3{102?l.xcd er!Ëtrundcrray 11602 L27LO 11893 13143 81t61 23666 52662 53106Othcr fLxcdâtrGt tfotal fi:rcdrr !Ëts ( ! l 17758 2L87t 2525L 31331 41678 53476 86640 87520
$o|rÀ'I iltrÀnsrrs (p+r) 10131 t8388 57717 76433 103516 !22690 169008 171367
LItBILIIIEgShort-tce'rrdcbts (rl 11091 166{0 19958 29361 41883 45925 59750 .66588tongt-tGrndcbtr (e) 6848 8L22 72OG 6800 9351 1�3329 43224 42352lotâl dÈbtrtgr to Lr)(r + G) 20939 24162 27L64 36167 5t234 50254 L02974 108940
lgutÈy
Approprda-tl.ons *RcrourcÈs (H) 17854 22q28 291L4 39729 52043 63257 65666 65045Sub-tottI(r+c+n) 38793 17190 55877 75896 tO3211 L2Z'LI 168640 173985
Nct recultsaftcr dcprc-ciatl.onc 1338 L2O7 1839 537 238 L79 368 382
I|ctrAl"Î"rÀBrLlrrls 40131 t8397 5?7L7 76433 103525 L22690 169008 L14361
À}INEX VIIPage 2 of 2
SOURCA : OPSS AUDIÎED FINANCIÀL ÀCCoûtS 1q81-1,988
ItrrncLelIcar 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1982 1988
EquLty/LÎ,ltÏ and 3TD c b È s 0 . 8 5 0 . 9 1 1 . 0 6 1 . 1 0 L . 0 2 L . 0 7 0 . 6 { 0 . 6 0
?lx,sd Acgct/lquityr a t L o 0 . â 9 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 5 0 . 3 7 0 . 4 1 0 . 3 9
:î#-:::iii-cLent (nctfixed atscrt,roY€r erPital +r € ô è r v ô s 0 . 7 8 0 . 6 3 0 . 6 9 0 . 5 7 0 . 6 2 0 . 6 7 L . 2 l L . 2 4
Cash rat,io
LLguid and-rea]-Lzeblc -tas€tt ovct3 r d Ê b t , r 1 . 5 9 I . 5 9 1 . 6 3 1 . 5 4 1 . 4 8 1 . 5 1 1 . 3 8 1 . 3 0
RepaynrcntcapacLtyCash-fLotr/r o r â r . d â b t 0 , 2 5 0 . 2 0 0 . 2 7 0 . 2 6 0 . 1 9 0 . 1 9 0 . 0 7 0 . 0 6
A}TNIX VITTPago 1 of 2
GAEOIE : !ruLtodôtttNlcÀÎror{s
C.ALCT'IÀTION OF ÎIIE INTERNAL RATE OF RETI'RN
Calaulat ion ÀggurE t,ions
Î'hc nÊthod bagcd on thc Eevenu€s generated and addl-tiontrl' Cxpenscsineurrcd by thc proJccta rag used.
r. RËVtNt tÉt
a) thc bulk of thc teleconrnunj.cationg rsvenuo! com'ar frmLLbrevl'Ilc and the grorrth of these rèvcnues in absoLut€ value icalso highcst Ln LibrcvLlle.
The rcvenusg frdn thc ruraL and semi-ruraL neÈworks are quite stableaad vary by a low Eâté in time (in 1988, tlre I inland centres accounÈed forabout 4t of thc tslccsrununications).
- ?rqnr thssc tïo obscrvatLons it follows that Ln rèIaÈive valuo,Ll'brcvLlLc's gharc of the rcvsnue tendg to increagc while Èhat of thc othciçcatrGt dLml,nLshes. the kcy to thê breakdown hêreunder was used to sstj.matethe rcvcnuor of the variour è€ntrss (flgures int).
ï lAR 1983 1984 1985 1985 198? 1988
Ll.brcvLl lc 75 76 71 17.5 77.5 71.sPoEt -GcûtL I 15 1{ .5 L4 13 .S 13 137 CcnÈrca 6 . 5 6 5 .5 S 4 .5 {
b) Àccordlng to economic projections, Gabon,s cDP grorth rl.Ll bcpositivc (+1.5t) from 1989. Ihe Audit deemcd it prudent to' mllnÈa.ln for 1989 tb€ 1988 ineone ]-evele and to eppfy 1* growthrâtc f,or 1990 and 1991. the revenueg will be constant frorn L992.
cl Îha rarl.ar of, data has lLmited to t994/95 thc dttcs proJectedfor the rolràyrnênt of ADB loang.
d) 1o btcakdown t,hê rcvcnu€s among the varLoue componêûts oftslocmrunicat.i.ong, thG key Èo t.he allocations under the pCR wagug€d, namcly:
Netrork 3 3St
- iiiliiii:::r" : 3!iG) The rcvsnucs twithout projectsû are those of L9821 they are
constânt after t,his date for port-Gentil and thc ? eentreg.thcy vary for r,ibreville to take account of the traffic arowth,assumLng tttat tho number of eubscribers remaLns constent.
A}TNEX VIIIPaga 2 of 2
r r . EXPENSES
r) Tha nêtrork opcratLng expenses ar€ high conparcd to those of thcothcr tc.l.ccqmrunlcations componcrts (oïer-stâftr;gl hcevylogiat iccr. . . 6tc) . Thig srctor contr.nucs to bc thc rsastdcvclopcd ln tsleconnnunications. Ths piotàcl-"}d.d ;âùrionaltx'pansct rcrG êstinâtcd at 5t of thc actual lnvcatmenti duringthc fLrat fLvc ycarg, and at, 10t frqn thc str, yJe"c-.
bl ltrs conÈrLbutLon of the ? centreg (both in revonuc and oparating,GIPcntG!) Lc ac fol].owg accordingr to thcir conunl,sgl.onfng:-
2 centrea from 1993 to 19853 centreg tn 19866 centree in 198?7 centreg in 1988
ÀITFEX TX
GAEON : IELf,CO&IIINTCAÎIONS
|rELEcOùfirltt
urrflæf PBp,rrcs
' t 196 242 3465 035 {91 0555 9/tX 879 rt456 654 904 979
t
i
wrÎfl FROJECT
5 202 232 4L16 3 6 1 1 0 5 3 4 57 422 402 902I 1 1 7 4 6 8 3 3 57 679 567 9107 669 608 gzl
ÀNrE:( XPage 1 of
supPr,. nËullçugs
t66 14L 3624t9 225 900767 r91 923
1 1162 563 356L 424 762 9311 014 703 8421 014 703 842L O2r 8s0 8801 035 099 399
|l
tl
êAnôlû ! TltlT,n(1ôùtMTt?iITeÀTTôN.q T,TBREVÏLLE
SUPPLIIMI!�TARY REUENUES - CrÀ.f
IIAB
1982 .1983198{1985198619871988198919901991t9921 9 9 31 9 9 41995
|'It
Rcmarkg
1. Rèv€nuËs without project increased by 2O*, 188 and 1,28 in 1983' 198{and 1985 rcsp6ctivê1y to ÈakJ account of the fact t,hat the former Librcvlllenet,work wac not gatuiated in 1983, and algo to take account of the increage lntovenu€ pÇr linc, thc dclay ln connect,Lng subacriberc to thc nêw netwotk andthe dLffLcultLca vhich dclaycd projcct irnplementation. Thêle revênuÊs rerËconstant f rom 1985.
2 . RÇvenusg tvith proJectt are obtaincd by applying the relation:
R - R t r c f : Ê twith Rt - total telecorsnunications levenu€ for the year
I - ghare of, the total r€venues atlocatcd to Librevil.Lc
( I - 0 . 7 5 / 0 . 7 6 / 0 . 7 7 / 0 . 7 7 5 / 0 . 7 7 5 / 0 . 7 7 5 f r o m 1 9 8 3 t o 1 9 8 8 ' a c c o r d L n g t oanner 8)
t - 0.35 Lg the ghare of the LibreviLle rerrenues allocated to thenetwork.
3. the 1988 revênucltallocàtcd to revenuês ineeongnl.c rccovery.
vtore cerried forward to 1989,' an increaee of 18 ig1990 and 1991 to take account of the expecÈed
A}INEX XFage 2 de
cAÊôtr : TELECOT.û{IINICATIôNS (J,lBltEVILLfl
Calculation of the IRR
SupplenentaryYear
1 9 8 0
1 9 8 1
1 9 8 2
1983
1 9 8 4
1 9 8 5
1 9 8 6
1 9 8 7
1 9 8 8
x98919901 9 9 1
L992
1 9 9 3
1 9 9 4
SupplementaryRêvênrrêslnvcntnrnte
5 6 2 3 6 6 3 5
557 t l l t t 283
5 3 8 9 4 4 1 7 1
341 149 813
?04 ?02 005 " ' i l r"
610 312 603
3 9 5 9 6 8 4 7 4
597 1s0 963
1 6 4 5 8 9 3 {
. Cahg-flor
( 56 23s 635)( 55? 41{ 283)( s38 944 17X)( 238 638 265)
. ( , 360 493 303)
46 933 022
925 826 954
261 045 6L6
6 X 7 3 9 7 1 0 8
632 2r0 148
638 532 249
644 9L7 572n
I
31 629 154
7 5 0 1 7 1 9 8
Lto 452 298
L40 767 928
1 6 0 s 6 6 3 s 2
3 8 0 8 4 7 8 0 0
382 493 694
3 8 6 3 1 8 6 3 L
3 9 0 1 8 1 8 1 7It
d
t
1 6 6 7 { 1 3 6 i
4t9 225 900
767 497 923
t 462 563 356
L O24 752 93L
1 014 703 842
1 014 703 842
L 024 850 880
1 0 3 5 0 9 9 3 8 9tf
i
f R R - 1 7 . 4 5 1 8
:i
;r
f l l l
r t r l t d t \ F l b ( 9 r t Nt Y t < ) O $ l F l $ l ( \ r - ô lr - 6 O A O | o | ' | t n t l ,
IN r r \ D r : ) F { r o v < l r - È
l d F l N o o r - o o o l t o lt - l l t f t t r o r { ( f l ( r l ( Y | o r $É + {F l l r { { O l \ g r ' ) d t ô ( \ AO f  r r o ô t r t c o t o ( o F @H Êl r{ (a t! c)'çl (n (Yt (Yl (r1
I
!|{
J o| (rl
t{
â$( ' | o ( h F . v | N@ F O G I @ æ( v t t - @ t t r t N
( { F ( T } l - 1 9 ç oC t { O F q r d d r
l c r u t l r t r n t f , @r O F l O r r g r Ô f i Irl (yl (rt lJ) rt a?
r t o t C ) ( n F r 0@ t - . . l o l @ @d t o l g r { A t J )
l- (tt F ro ot orr l O F < l t r { ( v t@ r t ! ! r t ( \ û t
@ ( Y ) d t t ô l r oG t { l ô t \ l € ô lrl r{ Fl $l (vl !,
r{ F,l Ê{ ôl !t q!o o o o o o€ 0 æ o t * r i l o l
o t o r o r o o r o r o rÉ gr ot ot rf or rt'l o o @ c o o ( o ( o
F l r { d Ë 1 1 - U r r {O r r l d F { r g ( v t O rO t r { r { r { F { ( Y l ( n
HqTd f ;
d dt l utlItll û:
fiH8 I
$HÉH
d
C t r g $ l O ( O c !r r N o r o N r t( ' l O F l r t t f ) ô l
.{ÉI o arl rft u) 0 It
l ( l l < t N @ t o F l{ ( h r t r f r o r t
c f N O t O r r 0 | ôG | F € d ' ( f ' û Id N ( r t ( l ( Y t ( r )
d o r l l ) ( ' t F | r \+ r F r t d N u ) 1 0U ( \ O I I { ( î t t r {q' r t F l r O O @ ( v ) f -d " { r r ( r l O r F ( \I t @ G l a \ æ F l I \0t
l . . 1 6 r 1 p ( O l t ( r l. 4 - o f t t r ô | o o o+ l @ O F { G | F { F {..1à d F t F l F l d
d.s0l frtH $ lq o r
à Sg . "+l l--A r0È l F
*
Hr ldgII
. l\ l' |
IIIII
N ( v r r r l ' t r o F 6 d r o d N ( n r ! | o €G O @ O @ @ A @ @ O I o ) o ) ô O r O r g ro,t ol o\ or o! or or or dt or ot ol or ol ord F{ d r{ r{ r{ r-{ Fl Fl F{ F{ Fl Fi r{ Ff
Insrlrf4Ênl.a'
2L0 25L 337
77 060 815
s07 328 463
L29 497 4r3
65 065 737
97 592 2L7
392 267 8453 5 2 l t 6 s 9 6
186 302 ara
t0 266 750
SupplcrnentaryExDtcnscg
32 732 031
4 6 2 0 6 9 0 1
4 9 4 6 0 1 8 8
5 4 3 3 9 7 9 9
73 953 191
183 X51 043
20L 78L 281
205 80? 962
IRR - 9 .8763
Supp1uncnterltRêvenr.r,eg
141 rt15 731
3 0 4 5 6 6 8 0 4
429 003 001
546 LBt 827
383 375 011
369 304 526
369 30' t 526
372 997 57L
380 4s7 522
380 457 522
AIiINEX XPâgc 4 da
Ceclr-flors
( 210 251 337)( 77 060 81s)( 507 329 463'( 27 813 ?131
193 254 165
281 950 s96
99 574 180( 43 424 1161( 1 {8 961}
t21 256 {89
167 189 609
1?{ 6 {9 560
GlÀBCtN : IELECOùî'fllNICiAlldIiIS
PORI-GENÎII, AltD SEVqF CEMInES
Calculation of the fRR
Ânnéc
1980
1981
LgA2
1983
198{
1985
1986
t987
1988
1 9 8 9
1990
1991
1992
1993
199{
1995
- 5
AFRTENI Drf��ELOPNENT BÀJ|IN
,PRO,IECT COWLETîON REPORT
I{0.DERNIaATION rddf'D-EKÏENËrON OF I'ÈIE
LTBRWTLLE TELEPHONE NETVIORK PROJECT
REPUBLTC OF GABON
?ranslated bu: IttR. S. IITUIûNGIA
DECEWER 7988TNFRESTNAETURS ÂIt'D TNDUSTRYDEPARTTIIENT II
o789rr
- . t
CURRENç.'. AEROMTI'IS ,,flID ABBRgI|TA?IONS
Cutrencg Epivalents
I. At the tiae of Àppraisal (r97g)
U A I = $ 7 . 3 0 2 7 9U A I = F , C F A 2 8 5 . Z 6 0 0 0
2. Àt tàe tinre oÊ PCR (IVovembet - December lggg)
U A I = . f 7 . 2 g 1 3 gU A I = F . C F A 4 L Z , 6 3 S O O
Àcronyns_and AàDrevi ations
ACTEL : Âgence Comercial.e d.es féléconmtnications(lelecownunicatàans Connetcial AgencA )
AIEI( , i. Agent des fnstalfatlons Electromecaniques( Electromecahnjca.Z Install ations Âgent )
ADB : À.frican Development Banh
BCR : Bur.eau Central Radjo (Âadjo Centtal Bureau)
BDEA? : Banque d.e DéveToppement des .8taÉ,s de J,AEriEue dentrare(DeveTopment Bank of Central African St.ates)
BLI t Banda laterale Independante
BGD : Bangue Gabonalze de DeveToppment (Gabon DeveTopment Bank)
cccE : caisse centrare de cooperation Ecctnomique (France)
CENACOII{ : Cêntr�e ltationale da Comnutation (lfaêional Switching Centte)
CIA : Centte latetnêtional Automatique( fnternational AutomaLlc Exehange)
Cnt : Centre fnternaÉ,ional ltanu eZ (Internat-ional lianual Exehange)
CTX : Centre de lraiÉement de L'Information (Date Proce.s.slng Centte)
c?N : centre de îtanslt Nationaz (National ?ransit Exchange)
ENPT : Ecole llationare de postes et rezeconmtrnications(llatjonal Post and leZecommunications School)
FCFA 3 Fîane de .Za Comrrnaute Finanelere Àfricaine(Àfrjcan Finance Coamtnity pranc)
CAE : Gabonalse d,Âudit et d,Expertise(Gabon Àudjt & Expertise Company)
Iru : International TeleconwntnicaÉions Union
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Acrongms and Abbreviat ions ( contd.)
ln I Ltnear lteter
hû t xiTomette
7p : Ligne Princlpale (llain Line)
I ! Itlêtre
n2 r ,Sguare l(etre
OCffRA : Office des theain^s de Fet ?tans-Gabonais(?rans-Gaâonais Railwags Author i tg )
OP? : Off,ice des Postes eÉ felecommrnications(Post E felecom. Eoard)
PeR t ProJect Conpletion Report
PG : Port-GentiT
R1iG I Radiotelevision Gaôonajse (Ga-bon Radio and Television)
RfS r Resllie et on transfert sortant'
SEC .' Second
Sf r fnternaÉional Systens Unit
SCA I SuDscrlbet Connaction Unit
SOnRECOT| : Societe Ftancaise de Realisation d'Etudes de.s Teleeonmtnications( F tench î eJ.acotrnttn icat ions S tudj es C ompany )
IB s faxe de Sase (8asic Charge)
''IG : Soclet e de leTecomtmlcations lnternationaZes du Gabon( International Telecomnttnications Conpany of Gabon)
N ; lelevlsJon
: Anlt
tA : ADB Unit of Account
llHt .' l/niversaZ Postal Unàon
Un t Unlte de Rascordement d'Âôonnes
Fiscal Year
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TABLE OF CONTaNTS
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the ProJect
fhts repnrt ls vrlÉ,ten Dy ltlessrsD. CHORX,I (Ecotrcmlst) foZTowing7988.
t. BAIOLA (Talecowttnjcatjons Engineet) andtheit mi,ssjon to Gabon in NovamberfDecenbet,
LISî OF ,d]NEXES
âiViVtX: 7. l4ap of Gabon
2. Aperational Organization Chart of the proJect
3. IuplcæntatJon Scàedu.Ze of the Ptojeet at the tlæ of Àtrrpraisal
4. Actual proJect .Trplenentation Schedule
5. Status LlbtcvtTTe Arban Networh
6, ExLsting ilatlonal Netwoth
7. Coaplete ÀutoaatJc
8. Sêatus ADB Loan Disôursements
9. PresenË, Opt Organization Chart
70- Decrea SstaDrjsbing the Funct,jons oÊ opr DeparÉ,ments
77. OvaraLI SÉaff DLsttibution by 6rade Gtoups
72. Staff Distrîbtt.tlon bg categorles and Grade ârotttrts
73. Sunnary of Tarlffs ÀpplicaôIe in Gabon
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PROJECT COI4PLETTON REPQR!
!'0/DEBNTZ,.;TION ,.}rl EXTENSTON OF TIIE
LIBR8|TLLE îELEPHQNE NETWORK PROJECT
REPUBLIC,QF GABOII
T. TNTRODT,�CTTON
ffâen tha "Qtfice Equatotial d.es Postes et Telecomvnjcat,ions" splttup ln 7965, tàe offlclals of the goung "OfÊice dec Po.stas etfetecomrnicaË,ions du Gabon" made a general lnventotg of theirtelacontrtlcatlons nêtpor* ând ilecided to linft the varlous localJtle,s a€ thetnterTot of thê eountry rJth nrdia€ntarg but aceeptabl.e line.s. Consequantlg,a five-gsar developacnt plân ra.r drawn up in 7975 whish ltÊovLded fot:
I ':- the replaceûent of oDsotete equtpment wlth modern ând largecapacitg orro.se.
the erten.sion of exisÉing network thtoughout the country;,
proviston of uscra wltà faclliêielt to profiatê the counttg'seconorls, sosJùI and cultutaL deveTopaent,.
L.0.2 In connaxion wlth ttre iapleaentation of this plan, the Govetnrent of6aôon aade a request to the Banh ln September 7977 fot the ÊLnancLng of theprojaet sntLtled "Itlodernization and ExÉension o€ the îel.ephone lVeêport inLLbrevLIIe."
7.O.3 the Bant gave a posCtlve reqpon.se to the request and lrent apreparàtorg nisslon to LibrevilTe in Novembet 7977 follolrzed. in Ju.ly 7978 bg anappraisal aission.
I.O.4 This proJect, whlch is norv coryTeteè! faced,tef,ious diffteultlas wlrleàret,arded tàe inpleæntatJon. ?he itplementation took ten (7O) years c/hereasthree (3) gears wou,Id âave ôeen enougà.
1.O,5 The present repott is on Éhe coûpletion of the ptoJect ênt,ltledllodern.lzaÊion and txtension of the Librevi?Te ?elephone Networh of GaDon. Itdeals wl.th tàe varlous pàases of Êhe inrpleaentation of Éhe proJeet and jË.sreal situation.
7.7 Bank-Qroup Opetatlons
1.2.1 The projeet, sublect of Éàis compfetion r€port, nâs tâs fourth BankGroup opetatlon in Gabon and the flrsÉ, ln the teZecomtnicatLons eectot.todata the Grovp has gtanted thlrteen .Ioans to Gabon totalTing BUA 736,77ullllon lnclud,îng BIIA 30 aiTTion Êor the f inancing oÊ the stnrcturaladJustaent ptograwqe.
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7.7,2 Ortt of 73 projects financed bg tha Groupt .seven (7), including tâeone pwIth which this report dea.Zs, have been tulZg conpleted and Éhree (3) areweII advaneed. Two ptoJecÉs in the agricuZèurai sector are in progress. OnÊhe othar àand tàe rice project which did not get oîf the gtound ha.s ôeencancelled ùg nutual agteement with the Government. The tàirteenth operationi.a. the flnancing of a ttructurâ7 adjustment ptograme, l.s the first noa-projecè opatation by the Bank in Gabon.
I.2 Geogtaghic and Eeanomic Setting
7.2.I Gabon has ên ar€a of 267,622 km2. I t l ies astr jde tàe equatorDatween laÊJÊudes 2o3o north and 4o SouÊâ. It is ôordered to tàe northôy aainland Equitorial duinea and Cameroon, to the East and SouÉâ bg Congo andèo the llest tt ts washed bg the ÂêIantic Ocean over a 6OO-hn seaDoard. ft Jsa counË,rg of average altitude (the hlghest point belng 7,575m) wiÉh tàe reliefdeteral.ned bg geographLc .ones, The Coastal zone is .low and flaë and 3O-2OOhawide. In the Lnterior ùàere is a chaîn of mounÉ,ajns of I.ow altjÉude runningnorth to south: IVorth and South-east plateauN, crgstal wuntains, IldjoLeaounèains, chaiTTu aountaLn and the È4agombe shain, ôetween wblch Zte tttêFrancevifte Dasin in the easÉ and tha Ngounie and Nganga vaTTegs in the foutà.
1,2.2 'îhe clllaate aL| over tàe eountrg js of the eqtatorlaZ tgpt, wJth four,season.s. RainfaJ! varies ôeÉween l,40Orm to 3OOOna trom region to tegiott.Humiditg js high at a.LL tines. Annual mean teaperatures vary between 2Ooand 25o. Sunshine Js pool. especiallg in the dry .season, The vegetatÎontherefore .sÉop,s growing fot shott periods only.
1.2.3 The soLTs are forrned under a verg aggressive and humid cTimate. fhegare of the desaËurated fetraZitîc, chemicaTTy poor acidic tgpe. Hawevet, ineertain area.s, espêciallg in the ùorth-westr thete are soifs oÊ excellentphgsical qua|ity, verg deep and rich in cLag. In the countrg as a whole, tàeproçtottion of good araôfe soil is Low, but in terms of population figares iÉis Targely suîf ic ient.
2.2.4 fn 7987, off ieLal esÉinaÉes put the popuiaÊlon at 7,2OO,OOOinhaDltants; 4 inhabjtanês to hnP. The population in the regions is vargunevenTg distriôuted. Woleu N'Tem province js second after Estuarg GO96 otÉàe countrg's total population, i,e, 252'OOO inhabitanLs), and iÉs 133'5OOinhaàitants are found mostlg jn the ea^sÉern half. Lastly' 4316 of tà6population Tive in the urôan area.s, 52% in Lhe vilTages and 5% on lunôering orconstruction sites.
Economic Trend betwaen 7980-7985
I.2.5 Stlnulated bg a favoutable internaÉjonat aconomic slÉuaÉloncharacterjzed bg oi7 price jncrease.t (despite the drop in 7983' çnicesfTuctuaèed around iaA a bartel up to 7956), and to the continuous appreciationof the dollar exchange rate, GDP increased. by 1.2.7% a yeat on dverage between
7g8O-IgBS. ?he Tevel of oiL production which started declining as ftom 7977
went up in 7983 to 7.8 nill ion tons then to 8.7 miTTion ton.r in 7984 daspite
the d.rop in prices that took place in Februatg 7983. In vaLve, the oil sectot
record.ed an average annuaT growth rate of 1.5.6% ôeÉween L980 and 1984, -fts
sâare in the overai,lZ êeonamg remained quite the sarne (45% of GDP) during this
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7.2.6 Tha tlnancial prosperitg which was coupled with the oil boom enablad,the counttg to modernize iLs cities (Libreville, Part-6enti7 and FranceviTTe)and to extend its infrastrusture but advantage vas not taften of the situationto dlversify the econoûV. Despite à 7O.3% pêr gear normal grovth rate,agriculture onlg represenéed 4,3% of GDP in 7985. The sams applied toindustry whlch hatd,Tg reached 7.6% of GDP in 7985. Even though theconsèntctLon and services sector (incLvding ÀdrninisËratiort) tecorded tapide:(pan^tion (77.896 pet year and 74,7% per gear respectiveZg) they continued tod.epend largaly on oil revenue . GeneraTTy, as long a,r Êtrjs revênue cont,inuedto exisÊ, the non-oi.l econamg sould eantinue its growth wLthout anyInternrption (f3.2% nominal growth per gear) . Ilowever, ê.s the gtowtft rras notaaootpanied by acêual divetsifieation at the econamg, the counttg's econofrgremalned f,ragtle and vul.nerable to the oiL mar*et contingensjes. The coll.apseof oil revenu€.s in 7986-87 intetntpÉed ûhe financial contributian to the non-oJl econoûy and the consÉruction and services sectors stagnated nost. Ihepresent crisis has f.inelighted the narronne.ss of the counttg's production asweII as tâe rnr.Inerability of êhe overal econong.
7.2.? Tha u.sê of avallaàIe resources during the period 7981-7985 (seeannex) il.lusttates the favoutable econom.{c sltuation Gabon enjoged durâng thepariod. FLnal con.srrrytion (privaÉe and public) increased bg 77.8% ?er geal..The increase was more rapid for pubLic eonsuznpt,îon (2O% pet gear) Éhan fotprlvaÉ,e consrrnptJon (76.2% a yeat). ?he improvement of con,sumers purcàasingltow6r a,s weZl. as Jncrease in staLe budgeL re.source.s rerrulÉ,ing f rom oiLr€venues and theit exùerna.lities in Éhe economy explain thîs Eevoutabletrend. fnvestnent recotded Éhe lràne rapid expansion. Wtth a 20% averagsgrrowêh rate, invest,nent nore than doubTed between 7980� and 7985. the nost.spect,acular lncrease rrras that of publie jnyestment which increased ftoa�F .CFA8O,7 b i lT ton in L980 to F .CFA 359.3 b i lL ion in 7985, i .e . , an annuafincrease of 3516, Àt Lhis râte, ttre overheating of Êhe economg àecameJnevitaà-le. and, as patsÈ experience âas sàown ln oéàer coutTtties, when çublicJnvestnent htts a very àJgâ .Zevet it inevitably involves a high proportion ofProjects wltlrout ang economic justification and which contribuLe nothîng todevelopnent.
htbllc Flnanççs
I.2,8 Pttbltc f Lnancas repr€.renÉ a ptiviTedged contributlon to rsÉatapartLcLpation in the Gabon€,$ê econorg. Iiowever, this growth în part,icipatl.onJs based on oil ravenues which bg ÉheJr verg nature are unstaà.le. In anycà,!eêr wl,th tegatd, to public finance management. there ar.e at Least, tàree ca.re.tvlrere the u,se of rovenues of this naÊure creaèes structural conditions yàJchean De ualntained onlg tf the revenue is inexhaustjôIe but which revenue wouldàave disasÉrous eftects if Jt decljned. îhe first case is É,he expansion ofPublic àdminJstratlon (steady jncrease tn the numôer of posiÉ,ions, petlodielncreases in personal emoluments). The second ca.se soncerns staÉ,e involvementin the econong ëhtough the insÉ,jtut,iona-Z setting (establishment to proëectcertatn caÉegorles of consuaers . .. ). the third ca.se jnvoJves diteet staÉelntervention Ë,àrougà invest,ment. AL7 these cases have .been ptevalent, in 6aôonêver .slnce the beginning of the oiL ôoon.
J.2.9 Fron 7979 to 7985' oil revenues, wiÉà an average annual grovth rateof 20'695 mote than ttippled. f.his phenomenal increase tooh place patticulatlgàetween 7979 and 7982, â perlod duting which oil prices incteased from fI3 aôarrel to about fi35. Between 7982 and 7985 (see Ànnex) oil revenue increasedbg 8.8% pet gaat, and its shate in the overall receâpts reraained practically
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the sane (aDouÉ 65%), SÈizn:laÉed by tâe trigh increase of oiL revenuê sjnse7979, non-oj.I revenue jncreased bg 24.4% per gear àeÊween 7982 and 1.gBS ,Cabon's abiTitg to import and to oltain cusûom revenue.s in imports (half, ofnon-oil revenues) depends primatiTy on oi7 exptort earnings which undergo adecrease with the d.ee7àne of oil revenues. thjs correLation àas been ptovedever since Éhe .2986 crisis.
2.2.70 DespiÊe the rapid increase in operating expenses (L4% peî year)ôetween 7982 and 7985 and in debÉ services (7,9% per gear), Éhe aôundance ofoil revenues enaà.Zed the counêry to mahe a consjstent budgeÉ savings of aboutF,CFA 23O biZl ion a gea?, j .e. 14% of receipÉs on average. These savingsenabled Gabon jn 7982-83 to ernàar& on a proce,ss of getting itself out ofd,ebt. Thts nove couLd not be consol.idated ôecause of a specÉacular increasein capiêal expenditure. This expenditure rose bg 27.7% per gear between 7982and 7985. f,xpenditure on Lhe consf,ruction of the Trans-Gabonai,s, wâJch wasaàout one third of pubTïc capital. jnvestment grew on an averago of 4I.4%during Éhe .samê pariod, Public capital jnvesÉment alone tepresented 2L% ofGDP.
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7.2.77 In L985, expotts, which were essenÉially oj.I exports, represented53.3rG of gDP and the irynrtation of goods and service.s represent,ed 23.396,?his shows how mrch Gabon is open to the ouÉside worTd. The exports arealuost, èntiraly raw materlafs wàich have und.ergone practicaTl.g Tittl"e or noprocessing. with tegard to imports, the most inportant categories lncl.udefood and agricu).tural products (1.6 .8v") ; machinerg and tools (16.8%) andmanufacÉuted, goods (16%) .
7.2.72 In 7985, the ôafance of pagments recorded a deficit of F.CFA 22,2blL7ion, compared to a surplus of F.CFA 77.4 biTTion recorded in 1.984. Thisttend refTects a consjderabie detecioration of the posiÉion of the qztrentDalance wâich recorded a deticit oÊ F.CFA 72.9 biTTion - tâe first ever sJnce7976. à sàarp increase in the inportation of goods and service.s is tâe naincauae.
Prtbllc External Debt
7.2.13 Eefore 7985, Gabon had embarked on a poLicy ot ridding itselt of iÉsdebt whieh if ït. had àeen conso.IjdaÉed, wouZd have conpïetelg ehanged tàecowtttg's debt siÉuaÊion (see annex) . Disôursed and outstandlng debtjnereased bg 37.9% in 7985 eonpared to 7984. Sinilarly, in 7986, it reeordedan jnsrease of 25,6% compared to the previous gear. Even though in 1986 theaxternal debt outstanding remained Tower than what it was in 7980, tâeslÊuat,ion changed fundamentallg and on 20 September 7986' Gabon announced, thestrspension of its payments of principal and interest, in respact of btlateraldebt' and ptincipal in r�espect ot non-insured bank debt,
7,2.74 One of the main eharaster ist ics of Gabon's exÈernaZ debt ts that i tis 66%6 owned to private creditots. The opres,sjve nature of the debt (tn 7985)is reflected by the average intetest rate of 9.8/o, average petiod of matutltyof 1O.5 gear^s and an extremel.y shott gtace petiod of 2.7 years, on average.fhese terrns make Gabon's posiÉion very precarious consjdering the fall. in itse2<pott earnings. ?hjs -fs wàat happened in L986 vhen Èhe debt serviceswddentlg increased to 25,7% against L2,7% in 7985,
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7.3 Thç felecowntnications Sector
SltuatJon fll Éhe_tine-of the Appçgjsal
1.3.1 At the tiue oÊ the appralsal Ên 7978, Gabon's teZecammunLcationscouprisad utban nêtvorhs, tntnk networhs and international networts withtelegtaph and telex services.
(a) Urban Telpehone Network
the urôan neÉwor* comprised.:
-- fA autonatjc exchanges with a maxLmua capacitg of 36,000.ljnes out of which 76,000 had been connected bg tha end aE1977. len of Éàese exchanges wer.e of ûadern desïgm andcould, suôject to a few aodificatjonse fit into thetive-gear plan vhich wa^e being execuLed. the reaainingeigàt were Éo be replaced.
-- rartuêl excâanges wêre insta-?ted in the sr.alZ buiZt-inq' rrsâs. Iheit technical design and size made tt lmposstble
the tàne.
-- Éàe caDle neéwor*s were ovethead/underground eixcèpt .tnsnal.I l.ocalities where theg were entirely overhaad. îhettcdpacltg evetynher€ wa.s signiflcantly inadequate and aftentrn.rultaàIe Eot autoaatic opetation.
On account oÊ Éâc rapid, deveTopment oE most oE the tæzrs Ln Gabon,conslderable damage had been and continued to be dona to tâece cablesbg prtbl,ïc worts enterprlses.
(b) îrunk Netwoths
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These nêtwor*s which were 45% automatLc werê @lnly dl.reetvlew ax ttopospheric radio Tinh .sg.rteas. ?hese .tystensfunctLaned normalZg àut tàe low capacitg af most of tham didnot alTow tor extensions. fn connexîon with the u.r€ of tlreLlbreviTZe earÊh satelTite staÉjon, the troposphetie ,sgst€rtsx/ere to bE replaced with direct visibilitg slfsteûr f,or êhetransnissl,on of television infofmat,lon and data. ?here rere afew wire linh.s but jn most case,s the slimate and vegetatlonmade theiî ut,LTization practicaTl.g inpossibl.e.
Internaêïonal Networks
ffhê .fnÉ€rnational networ*s vere equtped, wtth 2.6 to 20hiTovatt transaitters and receiver.t with lndependent, sideâandswhlch enaàIed semi- automatic trensnission to Patis, Doualaand Ààidjan. From Paris, Éhe suàscriber could be cawtected totàe test of the world. But in L973174 an earth satellitestation was constructed at some zlkn froa LibteviZle patntedto a geostationaty sateZlite of the .InÉ,elsat .rystes ovet the
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ÀË.IanËic. A77 intetnational eowntnieations tàerefore passedthough this statjon, with the exception of Éhose wièh Congowhieh used tropospheric radio Tinh instaTTed ln L9TL and rlithCametoon wàich used the radio Zinh installed in 7974.fnternational conmunications nerê opetated by a seal-publiccoûpany, "Soeiête de Telecowtnicaêions fnternationalesGabonai.ses" (tIC), ovned bg Ébe Republic of Gabon and ÊàePrench coûEa;ny "Franse-Cab7e et Radio".
(d) ?elegraph and leJex Services
Gabon had an auËomaÉjs tehex sr,vltcà of 4OO llnes ln Llbravlllewàiclr wa,s getting saturated and wltich wês to be extendedbefore 798L. The telegraph networh conprised, teZeprinèers andàad radio linls a,s support. À Gentex networl. installed in7968 made it, possible to connect beÉween theû' through anautomaÊic srritch, aL7 telex subscriàers of Libtevt'lle,Port-Gentil, Ogem, Bitam, FrancevilTe, Lambarene ênd lloanda.
îtATNîENIJ|ICE OF îHE EXTSTTNG SYSTET4
Bacenso of the cllmata, Tack of roads between the aaJot totns andbuiTt-ln arêas and partlcular�lg Êàe shortagre of gualifled personnel,naJntêndneé of the .sgstêmlr faced problenw which vere aggravated to varlousdegree by town deveTopment warhs. With a view to solving tltese proôIens,plans were aade to trajn specialists wào coufd detecÉ faul,ts rapidTg and whowould êruturè that ptlvate JnstaZZatLons were made in conforaity wtth sÊandardssêt bV the Governaent. FurÉàeraore, Lhe P E T Department was soûpelled, stillfot lac* of personnel , ta sign a eontract with ltessr.s SOFRECOII fot theaaintainancë of LibteviTle teZephone networh and vLth l[essrs f,àorson GSP f,ortàe naintenance of radio lJnks in the interlor of the country.
DWEINPMENT PROGKNûI(E
In Laëe 7975, Glabon gablished. its thttd econoa.fc and soeJaldevelopnent pian covering Êhe period 7976/80. In that plan, the developrenèoÊ èelecowunlcations $ras given considerable attention. This devcTopæntconcerned the followÎng three €nÉiti€gi
the natlonal networkÉ,he lnternâtional netwoththe PINAFTEL Project
(a) the Natlonal Networh t
Ihe obJectiva wa.r to cover the entire counttg b9 neâDs of
radlo ljn.ts with television and tadio Éransaissloni in thisregard tha folTowing Zinks were to ôe consÉructedl
South-EaSt axis : L i br ev i 1 7e -N' D j o 1 e-Booue-Lastourvi I f e -
KouZ ama tou-ll o anda-F r anc av Î 1' 7 e i
' i
SouÉh aris
Iùortà axJsEasÉ axis
: Larnbarene-llouiZa-Ndende-IchLbanga-I(agunba;
: Eooue-ltitzic-Ogem-Bitam;: Booue-I4akokou-Belinga'I4etanbo.
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/t was decided to nodernize, extend and autoaat,ize Lhe taTephoneexcàanges and networks in the towns and Ë,he majot c€ntresipriotitg would ôe given to LibreviTle and Port-Gentil..
(b) Tha International Network :
The ptograroe provlded fot the openLng of ditect l.ines .by neansof satelTites wità A.frican and Eutopean countrjes.
(e) ?he P?0TAFTEL Ptoject
The Panaftel proJact was to enable ëhe foTTovlng Ztttlcs:
Gabon to Cameroon from the Notth axjs: Ogem-Bitam-Camaroon;
Gabon to Congo through the Balrounba section(Gabon)-Djanôala (Congo) and 7astLg Gabon to Sao-Toæ èndPrinclpc.
îhe totar eost of thls progtawe walr e.stirnated, ln earzg 2972, aÉ?.cFA 18 btTTion or uA 65 miTl.ion incruding uA 53 nilfion in foreigrnexchange. The "OÊÊice des PosÉes eL TeZecotwunications du Gabon,approached savera.l financiers including ADB Êot the impTenentat,ion ofthe progtame.
PresenÉ Sltuation
I. ORCNtTZdfiON OF LERVTCES
Post and Tel.acomntnjsatjons, televisian and btoad,casttttg lnGabon are aanaged bg two distinet agencies undêr the sameI4inistry:
tàc .,Office des Postes et TeZ.ecowttnjcat,lons,, (Apf), &yrublic lndusË,ria-Z and conmerciaT-oriented estaàIl.shmentwith lega.l sË,aÊus and flnanciaT autonomg;
Êhe "Rad.todiffusjon îelevisian Gabonaise,' (RtG), a .sêrvJeeof the l{inisËrg.
fàase two agencies work in cTose eooperation; in patticulat, Op?rouÉes on the insÉa].Iations, fot te.Zevision and ôroadcasÉing; inmo.sÉ cases iÉ operates RTG's transmittets,
International and national telecommunications are managed in èdistinct manner..
internat,Ional teZeconmtnieations are entrusted to a Tlr.itadTiabil.itg compang, TIG (îeleconmtnications fnternationalGaDonajse) which is nanaged by the General llanager of theoPr,
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the OP? conprises three main ôranches:
nat,lonal telecomuncat ions,postal and fintiheiaf serviceseconnon services.
2, TilTERNATTONAL ?ELEEOMMINTCATTONS
îIG operaÉes tàe foTTowing exchangres:
the Nkoltang space telecommunicaÉ.ions exchange which àas a' .standatd A antenna and a sLandard B antennai
-- the auÉornaËic jnternat,ional exchange rcn) and theinternat,iona.I manual exchange (Cfû with Pent,aconÉaaquipmentt
the "bureau central radio international" (BCR).
thesa three exchanges are l.oeated downtown Jn the CEIIACOI(buiTding in which several jnsÉalIat,ions of the national netwothare also Located.
3. NATIONAL TELECOMTqI'NTCATTONS
Swltching Equipnen|
The consjderaàIe effort nade bg OPî to Vtrovide equipaent, inpart.terrtar Èàe onê l.inhed to the prioritg progranme srhose inplenentatloncovetad tàe period 7978-7983, ûâdê it possiD?e to eçIuip major tawna in thecountrg; theg âave automatic exchangres providing automaËlc acce.ss to theenÊire naÊional and l,nternaÉional network.
Utban Automaè lc Swltches
UntïL 298I, the aqtipment rra,r in dlectro-mechanjcat crossDar 8P 4OOêechnigrue. fn ilarcâ 7987, the OPî conmissioned the first tenporal eZectronicetchange in technoTogg EIOB, faTTowed in June 7982 bg a simiLar exchange atPort-GentiT tinanced bg the Banh under another ptoject,. The eàarasterisÉ,lesof tàese srritcâes are given as annex.
LibreviTTe
the capital is served bg:
an old CP 4OO Tocated, downtown in ëhe LibrevLlTe pttlnetpal'butlding;
the new EIOB the chain core of which is insÉaf led in the CENACOIIIbuild.lng adjacent to LibrevilTe principal buàld.ing withconnection units siÉuaêed at;
CENACOtrI,the Gtos Bouqtet satelTite (between doumtown and Éheairpott),the Ortendo saéelllÉe in Éhe port area.
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bg a semi-elertronie PE 7024 exchangethe LibrevilTe-principal buidlinE andwitlt suôsctiber connecÉion units on the
(pref ix 74) inst,alZed inwhich i.s being repLacedETOB exchange.
connected to CENACOil bgThe @ros Bouguet and Ottendo sateTlites èreICII cables and digital tadio linfts.
Pott Gent,il
?.he EZOB of Port-GenâiJ uses É,àe saae data processlng centte (DPC) asthe EI.OB ot LibrevilTe.
The Ptovinces
Thete are I majot provincial staÉjons equipped tlrith type CP 4OO y
Crossbar exchanges to which extensjon.s can be made, Cne CP 4OAil excàange andthree CP lOOy excàanges are being instaTTed aTong with Lhe eonstrucèion oE thecoastal axis. Othet exchanges are equipped with varia;s TacaZ automaticsutitches which àave access to Éhe externaf, network bg semi-automatie ot aanualcàannel. These exchanges ar�e expected to be completeTg renovat,ed.
?ransit Excàances
fàese suôssri.bet exchange.s are eamptïetea by:
the National ?ransjt Exehange (CIN) constituted bg the same ETOBwhich a.lso performs the function oî transjt for a17 theexchanges in Gabon (LibreviTLe and Province) which àîe notdirectlg connected among them;
the fnternational Automatic Exchange (CIA) oî ?Ig witheleettonic nanagenent of inLernat.ional accovnts (CtossbatPentaconta); an International llanuaf Exehange (Ctn1 isassociated with êhjs automatic axchange.
a ilaÉlonal t'lanual Exchange now associaêed with the CP 4OO oÊLibreviTTe-principaT and which wil7 ôe assosiated wiÉ,à thè CINELOB.
rR,Jll sr{I s s rov EQU r PMENT
l ines in_Operation
Eecause oE t,ransport difficulties and the isoTation of the economiccentres of the hinterland, considerable attention has been paid to tnznhIines. fn the 7970 decade about half ot invesÉmenÉs went to transa.ission.
(a) Tatge capacitg anaTogical transmission l ines (tE 665-6FH 665-7 ot Thonson CSF) are insÉa7Led on the foTlowing axes:
LibreviTle - Four pTace equipped with 4 channel.s (2t,elepàone channels, 7 TI channeT, 1 standby channel);
an axis caL7ed "axe de 7a boueje" Fout Place - I'anbarene-PorÉ, Gentil with 2 + 7 channels;
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a soutà-east axis, Fout Place - BooueKoulamoutou braneh)ltoanda-Fransev i -Z I e -le con i -A.k i en i -Okond j achannefs.
Each telephone channel has 600 or 3OO .Iines.
(b) tropospheric beams, funct.ioning unevenTg,channef s.'
LastourviTTe
with 2 +
equipped with 24
( +
7
(c) twotàe
îhonson
tâonsonhertzian
CSF 9 5 5 Librev i7 7e-Ogem-l4oanda-ltloui L a.
CSF 632 local lines, used often a^s otfset betweensêation and the teZephone exchange:
(iD one
I4oanda-BakounbaOyem-BitamLibreviTLe-lVÈoumFranceviTTe-Nwengue.Kanga, Baaue, lt lounana, ÂÂjeni offsets.
offset Tine at N'DjoLe in Thonson csF TFH 1.50,
oèher exchanges (7 or 2(e) radio-eTectr ic J jnes l ink i i ry thechannels) : Tchibanga, I4akokou'
(f) ulttltiplexr tàe radio lin&s ate equîpped with ntZtipZex (model.7A) CIT or LTT for Thomson CSF radio -?in.ks (prinary groups, 72channels and secondary groups, 60 channeTs).
Recentlg fnstatled Lines
the coastal axis progranrne àas been going on since 1985 with thestrengthening of the LibreviTTe-Port-GentiT Zine bg the creaÉion of digitalthomson CSF a TFE 75O N (34 W/s) beam eguipped with nine 2-MBls É,rajns, thenain axjs, Port-Gentil-Tchtbanga has been equipped sjnce 1986 with a tHF 250-6analogLeal beaa of thomson CSF fitted with a iOO-channel teZephone exchangechanneT. Btanehes Éo Gamba, Omboue, llugamba and l4oabi are planned.
URBâI' SUESCRTEER À'ENdOR.KS
Before tha priority deveTopment progranne, urôan subscrjber netrvorfrswere verg inadeguaÉe. OnTg the areas of central LibreviTTe and Gros Bouquetshowed average possibilities of connection with considerable 7oca7saturatjons. Undet the ptioritg ptrografltme, major extensjon and aodet'nizationwor&s were sarried out, in LibreviZle and Port-Gentil.
LîbrettiLTe
?ihe ûvendo ând Gros Bouquet networks have been completed, andsuàscriber,t can therefore be connected. The centta,l LibreviTLenetvork has been conpZeted since 7984; the capacity fotsuôscriàer çonnection Ïn Éransmission and disÉrlbuÉion sabfeshas ôeen practicalTy doubTed.
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2. Pott GentiT
Î.he rcdernlzation and extension of tha networh have Deencortpleted; Pott-Gentl.I thèrefore lras a nlodern network.
3. Province
Andet ttre prlotl.tg pîograme overhead-vnd,ergrovnd networ*s uereàlso con.strrrlcted in .seven major f oca.Iities: N'DJoZe' I4oul.la'Ogem, 9itam, FtanceviTTe, Koul.arcutou ênd ltoanda. À'sIarge-scale urDanizaÉion worls êre planned for Laabatence' theexÉension and aodernization of this netwotk initially envisagedwJII be done in coordinatioà with Éàese urbanization worls.f,DJs networâ is sàifÉed to the overaJZ pnogtama to beItPlenented later.
In the othet fosalJties in the întetîor, tlrere are undeagroundnetwor*s since the overhead networls are vetg Lnadeg'uate.
4. doastal À:rlis
' Tha deveTopænt of tàe coastêI axls wllL involve tàeconstrustian of overhead-underEtound netwotks at llagunbat 6aaDa,Onboue, ÎcâiDanga and Ê4oabi.
1.3.3 Coryàaison of thê Sitgatioit at Ëâe Éine oftàe lppralsal trli th the-Ptgsent SiÉuation
Sincc the appraisal of, this project, Éhere ftas âeen a consïd,erabheprograas in the developreint of Gabon',s tef,ecomrctnicatîons secÉor resrrltlng Lna .qpectacular increase in the nulaber of telephone ljnes. Betveen 1978 and7988, the nunDer increased about 2.3 times, whjch is a very higà increa.se ofl51s a year. '
7.4 Oblectlues at the Ttne of Ar.oratsal
7.1.7 îha goal of the project suDmitÉed Éo the Bank for fînancLng was to:
rcdetnf.ze and exÉend Élre LibreviZle telephone network;
aaet outstanding applicatLons fot telephones and plan out ÊorfuÉure connection.s over a ten-gear petÏod,;
lnereare Lalex srrôscriâers and utlTize the faciTttJê.t to lltt* uptha two telephone exehanges in LibreviLTe.
7.4.2 ODJectJves after Éhe l,Vor&s
this ptolaet has lmproved the qualitg of tel"ephone servJce atLl^btevl.lle and has enabled the objectives îixed during appraisal to beattalned.
1.4.3 Inteotation oÊ the Project into the National Develoenent PZan
1.hè iuplenentaêIon of the project has contriùtrted greatly to ÈàedeveToprent of tlr.e telecorattnications sector of the country. It âas enaD.ledthe settLng up of rcd,etn auÉomatic tetephone exchanges in tàe prov.fnces andthere6g givtng LibteviTle users the possibility of cawntnicaLÎng nlità thehinterZand. fhis projeet is perfectlg integrated into the development proc€ss
ot tlre countrg. .Tts inplenentation has enaôf ed the devaTopænt ofjnfractructures that aalo it possiàle for econoûic agenÉs to àave re.ljaàIeoean,r ot cowunications that ere f,avouraàte to the country's esonoais ôoon.îhe inplenentation of Éhe local neêworft has opened up the districts ofLïbravi|Ie wàere tàe aàsence of nean,s of communjcatjons made Zite unpleasant.îhe matetiaiJzation of the ptojecÉ has irnproved the fjnancjal sjt'uatjon of the.'Office., bg plactng it under notmal and mote tavoutable conditions to Pr.ot()tethe development of the countty's telecowtnications.
7 .5 Sas ic Data
Countrg
Ptoject Tltle
llumôer of the ProJect
Bottowet
Exectttlng AgencY
Date of ComPletlon
Project TotaZ Cost
.. Repuàl ic oÊ Gabon
I ltodernLzatlon and extention of theLibreviLZe felephone lletworl
, ADB Loan CSIGBITL|7Ù|OO4
3 Govetnment of êhe Republic of Gabon
: Of f ice des Postes et TelecoaorrrttticatjonsttoPTt.
: 28 November 7984
: UA 70838974. L3 includ'ingADB: UA 4998277.35BGD: UA 7280836.7OBDEAC: UA 2238727.29OPî: UA 2327738.79
Date of ApPtaÏsal : APriT 7978
Date of Approval by the Board : I June 7978
Date oE Loan Agreement Signature s 4 Dêcenbet L978
Date of Loan Effect,iveness
Date of ProJeet CoæneeænÊ t 2 Januaty Z9So
Date envlsaged for end of ltorhs ; 72 Decenber 7982
Deadltne Eor fl.rst Disbutsement
Deadl jne for last Djsbursement : 37/72185 ( ini t iaT): 37/72/87 (extended)
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tnount of ADB Loan .' UÂ 5.OOO.OOO
Ànount of Loan Dlsàursed t UA 4998277.35
undisDurs ed Balance : UA 772265 (cancelled)
Intetest Rate durJng ÀppraJ,sal 3 7% pe'. annvû on the djsbursed andoutstanding balance of the loan.
StaÊutorg Conn^lsslon s 7% Pet annutu on the dJslursed andoutsêanding baLances of Éhe loan
CowLtænt Charge s O.75% per annur! on tâe undjsàutsed portionof the Joan cowneing nineûy (9O) daysafter signature of the Toan agreement
Rcpagaent I Sjxteen (16) years including a four (4)gear graca period
6rrrent fnA€r€at Raté t 7.46l� Per annum on tàe disDursed andoutsÉanding balances of the Toan
Comitæn t Chatge s Z% pet annuû on the undisàurse d portion oÊthe foan comnencing fortg five (45) daysafter signature oÊ the loan agreement
ârount oE BGD Loan F.CFA 5OO,OOO,OOO
fnëerest Rata t 9.5?6 Pet annur
DnraÊion t 7 geats
I.6 Sourec ôf, Infor@Éion
thc follclting doanent.s .terved as a .source of infotmation.'
ÀtI tàe doarwnts provided bg OPî
r�he appraisal report
?he constrlÉanÉs project completion tepott
Prograw fot covering the entire counttg wiÉàèalecowtnications and television.
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2. PROJECT DESCRTPETON
GeneraZ Description
At apprajsal, the projeet
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invoZved the foL7.oûng proczrreaents and
(a) the nanufacturing and Taying of pipes,. the mahing of flap doorsof connecting boxes;
tàe procutèûent and. Taging of telephone transulssion cabiesfrom exchânges up Éo subdjvjsjons;
the ptocurement and the Taging of underground tahephonedistriàution saôÎes,.
(b) îhe purcàase and Taying af aerialunderground caDle.s Êottelepltone suàscriôers including the instalZation of telephones.
(c) Proeurerent oE veàiclesr special nechinery Êor thcinplenentaÉion of the project and the majntaJnanse of worksafÊer the tinaL connissioning.
(d) Constrltancar services fort
(preparing the specification and the tender d.ocumentsi
anal.gaing and award,ing É,enders in c.Zose collaDoratlon vîththe P 6 f departnent and ADB;
supervlsing the LapZementaÉion works, thê provisionat aûdf-lnal recepÉion oE the worfts once compLeted;
training t,echnicians who lrere to be in, charge oEnaintainance and the instaTlation of new seÉs. Since theptoblem of training wa.s crucial. in Gabon, iê wa.r to ôeexamined vetg thoroughlg together with tàe terlas ofreferenee providing for the èraining of trainers ouÉsjdethe eountry and technicians in Gabon. The llatlonal P A îSclroot In liDrevil.Ie rvas Éo assisÉ in the ttaining. ft wastecowended that a consultant be commissjoned to dtaw up êttaining scheme for the project to be financed b9 I.9.B. Îheschene approved bg the Bank, shouLd become operationalvithin èhe shortesÉ possible tine,
(e) The provision of the training eentre with ad,equate teachingequipænt.
Aftet inml.eaantatîou the major conponents of the ptoJeet aftetLmp?eæntation are a.s foTTovts:
(ù (CiviT engineering worhs (procurements and worhs);(b) (networh (procuteaents and works);(c) (nainÉainance egnripment (vehicZes and cabTes);(d) consuTtancA and training.
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thc quantl.èativê apprai.sal of tàe civiT engineering compc.nent is.snuarJzed in t"he toll,ætlt1g� table:
OUATI?TTTESInîtialContract 14 + AZ + A2 Done DÎf,ference (|sl
Des lgmat , lon Un iÈ ( t ) . (2 ) - (3 ) (3 l lL I ) (31 / (21
Plptfitg l t 73,9OO 86,103 8O,O95 8,1X -7,016
toreg , . jr.. A 556 537 524 -5,8% -2,1%
Prvernt acptlrs Ut 5,OOA 5'zOO 5,069 7.4% -0'6%
Roaôvag rep;lr'5 ni, I9'OAO 22'OOO 77 '733 -6,7e6 -I9'1%
(2) t Intclr'l eonëÊact Plus cdietZ No,l and 2.
B tcaatds stgmifieant units of worhs, the qtrantities done are closeto the gruanÊItlas ênuiargd, boëh în respect of the initial conâtact and afterèhc noèlâtcrtlon of codiclls I and 2. thjs being Lhe Gêsêe the dlf,ferencesàetyeen thc wort done and the eontracè p.lus codïeil are aI.Z negat,ive: theprovlslon îot supplelentary worJrs under the codiejls ttês overesttnâtedeoryarcd èo tàa worl to De lrplenented. ?he on79 signifl.cant dLfferenceDetpcsn rcrt done ûrd ttro lnJtial contract sonsern.s Piptng (+ 8.1x); thisdl.tfqtqncc ra'fZects tâc gxtansion of the projesÉ area.
f||3 rrctrort couponant ætnlg eoncets. ,rupt lie.t êrrd cabling f,ror*.s,tcrlâI llttq and gongtrrtctlon oÊ subscribet lines. Its quantitative appraisalts gtvctr bl Cb tollovtng taàle.'
(b, CabTttm. Aorlel l"lnas and Con:stntction ot Subscribet l;ines
OITANTlTlES r , . r l : s .
Anlè oC f,orl . ,.Inttlal ,,. i..Conttact il + Àf +.À8 Done Dl,ÊEerenee (*),
D;aslanatLon Unlt ( 7\ (21 (3 ) ( 3, | ( 7,
Drarlng af cabJicc 'ri: ' :
(a) Ctu77 Yotlts
Unlt of lfort
ConduttÀcrlaI
U 794i7QQ.: ' 222,6o.0 229,770 I8,A% 3,2%n 76,200. 76 ,200 63 ,746 -77 ,7% -77 ,1%
Lagtng of lfficr-gtcnnù crbLc n 2',?oo 2,7OO . ; 732 -95,7% -93,7%
Lagtngr of DistrtDul't lon lnlnt l , Z '752 7'762 7,738 -7,296 , -2,X96
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Prtti,tttg try Poi,cs A 4,OOO 4,OOO 3,g7g -O,& -O,5%
Relnlr and cons-, : , , ! : , _tnrct.lon of strùE-
eîlbaî l lncg a l ,ooa 6,0Ôë 5,337 33,4% -7r,196
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fn wiring aerial and snràscriôer lines, the variancss arË noresuâstanÊjal êhan in civiL works. Às regards the laging of caôles, during tâeinplemdntation of worls, Éhere was a rever.saf of the cabf,es inÊ,ended to ôeundetgtound or overhead, into cables Taid in conduit. The totaZ num.ber ofeaDle ZLnes' aLL techniques put together (conduit, ovethead and underground)Iald durLng ëhe worls onLg increased b9 7% campared to Éâe quantitiesesÉJnèted (i.e. respectively 292988 and 273600 netres). this var.laice isqtriËe acceptable given the verg Tong time É,hat passed between tâe prellminargstudg and èha project implementation. Ihis onTg tefl.ects the adaquacy of theguanùltias oE unJts of wor* done in terms of grovJnE needs: (creatJon of ner*districÊs). the number of dJstrjàutjon points Tatd is approxLæ.telyeqnrivalent to the g,uanÊiÉies envisaged in the inîtial. contract and aÊëet thecodiells. Shis .shows that the subscriber potential in the Tong term rrè.rcorteetlg perceived during the init,jal studg. The number of .rràscriôerconnections nade, in terns of new wor* and the repairs of exisÊing lines, i,slnternedJarg àatween the guanêit.ies envisaged respectively in the initialcontrract and ëhe signing of the two first eodjcils. fhe varianee (3)l(1) isnornal èahtng .into account the tjae Lag in Éâe implementatlon; variance(3)l(2) reflects a slight overestimatjon during the detaîled project studg.
fo thi.s gr.rantitatjve aptrrraisals should be addedeodlcl.Ts 3 and 4 as sàown by the foTTowing tables:
those resl.zlt,tng froa
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70,39975
"..tlt,'.",'. ' 3 "f
700
20,ooo .21. ,559
QuttntitiesDone
9,627':4 ,362
60* . 3589
7 0 , 3 4 O29,694
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CODICIL NO. 3
Unit of, lforftDa.slanaf,ian
PtptngEorresLaging of rnrDdlv'CbloniF.ttttng up propsLaging of self-sugtpottingcdbTêDr*ring oohduLt cablê
CODICIL No. 4
Aalt of }|ortDe.:.tgnation
PipingLagtng of undetgtound cableBoxesLaglng of subd.ivisjonsPutting up ptopsLaging of .self-suppottàngCADI€Draring conduit cableConstructing su.bsc r iberli'nes
t - . . l , t r ' . , r
QuantiÉies QuantitiesEstimated Done '' Var.tanees (f)
I l n i t ( 7 ) ( 2 1 : ' ( 2 \ l ( 7 \
FII4
tlUUU
Unit
T4t4UaU
ro ,66079: 3 ' ! '
7 , 5 0 0
20,OOO29,945
QuanttéIesEsÉinaÉed
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70,577 ' '
3 , O 4 087
3 '840
8 , 2 3 035,47O
7 , 7 2 O
- 2,416- 5 'Z16
n ; . 0 " A ? 6-53,3%
o'3168' 716
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j T i
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t
ltI4
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CodieiT llo.3 signed with llessrs SignalisaÉion colûPang. conca']rrstelaphone services to be ptovided to the NZENG-AYONG ârea and was financedwith tàe unexpended ôalance of the BDEAC foan and rr'iÉ,h Éhe eq'uitg capl.taL oftàe "OÊfLce,,. The unexpended àalance of the MB loan was used in faru� of
cod,ïci[. IVo. 4 to the jnitja.I contract with Signafjsation. fhis codicil aadeit possiôLe to connect 7720 additional su.bscribers'
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3. PROJECT TIqPLENENTATTON ÀtID COST
Condïtl.ons fot Loan Effectiveness
3.I.I Conditions fat f,oan effeeÊ,igeness pere fulfiLTed within a reasonablet,ine. fndeed, after Éhe signaÉure of the loan agreement on 4 December 7978,Éhe loan Dacaae effective in JuJ.g 7979 and this zreans that a77 the conditionsprecedant to tàe l.tt disàursenent were fulfiTTed with effect lrom that date.tha condition focu.ssed on.'
À. Conditions Precgdent to the Fitst Disbursement
The àorrorcr.s will und€f,taft€ Éo have Àrtiele 756 of, Êhe statutes oftâa P and T Departnent anended.
B. Other Conditions
a) îhe bottowet wi77 undartahe to tecruit a consultant for:
drawing up the tender documentsianaZysing and awarding the tenderi
- supervising the wor&s;- d.tafting before Éhe second disbursement the tetns of
rêfef,ence for the tecruitment, training oÊ theofficers who are to be responsible tor èhemaintainance oE the netwarh.
b) That the P and f Department's participat,lon in thefinancing of the project wi77 ôe included annua.lly in Éâebudget,
c, ?�haè the P and. T Department will àear ang cosË overruns.
3.2 ProcurenenÊ of Goods and Services
3.2.7 Pursuant to the ptovisjons of tâe Zoan agreement, goods and servjceswere procured through internationaf conpetitive bidding in aecordance with theBanh's ruJes and procedures on the matter-
3.3 llaior Changas llade
3,3.I îhe changes nade are tàose thatwere reguired to adapt the ptoJecë to
the cond.itions that prevaiTed àeÉween É,he prelininary studg Preparêd bg
S,OFRECOI{. in 7979 and the detaj.led engineering design ptepared by the rrjnner
cgonÊractor jn 7987. The point at jssue was to ,sef,ve the new distrLcts oÊ
Librevi1Te which wete not suÊficienLlg stabilized at èhe time the preliainary
studg was prepared for example the Owendo area. These adaptatlons were tâe
subject of the codiciZ No.l to the contract signed with SIGNALISA?ION.
3.3.2 Considerabie d.ifficultjes observed during the implementation of civiZ
wor*s obLiged the contractot to u,se the tarted toadwag instead of the vetg
encumbered pavements and Éàis resulted in suâstanÉjal cost overruns talen into
account in cod.icil No.2 with SI9NALISAÎIAN. The ptoject afso tooft into
accounÉ the telephone services provided to the foTTowing areas: Nzeng'Ayong'
IVonDa Do6ine, ie1en, Rue 8a.llag and. L2 ltars and these ate the extensions aade
to the initiaT Projeet.
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3.4 Irr.fi.lemeryLation âçheduTe
3,4,7 The implementaÉjon of the ptoject encountered considerabledlfficul.ttes in Jts initial phase anCl this led to an intetruption of Ëàecontractot's worh and to the signing of codicifs .Z and 2 to tàe jnitial
contract. ?�he causes of Éhis sjÊuaÉjon were mang. Thete urete sufficientlymentioned ln éhe varjous reports prepared bg OPf and the consultant. Whatîol7ows is a .runmary of êhe major evenÉs that chatacûetized projeetinplerentation.
Project fqrlenentgtlon
3.4.2 the initîal contract signed with llessrs SIGflÂLISAIION Coapang is thetype called "quantity" conëract estabLished on the àasis of the ptelirninarydeslgn prepared bg the engineering con.su.Ztant. îhe quant,itg contract is tâetyTn that ls often selested for the implementation of Tine worfrs. ft r.akes iLpossible to pay for the guanÉities of tàe units of worft actuaTlg done (and forÊlre egrJpnent effectivaly del.iveted). These gruanÉiÉies are cross-càeckad bgtàe .nrpplier and the susÉoûer or his engineering consultant'.
3.4.3 Î�he ânounê to ôe paid for each item of suppTg ot warh is Éhereforethe product of Êhe unit p,,rice of the contract, pos.sibly updated if thecontract come.r lnêo force after tàe quantitg has been supplied or done. À.tregards the financial aspect, this É.ype of contract âas three nain sÉages.'
the initial contract drawn up on tàe ôasis of the quantitLes oÊthe preliminary design and tâe unit prices proposed in theconttactor's tênder,'
codiciT No.l esÊaà.Zisâed on Éhe basjs of the qruantities deductedftom the detalled engineering studg (bS the conttaetor) and fromprevious unlË, prices;
the final amount of the contraet inpl.emented, ptoduct of theguantities done and previous unit prices, updated wherenecessary.
Several conditions shouTd be fuLfi77ed so that the f,ina.Z anount ofthe contracL af ter irrp.Zeaentation should be a.s close a,s possiôIe to thelnitJal amountt
the quantitjes of the units of work should be cotteetlg assessedduring the preliainarg studg. Îhe detaiTed engineerLng designon one hand and the iarplementation on the other hand shouTd onTgconttibute to improve the quantity and not to a.ahe proîoundchanges. The rLsh js noreover .so slim that tâe tiae 7ag betweenthe tàree stages (preliminatg design, proJect andimplementaÉion) is sàort;
the unit priees proposed bg the contraetor should ôe estaôIishedafter a serious fieLd studg, Lo take into account a77constralnts and to avoid any dispute of a subsequent prleei
the contract shou.ld eone into force duting the vaZiditg of thecontractor's o6fer so a.s to avoid Êhe updat,ing of prices.
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rn case oÊ the LibreviTTe contraet, none of tàese eondltlons lrrdsfu77y fuLtiL7ed.. .tndeed..
a) tafting inÉo account ÉItë considerabTe time Jag ôetween theest'aDrishnent of, the preziminarg design and the deÉai]edengl'neeting design, the d.àveTopment of certain areas of the èown.vt'ressed theit need to be served under the project whereas thegwere not envisaged in the preTiminary design (cf. chaptet 2);
b) as regards the civtl worhs, the con.sulÉant,s prel.lnl.nary deslgnwas estaôIished, after consuJÉ.ing the gaàonese pubttc l{or}sauÉâoriÉies on the stâte oÊ the roadwags affected. bg the p"""ag"of É'he structures envisaged. Ihose autâorjÉils orbld,æZa
3 . 4 . - 4eonduct wlth t'he consent of Publ.ic l{or}s authorities, Éàe nece.ssèrg .surv€gs toenaôIe them Êo determine with exactitud.e Éhe cosÉ, ot tàe civil worLs,especiallg those relating to the eutting up af êhe roadrags and aahing repaJrs.
3,4.5 rt seens that at this sêage, the bujlder se.ZecÉed, had. not Ld,entifted.the features of the aaJor sÊreets in Librevijle, nameTy that Éâose streeÉs hadan excepÊional design. Indeed, theg were construcÉ,ed jn z976-zz for Êhe o.A.ureeting bg a Yugo.sJavian Compang, in a non ttaditional t4nner (ro to 40 cmthich bituænous_2ager on comPr€ssed ôed roch conprising Jaterite, sdrrdc eartlrand unsorted coal).
3.4.6 The Public woths auêàorjÉiec did not seem to be àware of Éhis.Duting thc fitst votlcs, d,tfÊteulties were encountered in cutting and, repairingtàe roadwags. Condlt,ions for the tepairs of tàe roadwags fotmied, the suôJectof an agreenent. Detween SIGNALISAZION, jÉs sub-eontraetors SOWTEC and pitlDservJces.
3 -4,7 lVoneêheZess' repair wor*s were not d.one in accord.ance with ÉheagreenenÊ and were rejected bg the consultant and pubTîc wor.ks auÉhorJtjes.lhe Tatter hatdened their position, imposing larsh condjtions whjcà led to aznrch ære expensive repail..
c) f;IGNALISA:'ION'�s contract became effective o:n 72 l4ath 7gg7, i,e,nearZy onê gea,. aftet the validitg of its otfer (April IIBO)entaiTing the strict app?ication of the contractual clause onthe upd.ating of prices.
3.4.8 FoZhowïng thê d.iÊttcufËjes outlined above und,er b) a negotiatjon washeld' between tàe contractor, OPî and the consultant Êo fina.Iize cod.icil No.2èo the contract. Slnce SOFRECOI4 djd not. agree witâ the terms and, costs ofêâis codiciT. it was exc.luded from the negotiation and, onTy intervened again 9nonÊâs Zatêt' at tàe req'ue.st of OP? Director General. to patticipate it ÉheELnal dissussion. 7.he supplier's initiaT offer (7.3 nill ion F.CFA) was fjrstreduced bg the consultant to 875 miZlion F.CFA and tàen to SOO milZion duringiztplerentation.
t.1.g În conchusîon, the final cost of the ptoject, incZuding cod.ieil No.Zand 2, stood at 3044 miLTion F.CFA, i.e. an overrun of 57% of the initialeontract. ?�his difference is ôrofrendown as .f,olJows..
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74% eorrespotd.ing to tàe up-dating of the initial. contracti
3296 are due to the special condjÊjons fot the repairs of theroadwags;
796 come fron additional worfrs requested by OPî;
4% correspond to the diffetence between Éâe consultant'spreiiminatg design and the conË'racÛot's definitive gtoiect,.
OroaBization aBd l4anagement of the Proiect
5.5.7' Thè project implementation unit was teaL7y struetured onZy after 7982wtth èha eppointmenè of the unjÉ head. À few officials in OPI parëicipated
effectiveZy ïn the fulfiTment of the loan conditions.
3.5.A Before 7982, work supervision ïta.s onJlg done bg the engineerinEcons-u|tant, and djsôursement reguests were made bg APT Budget. and ÀccountingDepartænt.
3.f.3 Aftet 7984, a central unit, for acdounts specÏal.ized in the fl.nancialmonltoring ot projecÉs was estaôIished within OPT. ?he unit was strengthenedwlth the.appolntnent of a Project ltlanager, a Ditector of Operations and ttith
the ê.ssgl,stance of Éhe angineerLng consultant. ?.he combÏned e€forts of thjswtl.t, alded bg the Banh's recomendatjons culninaÉed jn improylng re1aÉjonsDetween the d.LÊferent parties involved in Taging the LibrevifSe network cabfes.
3 . 6 Æoiect Cgst
9.6,2 ptoject total. eost net of '
Éaxes at tâe tiue of aPPraj,sat rrtart
ê.etiaatêd at UA ? .471, mtl.J.ion including UA 5.235 nilTion in foreÏgn exehangeand LtA Z.Zzg nillàon in local curtency co.sts. Detailed costs at the time ofappraisal ate given in TabLe 3.7 beLow:
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Tab le 3 .7Cost. at ApBlraisaT
(in UA)
COI|,P.ONENTS
7. Ctvll. l lorhs
1.7 Supp.lies7.2 l loths
2. t{etworts
2.7 Suppl ies2.2 lforfrs
3. ltainÉainance
3.1 Suppl ies
1r. Con^suf tant
5. �ralning
Foreign SxchangeCosts Local tosts TotaI
7 903 432,731 032 733,03
7 334 863,377 656 782,87
209 966,4'
82 236,84
#6 446 628,74
. 966 991,35
7 423 623,09
7 474 o,00
700e6
Partlal total
Contingenctes (75%)
TotaZ
fotal Roundad UP
I 457 874,43679 400,90
r. 334 863,37770 277,89
209 966,47
g2 236,84
83 286.67
4t 55X. 840,57
682 776.L7
5 234 676,62
5 235 000
70,6%
457 558,30412 732,74
885 970,92
744 526.88
r. 894 788,24
284 278.2,1'
2 779 006,48
2 780 000
29,4%
3.6.2 lhe toèal eoat of the PtoJeetsÉands at ItA 70.839 miZll'on concl.uding AAand UA 3.377 miTTion in 7oca7 cur�tencg,the folTowlng tabl.e and in taôfe 3.5.
net of taxes after LmPleæntatl,on7.462 miTZion in foraÏgn excàange
DetaiTed actual cosÉs are glv€n in
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ActuaT Costs( in UA)
Foreign Exeh' Local
CowPnnents Costs Costs Totel'
7. Civil t{orhs
7.7 SutrTplies 37O 659,89 236 385,04 607 O44'g34 420 562,25 2 70r 543,43 7 r .22 105'687.2 Worls
2. ltleÉwork
7 797 779,60 - 7 797 778,602.7 SuppZies2.2 l{or}s 8OO 466,63 ttOS 237,49 7 2O5 698'72
3. IûainÊainance
3.I SuPPIies
4. Conaù.tant
5. traLnino
Total
275 555,O2 275 555,O2
2go 024,78 33 ?69,30 323 793'48
797 O58,3O - 7O7 O58,3O
7 462 044,87 3 376 929.26 tO 838 974.73
69r. 37% 700%
Ditference in Casts
Foteign Ex- LocalCornBonents chanoe Costs Costs % Total
7. CiviT l l .
I . t suppt . +7o87211,51 + 74 . t47 + 2J5773,26 + 47 ,65 +7296387,8A + 68 ,77
J.Z Wo-ihs -3807167,35 -613,68 -228887L,29 -554,55 -6089972'65 -59O,O4
2. Networhs
2.7 Suppt. + 137714,77 + 70,27 + 737L44'77 + 70'27
2 . 2 V ô t t l r s - 3 0 2 5 4 , 7 4 - 3 , 9 3 + 4 8 0 7 3 9 , 4 3 + 5 4 , 2 6 + 4 5 O a I ' 8 4 ' 6 9 + 2 7 ' 2 Q
3. llaintainance
3.7 Supp l . - 65588,67 - 31 ,24 ' 65588 '67 - 37 '24
1. Consultant- 207787,34 -252,67 - -247556,64 -293,73
5. rraining - 23777,69 - 28,54 +744526'88 +7OO
+72O755,25 + 53 'OI '
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3.6.3 With the exception ot supplies for civil wor�ks, supplies and wor*sfor the telephone networft as welf as Êor ttaining, ali the othet camponents ofthe project tegistered cost overtruns. fhe mosÉ subsûanÉja.l overrun consernedthe civjl wor}s. thjs overrun was bofne bg OPf thanks to BDEAC' BGD Toans and
OpT equity capitaT; total cost overruns tàus oôserved sêand at UA 3.425'357.O4
3.6.4 The project was financed by ADB, BDEAC, BGD and OPT aecording t'o the
schedufe sumarized below:TabLe 3 ,2
Sources of Financjng(Ïn Ue)
ForeignExchange Costs LocaL Costs totaL
4 998 277,35 - 4 998 277 '35Z 2 3 A Z Z t , 2 9 - 2 2 3 8 7 2 7 , 2 9
- 7 28O 836,70 1. 28O 836,702 25A A46.23 2 096 092 '56 2 321- 738 '79
7 462 044,87 3 376 929,26 70 838 974 '79
3,6.5 InitiaTlg, the pnoieet hras to be financed on79 by ADB and OPT
according to the follæing labTe:TabTe 3 .3
Sources of Financing at APPraisaI(in UA tâousands)
Foreign Exchange LocaL Currencg TotaL
Sourees
BADBDEACBGDOPT
rotaT
,Sources
ADBOPT
TOTAL
5 0005 234
5 234
2 000700 7 200
3 300
2 780
2 280
L 5 O O - Z O O O50 600 34 780
5 0002 474
7 474
But ating to difficultles encountered during proJect start-uP'
negotl.attons wère entered into between OPf and the contractor responsible fot
thâ wotlrs and tlese negotiations sulninated in the signing of a codiciT. To
aeet these nël' obligations OPf hqd to apPTg to BDEAC and BGD for ô
sttqp1eûentary 7oan. îhese loans suôsÉituted. the ADB Toan fot a certain period
after ÂDB had refused to grant a svppTementaty Toan to OPI.
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Sources Fote
3.7 ExPenditure Schedule by Souree of Financing
The foTlowing scheduie was envisaged at the time of aPpraisalt
Tab le 3 .4
Expanditure scheduTe at APpraisaT bu source of Finaneing(in UA Shousand)
7978 7g7g 7980 1987 TOTAL
Fore Loc Fore Lac Fote Loe t'ore Loc
BN) 500ovt 50
Loc
200
5 oao231' 2 780
7 474îotal 750 2 750 7 274
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3.8 ETJpndjÉurAschedu^Ze by Conponent aê èPPraisa]
3.8.7 ?his schedule was not establlshed at the time oE aPpraJsat.
3.8.2 faDle 3.5 beTow gives the actua.I disàursement situation by componentsand bg .sources of financing.
3.4.3 às regards the BDEAC and BGD foans and the utiLTzatÎon of OHI equitycapital wê rrera unaDle to àave Éâe actual dàsbursement position. Iloetevêt, on
the Dasjs of a few daqtnents provided to u.s r{te have prepared the toZZowl.ngÉaDles:
3 . 9 Servlces Randered
3.9.I Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh�e Borrcnret -.Tha stabilitg ot the Ditectorate and of the lllnisêry
ot posts and feleeowtnications should ôe noted. ft js tegretted tÈat theproject,,s sxectrÉing agency was not suitabLg strucËured aê the tire the ptoiectconoenced. After 7983, the project unit established made Éhe necessary affortto solve tlra nany problans facing the ptoieet.
3.9.2 ifffffffffffffff�hq C?xustrl.iant - the project h'a.t suPervised by SOFRECOII.
a) QualiÇu gf ?echnicgl Ëegviceg: ÂPart from the inadequatedescription of the LibreviTle road structure a.s given in tàespecifications, tâe conseguence^s of which caused the provisionafhalting of civif worls in 1982, the gualitg of servjce.s was onthe whole satisfiaetory;
b) lforts Sulrervision: During the period from 7980 to 7982, worlsstpnrvislon wavered and the con.sultant h'as saÉisfied withcorrecting the contractot's defects in a pa.rsive ûanner. FtomIg82 to the end oÊ the wor.ks in 1,987, the presance oî theengineating consvTtant was effective ;
c) Relatjons$th the Eorrorrer: Despite the shortoaings obsenad invorh supervision froa 7980 to X.982 relaÉion.s ôetween theconsultant and the conttaetor were good;
d) Quàl.ïtv of Staff: The qualitg of staff assigned to supervige Éâewoths aÊ the LibteviTTe network was good. Ihe mëthod of wothapplted dutlng the period 7982 to 7987, qade it posslble toobÉ,ain exceTlent resuits.
3.9.3' fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffhe Cantractor: ttotks srette entnrsted. to Irlessrs. SICNALISAffON compang
îollowLng internati.onal conpetitive bidding.
a) Qual,ttg -cii W,ork: ?he eontractot sttb-contracted the entire eLvilworts and the network to a TacaL comPang. Tuto Pàa.se.t can bedisttnguïshed in the project implementation. Thë fjrst s,tagegocs ftom 2979 to 7982 during which a fev wealmess€s in theexectttion of Éasls characterized bg negLigence in theexafrLnation of documents mahing up specifl.cations and the TackoE tigout on the part of the sub-contraetor in implementlng theyorÉs;
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a seeond .sÉage îtom 7982 to r.987 wàich sâoured r crearîmprovaænt in Éhe siÉ,uat,ionr espêcialZg ary regatdsiaplenentation t,ine Tinit and the quaTity of worhs which noTonger gave rise èo any sgrccial obsetvation;
b) lttanagerrenÉ, 9nralitgs fhe interna.l, ptoblems oÊ the coûpang, whlchDecaae an affiliate of the G.!.I4.E (Gtands Ttavaux de ltarsallleEntteprise) in 7985 did not, in ang wag affect its solvency.
c)
d)
RelaÊions wiÉh tàe borower.. Despite atàe TmpZementation of worhs, a spitittlvags sâaracÉ,erized relat,ions betweenconsulÉing fJra and the contractor,
few ,snags which rarledof nttuaZ undersêandJng
the worÀs o.vnet, Ëâe
3 . 9 . 1 ,
QuaTîtativa Evaluationt The norft done by ltessrs SIGNALISAÎZONCoupang is on the wào.Ie of a good technical. quality. fhe onlyr€.to:r"ve.s aada during the provisional handing ovel. of thestructures centred on the toTTowing points..
CiviZ lforfrs.. during Êâe sgstamatie resisÉance testing ofthe conctete telephone àoxes mnde by SOFRECOITI on thestructures of Éàe Lïbreville netror* (scleroneter Éest),cerÉain boxes had values beTow what tàe .qpecifJcations.rtJpulated. The difference compared to the speciffcatjonsdid not compromise the securitg of the structures.Consaquentlg, it, was decided that their destruction andteconstruction in the notns of the àoxes shouZd not bereg,uested, but a price reduction was aade wâen paying tarthe corre.rponding itens;
Itlting: certaln pal.tiaL provLslonal handing over wete aadesubject to the contractor providing contrastualdocumentaéion at the end of the wor*s. tlhan the conttaetor.nrDaitted the required verification pr.ogramme, the rgserve,swere temoved.
the Àfrican Developnent Banft
t) Assistance to mahe Loan Ef fective.' Zoan negotiatÏon lVo.CSlcBlTLlTS/OO4 consÉituÉed the first Tinh in the relationsestaôIished between the Aftican Development Banh and the "Office
des Poste.s êt TeTecowntnications". ?he Bank's as.sjstance xra,sconsidered necessatg and favourabfe to Joan effectiveness.
b, Qttalitv oE Supstwision: Duting the period from 7980 to 7982,telatLons between the Bank and OPf adninistraÊion werecharacterized bg lresiÉatjon as regards the varjous yttocedures onloan adpinisêraëion. îhe supervision mjssions otganLzed bg theBank foTTowing the problens caused bg the contractot nade it
?ossible not onZg to clarifg Éhe sjtuation but taught. fesson.s toOPI. The desctiption of tasls devo7.ving on each antlty( OPf -SOFRECOI,I-ADB -S I GNALI S AT ION ) bec ame c I e ar er .
c) DisôursenenÉ.r: On É,he vhole, disDursemenÊs ntere regaLat.Iiowevet, OPt oÊten conpLained of orzission on the part of theBanh to send disbursement vouchers required fot the financia.lnonitorjng of the Zoan.
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d) ADB,s RgZe: îhe 8anft's strucÉural organizaèion (assignaent of a
single offiser to supetvise ptojeets irrespective of Éheir
numbet jn severa.? countries), consjderabTg Tiniëed between 7980
and L982 the nunôer of Bànk consultaÉions with Gabon. IloPever,
through the verg effective interventions of, the 8an* aftar Êàis
sterlfa period, Éhere was a very marked iaptovement Ln the
technical and financial management of Lhe LibtevilTa natworhprojeet.
3.IO 8an* SuPervjsion
3.fO.l fo ADB supervislon ulssion vislÉed LibrevtTle during tàe f,l'rst ttvo
gaar.r oÊ ptoject impl,emenËation, Beginning from 7983, thete rras an average of
two missions ev€ry three gears. Banh missions proved to ôe ver'y useful d.s
regards project màrrag€Dent, and financiaZ monitoring. ft is ptobable that sorne
oi tn" plo.blens encolntered, bg OPT in carrying out' ëhe oPeration during _ the
fîrst gea1.s eould àave àeen effectivelg solved if ADB supervi.sion àad âeen
cToselg done during Éhis Period.
3.II RePoits on the-SJtuation
3,lt.,l Dvrlng tàa flrst tf,ro year,s af project inplementatl.on, althouglr aany
docunents àad ôeen êataDlJ.sàed. by the various bodies involved in the proJect'
no synÉàesis report had àeen addressed to the ADB. ?he first general report
on ihe project was prepated foLTowing the ditficuléies in signing eodieiTs 7
and 2, in Decembet 7983, This documenÉ comprised the foZlowing fl'les:
- fiTe No,7 general repott on ptoiect impleaentation"
- ftle No.2 colTection of the Librevll.Le netwotk plan durl.ng theâunching of tendets;
- fjle lûo.3 collection of the netwotk Blans a,s envisaged befoteCodiciT No,7;
- fiZe No,4 financial sjtuation of the project since the beginnÎng;
- file No.S consuf,Éant's role in the varjous implementation PâasesoÊ the proiect;
- Êi].e No.6 consu.Itant's recotwnendations lor detetaining thed.iff icultjes ensountered in ptoj ecL ifrItle&entation.
Later, ths lant was teguZarlg Lnformed of the Progre.ss o.f the
operation. Atter the genetal acceptance o.f worfrs on 28 November 7984' â
gènera1 evafuaÊion of worfts and supplies wa.s estabTisbed'. Lastly'
supplenentarg rorft.s, the subject oî Coclicits 3, 1I and 5 formed tfte àasjs of
period.t c progtess rePorts.
3.1.2 CotnPl.iance bg Bottcrrter wlth his Obligationg
3.72.1 îhe bortover coryTled nith arl his oblÏgations' and ëhLs faclzl'tated
Toan effectl.veness uithin reasonaàIe time.
3.73 Loan Disburseaent
3.73.7 Ttre gtace trnriod was fourto be Ln Januarg 1983, TabZe 3.7Oregard to Toan tePaYaent,
(4) geats and the fitst capital paynent was
beTow shows the bottower'.s comitments with
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4. Ejn{À.rtrcrÀz ârùÀ.tysIs
fnternal Rate of Return
4.7.7 Îâe fRR of the proJect at the time of appraisal was 7O.8% and on tâaôasjs oC tatl.Efs'(BC = 50 FCFA fton� 1978 ëo L982, 52.5 PCFA ftom 7985) Lowertlran those anrrentlg applled. after the appraisal of the project (see paragraph5 .S: crurrent BC = 65 FCFA). .Indeed , tarif f s have insrea.sed three tinessrrccessively (52 in 7982, 62 Ln L984 and 65 FCFA in 7988 for Z BC). ÎàenuaDer oÊ I0L also incroasêd rapid.lg, from 11,546 in 7983 to 20,595 in 7987, oran average increase oÊ nearLy 76% pet gear. Ihe gield pat lÎne (439,O0O FCFà'in 7978, 7.5?o ai l l ion in 1.983, 1.232 mif f ion FCFA in 7987) aZthovgh i t îeZZrelaÊIvelg betwaen 7983 and 7987, àas jncreased near�lg thteefold sirrce 7978and quite high eomparing w,ith other countries (Coêe d'fvoire.' 650'0A0 FCFAlltlL;Benln.. 32O,OOO FCFAIT(L). AÊtet impTementation, the rRR stands aÊ 78.68%(annex I1).
1.2 FinancÏal Obligations and their ComgTianee
4.2.I The onlg financlal oôIigaÊions concerned Éhe finaneing Plan. Theywere made loan conditions coryel7ing the Gabonese autàoritjes to ptovide
annual1y în the budget of Éhe P & T DepartmenÉ's participaÉion Jn thefinancing of, the project in accordance wièh the financing plan and to findsupplementary soutges of financing in Êàe event of cosÉ overlarns.
A,2.2 'jhe Gabonese autàorJties fulfîZ?.ed tâese condjtions. Variotrs
cJrcumsêances irpeded and delayed ptoject, start-up and consequently resultadjn cost overruns. Eecause of this, OPT was foteed to sign two codÏcilc to the
contract wiLh SIGNALISÀf,IOIù. ?ha fjrst, signed in Àugrusë 7982, was tinanced
by OpT and the second, sl.gned in January 7984, bg BDEAC. Certain wor&s rere
also exesuted b9 force account wjÉh the 8anft's approval. âll tlàa d'Ïf8tsulties
Êhat cau.sed tàe extanslon of time 27 to 44.5 months), did not prevenëOHf f,rotl
æeting aL7 the f.{nancial obligations of the project.
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5.7.2 Lagallg, the "Office des Postes et ?eleconraunlcaÉ,ions du Gabon" @Yf)âas not changed sjnse 29 October 7964, the date it was estaàlished bg larv Àlo.74164 and since the appraJaal of the project, It remains a state-owred,industrial and eolllog,îcial eoncern.
5.7.2 Endowed rlth a legal personaliÉg and financiaf autonomtlt OPE ûagunder lts regrulations, and wità the consent of the Board of, Ditectors raise.Ioans for the con.structlon and developraent of its administtative, teelutieaT'coûrercjal and ltocial facjljties. However, the amount oE surrenê debtincluding Lntercst and amortization eannot exceed 20% of the revenue of OYEdurtng the previous financial gear (ordinance No. 36/79/PR d.ated 27109179).ÂÉ the tiae of àppraisâl, the Tevel wâ.s fixed èt 70% in accordênce witharËicle 756 of the sÈatutes estaôIishing OPT.
5.7.3 fts soclal obJactiva àas not changed,. OPT âas postal andtelecomtnisatJons monopolg over national and internaÉjona.l networhs andensures all astlvitjes envisaged by UPU and ITU sonvenÉions and arrangeaentstegardl,ng international re.lations.
5.2 Otganlzation and l4anagenent
5.2.7 OPI js stilt managed bg a Board of Direetors aade up of a maxl.ntmnuuôer oE 72 aenDers presided over bg the l(inister Delegate at the Ptesidencyof tlre RepuDlic. in chargo of Infornation and PosÉs and Telecowtnicatjons.Since tlrc gstaôll.shrent of OPT, the functions oE its Eoard have not ehangedand aaong Êhe nost inportanÉ are.'
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5 , 2 . 3
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5. RESULTEJAI,TD CHaJIOES TN OPT
&egal Status and .Pgrpose
approving plans fot the generaZ organization of OPî;
advising on OPT germanent staff regulations;
deternLnïng procedure.s for recrttitment, salarjes and aanageæntof non-permanent staff;
the function to apptove the OPt budgeè, contract ôorrowings, flxpostal , telegrawe and telephone raÉese utith the exception oÊthose governed bg international convenÉions.
Fost and TeTecomlrlrunicatjons activities come urtdet three Targedepattænts (annex 9) each of which is headed bg a Deputg Director General, 9Dltectorate,s and one accounting agencg. a71 directTg attached to the DîtectorEenetal. of OPî. The latter js appointed b9 d.ecree on the advice of thesupervl"sinE l4inister under whoa are the f oTTowing:
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7. Degartmenè of îeleeonantnteations oîÊhe lttational itleÉwor*. wiÉâ.'
Switching and networks DirecÉorate.
TeZeconmtnications operation and coawrctcl.al affairsdiractotate.
2. Department of fieZecoawnznications of the Internatlonal l{etwort.
3. Department of Postaf and Financiaf Servicest with:
Postal Services Directorate
, FLnanciaZ Services DireeÉ,oraÉ,e.
4. Direetorate.s directLg attached:
,' i*llit; irï",*iiili'*'r'r"r'r'-r'r";',:.i',ï"::"'" :Budget and Àccounts Ditectoraée.
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t o, at e ."Comtarcial and ?echnicaf Aff airs" : Jnspectlon Directorate.
ACCOANîS AGENtr
5.2.3 The present General il lanager has been at post sinse 7976. Hisfrtrrctlons and those of his imnediate assistants are given in Annex IO. Then6w organization chart of OPT is denser than what iÉ was at the tire of Êheapprais5al of the two proJecÉs a.e a resuft of the growth of OPI (staft r;l.ttbethas doubled, budget has increased) and jn order Lo better Éachle the soeial,technical and financial ptoblens and new ptoducts.' tefemaèic etc,
5.3 Personnel and lraining
5.3.7 ghen the projeet was appraised in 1978, OPt had. Z,AZ5 enployees with .733 for teleeonnunleaÉions. In êhe Tight of ptojects ptogtamed for thefuèute, parèic-u7arl.y in teleconmrznicat.ions, OPI has relativelg lnetaased thenumhar of the technleal stafÊ; out of 7.502 emppTogees at the end of 7983'i.e. only 5 years Zater, 40% of the empToyees are with teTecomnicatLons'i . e. 64I l.ncl.uding 73 engineets (annexes 71. and 72) . Âs the tabZe beZowsâows, tà€ 40% ranained up to 7987. .rn Ju19 2988, out of a total of 2'036ampToyees, utoæn accounÉed for 3O% i.e. 53L women and a sustajned effott js
:balng aada to appolnt woûen to positions of responsiôiZ.itg. :.,.
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frend of ProducÉivitg -Index et 9Z?
lotal NunbetYears of Etttplogees
lluraàer inleleeommttnicat ions
Produc-tivity
UL fndex
6 600 30tr. 5i{6 5575 243 42x.9 269 3620 094 3820 695 39
797879837984198s79861987
7 0157 6027 6397 7287 9352 022
73364J.64869L774870
5.3,2 x,he É,raining pr.ograûmes considered at the time of appraisaZ were weZl
executed. thirtean telecon;rntnications technicians and L4 alectto-mechanicallnsÉallation tecànicians (À-fE?t) ftave been trained' In view of the fact that
this .sactor J.y highly teclnicaT, OPI .benefjts from the expetience oÊ technlcal
assjstànts (1te ai tie staff) who train nationals on the Job. OPt also has Éhe'rEco\e Ittatjonale,' vhete worh inspecÈors and engrineers êre Érained. Sjnce itwas estaôIjsàcd in 7977, 29 fnspectors of Postsr 9 Engineers(TetecowtnJcatjons lechniclans) and 9 nidd,Le LeveL telecowmznicatlons
rrnagcû.rnt personnel àave passed out of it. Àt the end of 7987, the ENPT(anne: lZ) âad a student population of 235 including 52 for rettaLning and
spnclatizat.fon and 4 fron soae French-speaking sountries. Senior sta,f,f ere
sÊJII tral.nad abtoad' jn Franse.
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5,3.3 In I97g, the productivity jndex was 20 employees for 7'OOO ljnes; jt
urent up to 55 in 1983 êr.s a rê.sult of the new valume of work and the ftontiet
techni1ogy OpI' has to face. The ind.ex went down to 40 on the average ln tàe
subseg'uent years. fhts js satisfactory but it is possiô.Ze that with the
prese;t capacities of the installaÉion.s (guite lot occuPaLion rate.' 60%jnstead of the gO% notmalZy accepted) and a Êew economlc developmenè
progra4es pendjng in ëhe country despite the resession, a productÏvity index
ât SO empTogees for 7,OOO line in the coming yea5.s is envisagad.
5 . 4 Àccounts and Àudjt
5.4.2 Since the appraisal of the proJect, OP!'s accounÉlng syftêr àas not
changed. Àt Càe end -of
eaeh financial gear, operating accounts' balance ,sàêet
and annua; îepor�t are prepated. Accounting is now computerized âÂtt cost
accountJng wïI1 not be introduced untjf jn about a rnininum of two gears time.
The "Gabonese d,Âudit et Expetti.se" (64.9) a franco-Gabonese consuLting firn is
c'.,;,rentlg earying ouÊ, sÉ,udies Êor the reotganization and genetal
eonputerizatÏon of OPf -
5.4.2 Tha accounts of OPf nag àe audited periodicalTg bg the "Cour des
Cof,rptes',, an agency which was set up onlg four gears ago and whlch audlts the
accâunts of tàe slate. public and semi-puôZic enêerprises. It is dlrectlg
under the llinisttg of Justlce. On the recommendaùjons of the "Cai,sse CentraZe
de Coopetation Econoaiqve" (CCCE) two geats ago, the account's af OPt ate now
audited annually. fhe firn select'ed is HELIOS.
5 . 5 Tariffs
S.S.L Tarîffs are regxrlated by the eonnercial teleeomtniseêions servjces
code. îhis code was amended bg decree t/o. 254/PR/I4IN-INF-P! of 78 Febrrtatg
7984. -It is teproduced as annex 73 with the new taritf principle.
5.5.2 For focaf colmntnicrttion.s, withjn tàe same grlouP of exchanges (there
âre g in Gabon), tariffs are Tumpæm with a basic charge of FCFL 65 PetcoraraunicaÉion itrespective of the duration. îrunk and Ïnternational
cotmunicatjons are charged by duration depending on the distances. For the
former, the tarlff js àased on a àasie charge eveîY 75.45,second.s and fot the
Zatter ever1 L,333 seconds to 6 seconds depending on the disèance between the
eounttg and Gabon: 6 seconds Êat some african countties, 3 seeonds fat Ftance.
2.4 seconds for Spain, 7.333 second fot the USA etc. For the automatic
networls the eharge is bg impuTse; Sjnce the appraisal of the Lwo pl?ie.!t-"_:_
the basic charge has ôeen increased three times, the fitst in JuIg 7983 (FCFA
SO to S2), tàe sesond. in t984 (FCFA 62) and the third. in 14ag 7988 (FCFA 65).
5 . 6 B-illïng and Recoverg
5.6.I Two Bu7L llinj 6 conputats are used tot biTling; there Js an
integrated set vith f,lve sub-applications:
Iine regmest processing (teTephones, te7ex, specialized Tines);
administrative and technical management of the cawetcial' fil.e;
biTTing;Eecovetg and dlsPutes;statistieaT statements.
5.6,2 Bil1ing is done every nonth (atound the 22nd of the folZowing month)
for a71 suôscriDers. It is done in three stagesl
data collection,.processing of anonaliesiactual bi17in9.
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5.6.3 Aftet tàe anonalles àave àeen processed, the bi77 is caZculaËed.conprlsas..
ronÊàIy suàscrlptlons in accordance wtth the data from thecot0/etcial fiTe;consunption (aeters, tickets) ;arrears with surcharge if not paid on Éine.
Àfter tâe audit stateaents lrave been cheched., êâe bt77s go onto É.hererote qqonsotes and tâe svwatized and audit stateaent àrê edièed.. l|hestanding order.r are transnitùed bg conputer invaices to the ôands and bg tapeto the postal cheques.
5.6.4 thèr.e are two nodes of pagaent: bg standing ardêr, Jn cash orcàequê. ?àe Êaâle Delos gives the places and nodes of pagænt oÊ DIIIs6aDon.
LIBRWILIE Àf,D SUAURBS HlNlEIILATID
TT
byin
RecoveryCentras
t ÀÉ countarl- fn casâ.'- Bg cheqtre:
- ot CCP* Bg Eanh
A,C. ?ELOI]EïIN
*Àt counÊer 8g ch€que- fn casà- 8Y cheq'ue BY service
orderot* 89 aanl
Àccounting A.C. TELÀgencgr Port Gent,iT
OtherLocalltles
*ÀÈ counter*ÂÉ counter;- fn casà- Bg cheque po.tt
Vouchers ot âncasâ
*Bg Banh
5.6.5 IÊ ôlIXs are not païd, two sanctions are applted. îhe flrst lssuspension nhich ls app.lied 3O to 45 dags afÊer the Tast blll. Pagaent afterÊàis sanction n,ag be madc, depnnding on Éhe case, aÉ the places and by theuodes Tndtcated aDove. IE payrent is st.ill not made within 75 day.r the Zinels sut and a fee is càarged for reconnesÉion. If, 30 days âfter the antpaymenè is not made the ljna js auÉonaÉicaLTg removed. Legal action is thenÊaÊen Éo recovâr tàe aaount due.
5.6.6 In 7985 total publie and gtivatê unpald Dllfs were 3M, l.ê. FdFA7.932 btlllon. thts went, down to FflFA 7.6L7 biLl.ion in 1.986 and FCFA tr,O85
bi1Tion in 798?, which repr€.sent respectively 3O%, 28% and 77% of therecovera.b.le amount.s. The dectease in 7987 rta.s due to the signature of anagreement àetween the state and OPT on teductian of, arrears owned bg pablic
estaà2jshments (5g.5gb and 42%). ?.he nea.rure.s introduced in this regard were
foilowed bg restrictJons on cartain mînisterial computetized btTTing andcon^5eguently recoverg, and strictness on the patt of OPT against individua.Ishave brought tàe sjtuaèlon undet conttoZ and partictzLatLg reduced arrêars olved
bg ind.ividuals (23%, 2O%, 7796). The tabZe below gives the trend of arrears:
Years
' .g8529862987
îrend ot Recoverg getween 7985 and 7987(L00 FCFA)
RECOVERABLE A'O€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€�ANTS AT4AUNTS RECOVERED
OfficiaL PtivateTotal SuDscrib. SuDscrib.
26 297,50 5 052,25 27 215'2527 720,57 5 509,75 27 61.0,8224 072,18 4 975,55 79 975 '55
TotaT
18 465,9079 509,6019 926,63
%OfficiaZ PrivateSubscrià. Suàscriàers
2 094t26 16 377,612 251. ,62 L7 257,952 870,08 1.7 056,55
707283
39
ARREARS
Ygrârs
r98519E61987
Total
7 E31,607 610974 085,95
Official%
59s942
Private,?o
2320l t
_%:
3028t7
. - t f . ,'iri t :. '':'.
s.7.1inthe table below:
5.7 9pEiation Andysis
The analysis deals with the
1 .
2 .
3 .
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6 -
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' ' suruarv' of ' operatiae' Accouois'= ('198 1i198 7 )
.( lo" FTc{a) "., . ; ' ; . ; � ; : , '' - . . . . .
' , : . . _ : i ' i
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rgq,i. . . . . . ' . . . .
Postal ?evenue 97L.2O L227.80 1302? 24, ' : . .1514' 00 1446' 00i . ' :
. , , ' , ' . .
le lecon. Revenue 12459,20 15985,60 19878,g0 23gL4,OO 2?541,00inc!-uCing: lelexle leghone 1609 '04 L724 'L3 2035.80 26L9 '22 3007 '19
9 8 8 9 1 3 0 1 3 1 8 . 1 , 4 0 1 6 0 8 6 , 4 0 L 9 L 4 7 , 6 9 2 0 8 4 L , 2 3
other p.evenue 4g7.60 32L,5O 794,30 11b9rOO 1037,00
lota!- ! .evenue 13918, OO 1?534, gO 2Lg75.40 26537,00 30024,0O
Cperating Expenditurei n c l u d i n g 3 1 2 5 8 0 , 6 0 1 6 3 2 6 ' 9 0 2 0 1 3 5 ' 9 0 2 6 0 0 0 ' A O 2 9 7 8 6 , 0 0personne l . 2649, 40 3971î70 4280,10 5711,00 6229,00
/ r m o r t i z a t i o n 3 9 1 4 , 6 0 3 9 3 0 , 3 0 5 4 8 7 , 9 0 g g 2 g , 0 0 g 5 4 g r 0 0
Cperating Result1 3 3 ? , 4 0 1 2 0 8 , 0 0 1 8 3 9 , 5 5 3 ? , 0 0 2 3 8 , 0 0
S e l f - f i n a n c i n g 5 2 5 2 , 0 0 5 0 3 8 , 3 0 6 3 2 1 , 3 0 9 3 6 5 , 0 0 9 7 8 6 , 0 0
1 s 8 6
1290.00
29926,00
2 8 8 1 , 5 ?2 4 0 0 6 . 6 9
9 5 9 , 0 0
3 2 1 ? 5 , 0 0
3 1 9 9 6 , 0 07 0 6 0 , o 0
1 1 1 1 8 , 0 0
1 7 9 , 0 0
1 1 2 9 ? , O O
1 9 8 7
1 3 0 6 , 0 0
2 7 L O 4 . 0 O
2 5 1 0 , 8 479016,02
2 1 3 5 , 0 0
3054 6 , 00
3 0 1 ? 8 . O 08 3 8 0 , 0 07 1 5 0 , O 0
3 6 8 , o o
1528, OO
: . , .
40
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Amortizl{atSlity capital due corresp ''.ÎûÊêÈêsrs
otl ' . ls3 1q28800 000 39 373 148 4X 2s1 ?68oLl7l83 138st26 052 42 352 249'4L 213 s39
oL lL lSS 125313? 936 103 816 806 s6 357 39sor � l7 l85 11 t [9321 130 90 661 013 60 300 605.
Comission& Others
,,a;Total'Debt ' 0bser-
vationIear
1983
198{
1985
1906
1987
Year
8083
-i"o ,r,
56s ?88
619.1r,5785 2A7
OtlLlS4 13{707'1 603 {6 {{9 ?30 41 169 3Bs 93O L | T / 8 4 1 3 0 0 6 2 ' 1 8 7 3 { 7 ? 8 6 ' 9 3 ? ' 4 S ' 2 9 9 Z ? O ' '
oL /L186 1058660 117 64 264 065oLl7lg6 99{396 O52 115 677 s73
o'. lL/s1 878718 {?9 66oll?187 8L2L28 898 100
7 10t l 9486 393 473
5 8 9 5 8 1957 625
49 734 gLL47 06L 3L2
f '
38 954 46336 318 458
t . .
160 174 201150 961 619
113 998 9?6162 738 885
112 648 992143 669 s56
Total obser-Debt vatiôn
1988 01/1/88 7111?1 273 L69 684 723 44 ?80 923 I 497 377 222 963 0232318/88 541486. 550 122 38s 381 46 8.13i 381 6 482 575 175 6.S1. 33? . : -.Repayment of loans granted by the otber financiers (BDEAC and BGD)
are shown in the following tabLes:
. ' Tab1e 3 :11n"p"yÆffiiEAc Lo"offi
2 X13 54023 082 380
8 {
l{aturiÈy Capital due
3016184 81s 000 0003L/t2/84 | '
Amortiz CouunissionsCorresp. InteresEs & Others
85 30106/85 .3Al ' ,2/85 '
86 30fo6186 '3LlL2l86 t
87 3010618? '3 t lL2 lg7 ' 31
88 30 /O6 le8 " 44
37734 506 40
180 715 4?
31 000 55332 504 500
973653
0 5 1529
5 705 5s382 191
2 241 3292 452 947
2 618 2151 696 030
1 560 s931 0 6 s s 4 6
1 6X4 909
093 7 819 09357L 30 983 664
882 64 223 546447 99 182 993
283 181503 864
2 0 7 5 9 9 5 0 82 8 0 4 0 4 0 8 9
L34168
3232
4 8 1524
53s004
1 8 8683
6{45 8 1
723
3334.
353 4
3 97 2
819164
24L957
100220
0958 0 4
864 610 93 660 224 374 064 313
' Tab le '3 :10
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l ab1e 3 . 12nepayilfil-ôE-EGo'Loanw
Amorriz. ;omnission Toral obser-Year {aturity'Caoltal clue Corresp. Interests & Others Debt vati-on
82 30/6/e2 s00 000 ooo s L75 782 g t1s 782 9 x?5 78230/L2 /82 r 13 s?s 291 13 575 291 22 75 t 073
83 3016183 ' 35 71s 0oO 1s 093 055 so 808 055 75 559 12830/t2/83 464 285 000 3s 71s 0oo- 16 114 018 626 9s9 52 48s g17 L26 045 10s
8{ 1ol6ls4 428 57o ooo 35 215 ooo L3 gzz 490 91 s99 49 7zg og9 175 77,t Ls4301L2184 392 '855 000 35 71s 000 16 912 ?91 29 122 s2 6s7 SL3 228 43L 707
85 30 /6 /85 35? 140 oOO 35 ?1s 000 1? 016 456 , 52 ?31 456 281 163 163301L2/85 32L 425 O00 35 71s 000 15 8os 621 5t 520 62:- 332 683 ?84
86 30 /6 /86 285 710 000 3s ? ls o0o 1s o?s 3s1 26s 05? 51 0s9 449 383 743 2333OlL2/86 249 995 000 3s 71s 000 12 543 77L t . 1 029 48 259 800 432 003 033
87 3016/87 2L4 280 000 35 ?1s 0oo 10 78? 041 L Azs 46 503 070 478 506 103301L2/81 178 565 000 35 ?15 000 I 99s ?61 I 029 44 ?11 7sO 523 2L1 8s3
88 30 /6 /88 L42 850 000 35 715 000 7 3s7 677 I 029 43 073 ?06 565 291 599
4r
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5.7,2 The analgsis of tha operating âccouns.e show the preponderance ofteleeomtmznicatior-ts in OPT's actJvi t ies. ËeÉween L987 and L987teleconnunications revenue èccounted for nearly 9096 oÊ the total revenue.htài]e posÊs fetched an average of onTg 6% of revênue. IhroughouÉ êhat periad,tàe average annual gtowth rate of Êefesonnunjcations douàIed coatpared èo thatof posts (L4% against 7%). Revenue increased from FCFA 12.5 blll.ion in 7981to FCFA 27.7O biTTion in 7987, i .e. over è I . tO% increase in 7 t inancialyears. :Ihe same applied to the Érend ot totaZ operating revenuè. From 2985postal trev€nuê sÉarted going down foLTowing the decline jn the operaÉions of.some enÊerprises due to economic recession. ln 1987, there wa.s a slightincrease due Éo the normal grourth which has always àeen the Zot of thjs unit.
5.7.3 Wtth regatd to teTecorwtnjcaÉions, ââe growth ôeÉween 1985 and 1986was only 8.7% instead of 20% in annuaf average and there n'a,s a drop of aboutZO% in 7987. this is due to the slight decrease in telephone traffic and theextremely difficult economic siÉuaÉ,jon prevailing jn a77 deveZopingcounêrjes. Consequently, the state tooh measures not onlg ùo setÉ.Ze its debtto OPt DuÉ also to teduce jts teJecowrrunicatjons con,sunptio't. The anticipatedrevenue of FCFA 28.5 bilTion in 7988 is fron the already existing norna.lgrrowth and also fron the reactivatàon of public booths (72O in a77) which areexpected to fetch nearly FCFA 2 bilTion a 9ea1.
5.?.4 Operatlng expenditura Js eonposed mainlg of repayments (27% annua.Xaveràge) to îIG (Ielecomtnication fntetnationaTe du Gabon, a Ftanco-GaDoneseCoapany) personnel expenses (23%) and amortizations and tre.serve.s (3096), Inf986 and 1987 OPf sÉrengéhened the technjcal .Ieve.I and parÉlc'u7arlg the nunbetof iÉs staff so as to cope with new instal.ZaÉjons urrder various ptojeets andthe considerabla volume of work. In L988' the wage bil7 wa,s expecf,ed to godown srràsÉantial.ly as a resul.t of II4F irnposed neasures which involved thestoppage of pagment of àonusas and alJowances to ernpToyees of StaÉeCorpotatlon, govêtnment departmenÉs and parastataZs. The repaymenÉs to TÏGconstituÈe the share of revenue of that coûpang in accordance with a shatingagreeaent batvaen it and OPI which is in charge of recovetg of àiJIs.
5,7.5 Alaortl.zatjonsr on the averËge 30?- oÊ total expendltute' are alÈo hÎgha.r a re.sult oE ùàe self-Êinancing of proeutements for the constraction of thehaadqvartets, yarJous proiects and repagment of oTd and neYt loans. Theconsideraàfa votune of expenditure has an jnevjtaàfe impact on the operatingra.srrlts. lÎlris js evidenced by the fact that the results wenÉ down from FCFA,..839 blTTion in 7984 to FCFA 53? niTlion in 7087 due Éo the guit'e âlgh wageb111, seif-fjnancing and rôpagnents to tIg, The stoppage of aZlowances' thedecrease of seTf-Êinancing in 7987 and the forecast decrease in 7988' thetotal stoppage of lnvesÊaenÉs, the reducéion or mainÉainance of the present
productivlty raÊe and jncrease of the occtzpation rate Êrom 6O?o to 90% sàouldenabTe OP? beâore Zong to come bach to its 7982 operating profit,
5,8 ÀnalYsis of Bafance Sheets
5.g.1 7:ha capttal structure of OPT is analgsed from the balanee sheets of
198L to 79E7 which are summarized beTow:
t
I
43
rQtPeery:of P91,"o"" sbg
6 .' : - i . 'c .T. . i j (10-. FCFÀ)_r
19SJ \982 1983 1984 1981 1986 . . r ; . ; . . 198?' ; ' _ : l _ " ' -: ASSEIS
1 f : i i r. 'Fixeil
Assets -- r ' i ,. , ' ' : ;, . . |
' . t - Ê t ? e 1 u ô a 4 l 1 ô i 1 5 c t c e q à q â Â ^ ^ a . -. ; 615611? 9161118 13357,65 18188rO0"232L7;00 .?g810eOO 33g7gr0o
i.r 2;:. l.nVeStment' ' ' ' -" ' * in progress ' 11b01, gL LzTLor ?B 11e93, oB. 13143; o0' 1g461, oo. ' .23666r: oo-:s2662.00..
' ' ' 3 . - Par t i c ipa t ing' B o n d s 2 9 , s o 1 5 9 , 5 0 1 5 9 , 5 0 1 5 9 , 5 0 1 s 9 , s o 1 s g , 5 o 1 s 9 , s o
4. Current Assets :
L1332r4L 22523 '98 28404 ' 40 21957t00 43783 'OO 524O5rOO 58O34rOO5. Liquid-Assets t ' ,
' 5 0 1 0 - 7 5 3 8 4 2 . 3 2 3 9 0 2 . 1 6 1 6 q 8 9 . 0 0 1 ? 8 4 5 0 0 1 6 6 4 9 - O O z u L f ] , O O
6. Îo ÎÂL {0130.74 48397.76 s77L6tga 76436150 10351,s0 '122609,s 169002,5
LTABILITIES
7. Àopropriations and Reserves
. 17854.49 22427, .77 28773tL2 39732,00 52O43roO 632s6roo 6s666,00' 8. Long and !.!edium term debts
6847r88 8L22.25 7206t23 . 6800 '00 9351 'OO 13329,O0 43224r009. Short-term debts
1 4 0 9 0 , 9 3 1 6 6 3 9 , ? O 1 9 9 5 8 , O L 2 9 3 6 7 , 0 0 4 1 8 8 3 , 0 0 4 5 g 2 5 r O O 5 9 7 5 0 , 0 01 0 . R e s u l t s . L 3 3 1 . 4 4 L 2 ! 8 . 0 4 ! 8 3 9 . 4 4 5 3 7 . s 0 2 3 8 . 5 0 1 ? 9 . 5 0 3 5 ? , 0 0
11. lo rA l /10130,74 49391.16 s71L6tgo ?6436,s0 1o3sr5 .s Lz26ggrs 16900?,s
L2. l.torking capital18546,20 21388,84 2256L?69 28344.00 381??,O 46115.50 ?{912,00
13. 'Debt/Equirv ?ario
0 1 3 6 o , 4 3 0 , 6 8 O . 1 4 0 1 6 6 0 1 6 7 O r 1 3
14. .Liquidi ty Rat io2 î O 2 2 r L 3 2 , 3 O 2 , L 5 2 , 0 3 2 r L 5 l r g {
1 5 . R e t u r n o n F i x e d a r z 2 o r 1 3 o r l 4 o , o 3 0 r o l 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1Aesets
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5.8.2 It js noted frorn the aàove taô.Ze that there wa,s a sàarp jncrease(average of 29% a gear) of fixed asseÈs trom 7987 to 7987 resulting froavarious projects impleaented' incl.uding the two ADB ones vhisà arêoperational. ?he counterpart is llaàjlities in Éâe fotm ot Tong andædlun-tern deDês.
5.8.3 The appreeiable Tevel of the I^iquidttg tatLo due to the volune ofcurrent assets conpared to shorÉ-term deôts ref.l,ects the exiséence of aworÈing capital enough t,o meet, varjous operating expenses. îhe 7ow level ofdeàt ratio from these .seven finaneiaT geats, highTight the size of OpT,sd,ebts, j.e. over 50% of a77 expen.se^ç and particularZg of short-tera debts.?he managemenÊ àas tafren a nurnôer of mea^sure.s to improve OPf 's eapitalstructures no nore JnvestnenÊs folTowed bg an agreement with Éàe staÊe tobting Jts arrear,s to a reasonaô]e 7eveL, appTication of the Gov€rnnent,sdecislon to stop pagment of alTowances and ôonuses (about 30% of the ptesentwage blTI) nainêainance or decrease of the productivitg index and increase of,the occupation rate. The return on fixed asseês wi77 thus improve.
6. ECONOù\IC APPRÀJFAL
6.0.7 The aia of èhe project rr'a^t to itnprove 'the
qualttg of Éeiepâonesarvjce ln LibteviTTe bg modernizing and exÉ,ending tàe t,elepâone networ&.Vltth tàis operaÉion, the gield per nain ]jne is higher.' from FCFA 329,550 in2978, iÊ went to an annual average oÊ FCFA 962,700 and the sâare comingdltectZy from the project represents nearly 35% of tlljs reyenue.
6.0.2 fàe ôenefits derjving f,ron the project as determlned at èhe time oftâa apprai.sal were reliabiTitg and effîciency of lines and meeting ofrequl.rements of aconomic opetatots. Ihe improvement of reliabilitg of linesls now verg signiticant and tàqre js a remarftaô.Ie increase in reyenue fot theoperating assount (see chapter 5.7), which testity to the Lnpact of theptoject. In Libteville, Port-GentiT and the.seuen centres, the number of main.I ines increased from 6,600 tn 7978 to 20,695 in 7987.
7. CONCII0STONS
7.1 Attalnnent of Project Oblectives
7.1.7 the ptoJect, aost of whlch lras àeen fînanced, bg ADB, àas contrthttedconslderablg èo the extension and reliabiTitg of tàe GaôoneseÊclacorraunlcations nêtwotk. Four aain indieatots na*e iÉ, possib.le to aea.surêthe progc€ss tàat, has ôeen aade:
a) the nunber of main Tines (I4L) in LibteviTl.a incraased ôg 2.6 insix y€ars' Êtom 6,775 at the beginning of 1.987 to 76,057 at Êheend of 1986. ?ha nunôer of aain lines in LibreviTle cortespond^sapproximatelg to three guattets of the total number in 6abon,The present numbet Js atound 16,000 lLnes, and Éâls despite anannuat Tavel of regnresês of aôouê 2,5OO, consÉant since foury€ars agot the nunber of neu', subssrjàers connected js
coopensated by a substantiaTLg equivalent nunbet of cancelTedsnràscriôers and those on Éransfers and owing to this fact, theJncrease ln numôer is ainosû zero, The number of telephonestàen seerns to stabî7ize, mainly owing to the high Level. ofcanceTTation,s, and this despite increased demand.
ù f:rhe nunôer oÊ tehex suôscrjbers jncreased bg 24% in three years'ftom 679 at the end of 1.983 to 844 at the end of 7986.
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The quality of the netwoth oÊ lines aade tt possJDle tosuôstantiallg lncrease the reliabiTitg ot the entite èelapbonenetworl in LlDrevjlle. The number of fault sÎgmalltng wanë Êron72,357 in 7983 to 8,097' in L986 ( i .e. less Lhan 35%), whereê.sduring tàe sarne period tbe nuraber of main telephone linesincreased bg 6O% (ftoa Z0,086 to 76'057). Ihe tatio: numbet oÊfault signallings èo 7OO main ljnes and pet gêac (FS/70O
ItLlyear) therefare went froa 724 in 7983 to 50 in 7986. âsuàscriôer only âas a fault once every two year,t on tâêaverag/e. fhis figure ûag seea high in absoZute tetm' but thafact renalns that it is one of the best in Éâls reglon of Àfrjca.
DespiÉe the consideraôJe nunber of subscriâer connections thathave ôeen provided these lesÉ pêârse tàê Ll'breviTle uràannetwoth sti7L àas toom for mor�e connections since the overalZoccupation rate of transnission caôJes is 72% and that of tàedlstriôuÉion network is 55%. wtth the avaiTable numbar oEpairs, it, vi77 be possible to meet the growing nunber ofsubsctiption demands in the comîng gêars withouL consÉnrctJngTatge infrastructure.t,' thjs howevet does not exclude mjnoroccasional saturations in disttibution.
7.7.2 Future Plans of the Ptoiect
â5l staÉ€d in thJs tepr,tt, the ftamewoth oE thë projeet àa.t beeneonsiderablg changed sJnee the initja.l appraisa.Z. ?ohe successjve extensionsnade undet the operatîon enabled a Targe patt of the LibreviTTe urban networhto àe eoveced. The suôseguent developaent of tàe network, in terns of theneêd for new paired eaàIes, is closelg Tinked to the evolution of the econoaicsltuatlon of the eotntry. Since a few years ago, it ha.s ôeen oôsetrr:ad thattlrc nuuler af ëelephona 2ines in the capital ciËy has stagnated. 6iven thatthe present nunDer of lines maÂes it. possible to meet expecâed, denands overthe next fer y€ars, OPI does nat intend to launch an important aediura tetaoperatlon as regatds the utban netwotk,
7 . 2 Lessolrs fron the ProJegÉ,
?.2.7 The aodernisatlon and extension of the LibreviTLe teleghone networ&proJact was a necessity for tàe "Office des PosÊes et Telecoarrntnications".The implementaÉion of a project of this magnitude is fu77 of .Zessons fot aZlintervenjng partie,s a.s a vhole and for OPt in particu.Zar. f�he diff,iqtltiasrecalled in Éhis teport characterized the împlementation of the ptoiect,nainly its lnitlal phase; aÊtentards the situat,ion gteatLg Luproved,tlndovbtadlg, these pr�oblëns could âave àeen minimized or even avolded, tf theparties involved in the ptoject had aonitored jt more closeTg. This operationslroued tàe împortance of a tlgorous aethod of project nanageaent. Ilo phase ofle is to be negleted., and ln any cè.s€ not the Taunching of Lhe ptojecè.Lastlyt despite the considerable delag in the inpTementation oÊ the project,the goals set at appraisal have àeen attained. Good qualitg wor&s have beendone, and LibrevilZe àas Deen provided with a network of lines É,hat are on thewàole we.lt diaensionad, rcdern and reZiabTe à.5 the growth of the nainchatacterisêic indicators shows.
7.2.2 In order to lncrea.re the output anà efficieneg of projeet manageæntunits, tt is ftigàIg desirable that the number of project supervision ajsslons
esPeciaTly at start-up be increased.
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REPVBLTC OF GABONLIBR'Iy ILLE TELECOUMUN rC4'rrONS PROJECT
Ptoject fngleræntation Schedûle at the time of Appraisal
DATE I4'oRr,s
_ p1Ê;B_UR:tEt4ENrLocaZ
Foreign Exchange 6o.sÉs
75 Artgtust 7978 Recruitment of ConsuZtant ))
3O lfovenldr 7978 Preparation of docttments )wrîtîng and discu,t.sion of TOR )with Gabon and ADB for the ) SN I'0%Éraining
37 l4arch 7979 lenders and tender awards )
3Q lrprtl 7979 Preparation of conttacts and, )) 70%placing oE ordets
37 ltlay 7979 Beginnlng of manufactuting and ofciviT wor*s 30%
37 Decenber 7979 End of manu.facturing and begin-ïng of transportation 30%
I.st June I98O End of transpottation andbeglnning of installations 1'5%
3I Àugrust I98I End oÊ worhs 5%
37 Januaty 7982 Provisional handing over 5%
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5%
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REPUBLTC OF çêBCINLT BRrff T LLE LELECOî4I4UN T ÇA'g T ON S PROJ ECT
P t o i get ltnpt TtzteAtat i on S chedLT e
26-I1-798O r tr tot j f icat ion of contract to Signal isaÉion
72-03-7987 t Enttg into fotce of signalisation contract
77-72-1982 i Projected end of lilorhs
20-08-1982 ; l fot i f isaËion ot CodiciT No.7 to Signa| lsat ion
03-07-7984 t Not i t icat ion of codiciT No. 2 to signaf jsat jon
77-08-7984 : Projected end of Works
28-77-7984 .' Âctua.l end oÊ Works
20-03-7986 t Entry into force of CodiciT No.4
79-08-79A7 s End of Contractual Warks
03-08-7987 : ActuaT end af Works âod-i;-il l io.4
L7-12-7986 i Enttg into fotce of CodiciL No.3
16-72*7987 : End of Conttactual Works
20-77-7987 t Àctual and of hrorfts
REPUBLTC OF GABONLI BRW T LLÊ TELECOI'IIIONT CLT TANS PROJECT
T,PPRÀTSÂ.tDLTE
75-O8-78
30-77-78
37-O7-79
28-O2-79
37-OL-82
ANNEX 4Page 2 of
ACTT]ALDATE
o2-79
07-09-79
7r.-72-79
04-o4-80
28-77-84
STAGE
Seleetlon of eonsulting firm
Launching of Éenders
Opening of tenders
Conttact Àward
Conmencement of Wotks
âJfINEX 5
REPUBLIC OF G}.8'ONLT BRWT LLE TELECOT4},IT]N T CATZONS PROJ ECT
Status of Llbteville llrban-Netwoth end of 7984
lransnission Distributed Outgoing Including D.D.f,etworis Pajrs Pai.rs Pairs Pairs
Ltbtavllle 10792 20464 1'6625 3920Centte
Gros Bouquat 2972 7056 5578 2358
Avendo 73.t4 7848 7435 462
(eol 2) transnlsslon paLts.' these are the Pairs connested betweentlfa genêral distribution and the stb-divisions, where thegsrsi.st ln êhe networft studied;
(cot 3) dlstributed pâir.s.' pairs connected' ëo the generaldlsÉrJDutor in sa.se of direct disttibution, or on thesuà-djvJslon device (SD) ;
(col 4) outgolng pairs.. pâirll distributed and acÊuallg conneeted aÊÉhe extreae end to a distribution box or a terminal .stripoE the bvîLdLng;
(co| 5) including direct djstribuÉ,ion outgoing pairsl this Js thepèrt oE Éàe outgoing pairs, ditectLy connectèd to thegeneral disttibutor; Éhis js t'àe entire thing in case otslnâll nêÉwor*s without SD.
6 A B O NLTBREVILLE-' TELIECOMMUNTCATToNS PROJECT
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REPUBLTC 9L SÆONLI BRW I LLE TELECOATûIJNI CAfiONS pRO! ECT
corqP LE" ELt Nt T OviAîJ:C
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5704 (6)
1t028 (4)
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7987
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SateZI i te EZ OB 1.987(URÀD)
sâÉ.ellite E7 0B 7984(URAD)
PRol'TNCE
Port Gantl,I ETOB 7982 4OOO (4) 4OOOOLambarcna CP4OOY L977 2OO ZOOON'DJoLa CP4OOY LgTg 2OO z2OOOgen CP4OOY 1979 3OO àOOOBitam CP4OOY 7979 2OO ZZOOFrancevllle CP4OOY L977 8OO 2OOOXoularout,ou CP4OOV 7977 2OO I2OOItoanda CP4OOY 7979 3OO ZOOOlfouila CP4OOY 7979 3OO 2OOO
Nelr eêntr:es bel.ng set up..Tchl.banga CP4OOIII 7985 4OO 2OOOOaDoue CPLO0Y 7985 75O 72OAltayunDa CPTOOY 7985 3OO t2OOGanba CPTOOY 7985 3OO 72OO
TOîAL PROI|INCE 7600TOîAL EADON 26092
(a) Capaelty olt cowîssionïng of the extensions undet way at end 7984ercpressed in jnstalled suàscriôed equipment; in brackets number ofconnected units (CV),
(b) Repraces: Exchanges instalzed in 7987.
N{NEX 7Page 2 of 2
REPUBLZC OF GÆONLI BRWTLLE TELECOilWN T CAT IONS PROJEC?
Oêher Àutomatic Centres
EE�fiTPES
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REPUBLT? OF ÊABON
INODERNTSATTON I.I.ID EX?ENSTON OFTHE LTE'WTLLE TELEPHONE NETWSRK PROJECT
DECRELESî,gu,LISHIIïq THE '|('/NÏTTONS OF TnE \EPARTîuENùS-OF THE O.P.?.
CANSIDERIilG the ConstituÉion;
CONSIDEIING Deeree lo. 388lPR. of 77 Aprtl 79?5 establishinE theeor;rosiËion of the Governnent and suôseguent- amendments'
CONSIDERIN(- Law No, L4/64 dated. 29 October 7964 estaôIishing theOf f îce des Posêas et lelecornnrunicaÉions de la Repu.bligue Gaôonajse andsubseqruent amendments,'
DECREE:
n*EICLE I - the present decree established the functions of the .' rl' diffetent Departments oÊ the "Office des PosÉes et
TelecomrrntnicaÉions" of the Gabonese RepuôIic.
TTTLL 1POSTAL lttD FINN'ICI?LL SïRVICES
ARI1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111FCLE 2 - the operaÉion and management of the Fostaf and
FinaneiaZ Services shalf be entrusted to a Deputy
I,tanaging Director, assisted by a Direcëot of Postal
Services and a Director of Financiaf Services.
He sba77 àave a secreÉariaÉ.
ne sha.ltr srrpervise the operating exPen.se,e of thePostal and Financlal Services.
Ite shaLL specif ica119 catrg out the foLToûngfunctions:
- Supervjsjon and cootdinaÉion of the opetaLions oftàe Department of Postal Services and of theDepartment of Financial Services.
- Organization, ReguTation - Studjes.
CoapTaints and Clains.
IJINEX IOContinued
EstabTishment and utiTization of sÉatistics.
RelaËlons with intetnational orEantzatlons( u . F . a . ) , ( u . A . 1 4 , P , r . )
Technical prepatation of l.ntetnationalconferences.
Stafting
- Determination of the nunber of statf accordlng totegulations.
- . Recruitment and management of day laôourers.
RecoanendaÉions of recruitment on the ôasis otquaZificaÉions or competitive exanination ofiuxiliary staft and civil servanÉs.
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The FinanciaT Serviees Dqpartnent is specifiealZgresponsiàle tor the foLTowing:
- - ":"i;::i": o' I "!,Zr' ii:Â",:' : :il::ï"":: ;:::%,:i:i::" inss Bank
PosÉal Orders VerificatÏon CentrePostal Order Àccount.s and lloney Ordets
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ARtteLE 3 - fhe DePartnenÉal of, Postal Services is sPecificallgresPonsiôIe Êor the fo-ZZowing.
OPeration of PoséaZ Servlces.
donditions for acseptance of objects aÉ Tetter posts -
R a t e s o f p a s t a g e - D e p o s i t . C a t r l a g e - D j s t r i ô u t ' j o n .
Frantlng sachine.s
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.eililEx :OContinued
Airnail
Postal pac&ets -
PosÉ,aZ esÉaô.Zj.sàments, cteation, transfotmatlon,c.losure
PosÉa.I raÉes and po.sÉâl packets
Exemptian f,rom postage
Àgreament on the carriage of postal desptacftes andpostal pacftets
Eqtipaent, of postal servjces - Postal material
- Office eçtipment - Ddta processing
Printed. matetial and ptint-ing office
Dead,-Ietter ofÊice
Establishrrent oi L.nternational accounts(tap1y-coupons, airmaiT, postal pachets, postal ordersreq'uest) '
ITTLE TTî ELE Cqï,NAN T C Afi ON S NI D_�EN G ÎE E E R I N G
ARîICLE 53 the operation and nanagement of the Teleeomrunlcatlonsand Engineeting Services sâall be enÉrusted to aDeputy llanaging Dîrector, assjsted bg è Ditectot ofIlational Transmissions and a Ditector of fnternaÉ,ionalfransmissions.
He shal.I have a secreLeriat.
àrrngx ,oContinued
Ile shall superulse the ntnnl.ng erlrsnsa.s of tâelleleconmttnication and Engineeting ServJces.
IIe sha71. undertake the folTowing specifjc funct,.tons..
- Supervisjon of the management and eootd.lnaèl.on ofthe operaÉions oÊ the Àrationaf TtansmîssionDepattment and tàe fnternationaZ fransalsslonDepartment.
- RegulaÉJons (ensure application)
I{onopolies (see to it that telegtagthlc andtelephonic a.onopoljes are obserted) .
SÈudies (execuLe, otdet ot co'ra'l,rsion proJectorganLzation and construstion sÉudies etc).
Atganlzatlon of TeleeonmtnleaÉions; ':
- Otganization of network and stations- Otganication of setvices
Racommendations of majot gruidellnes fotleleconnunicatjon and Engineeting into accounttechnologlcal èdvansement, increase in ttaffic, numbetof cowtectLons, statîons and ang othet cau.re.
Pteparatlon and utiTtzation of sÉatjst,jc.s.
Fixing of rates.
Apptoval of Telecomnunication and Engineetlngr Revenuêa.
SuparvJsJon af the esÊaà.li.srlnent and approval ofLnternattonal accounts (telephones, talegraph, tele*tmarltiz,e raÊIo ate).
Telecoalarttnications eguipnent, proc-r;teænttroplaceænt, rcdetnlzatl.on.
Relations with înternational organizations (I.f.U.
a. r . i l .P . r ) .
Seelrnical prcpataÊi on of internatj onal contetèneas.
Construction, fitting up, managment tiny"ic"z andfl.nancial), tenting and fitting up . ot operaÉionsbutldings (aII servjces) and staff lodglngs.
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Àilltgx JoContinued
fndustrial Servjce and cofltmon eqwLpment oÊ CenttalSarvices ènd exÉ.ernal, services.
Inland Service ênd eormon equipment of CentralServices ànd exÉ,erna.l service.s.
Otganization and operation af vehicle .service.
Statrfjngr
Detetaination of the nutaber of staff according toregtrTations.
Recruitnent of the numàer of staff according toregrulaéions.
Recruitnent and management of dag laàourers.
Reconnendations oÊ recruitment, on the ôasJs ofqualifieations or competit,ive exaaination of auxiliarystaff and civiZ servanÉ,.s.
Reconsrendatjons of post,ings and Ëransfer.r.
Mvice on postings and ttamsfers.
Preparation ot Jeave roster.
Eva.ZuaÉ,jon after directlg responsib.Ze heads of sarvjseand beÊore the t4anaging Directot.
Staff uniÊorm.
Organization of nissions to the Lntetiot oÊ thecounêrg (prepatation of mission orders and way biZls).
Ilandling of d.isciplânarg aea.rure.s up to sanctl.onswhere these do not fa17 wiëhln the responsiàility oftàe Djsciplinary Board in the case of auxiliary staffor within that of the l4inistry of the Civil Servicq inthê case of CiviL Seryants.
Training
Deternination ln confunction with the PetsonnelDepartment and the Training Department' of the nunber IoÊ staff to be tralned in the various grades andspecial i t les.
Proposals tor the otganization of traLnîng, advancedand refresher courses at the ENTP.
ANNEX 70Continued
Participation jn cour.ses organized aÉ ENTP throughtemporarg or patt-time secondment of experts reguiredto give theoretlcal or practieal sour,se.s.
Reconmendatjons of overseas É,rajnjng for ^sÉaff.
Mvice on regnrests for çtarticipation in professional'and pre-select.ion competit,ive exarnjnations.
iSearch for professional training estaàIisàments thatcan receive Gaôonese sÉudenês abtoad, and fotfellowships.
ARîICLE 6 - ?àe Departraent of ilational lransmissioninsr jsslnclfieaTTy responsibie for the folTowing:
firctation of the domestie telecotrrnttnicaêJons netvorh.
Supervision of telephone sÉaÉu,s, radio-Llnh statjonsand radio-electtonic sÉatjons.
: !ARTICLE 7 - The Ddpartmenë of fnternat,Lonal ftransml.ssl.on is''
specif icallg responsiô7e for the toTlowing:
Operation of jnÉernationa.ï Éelecomrm;nicaÉion llnls.InternationaT teLegraph terminafs posit,ions.tnternational telephone and telex cirsuits.InternationaT circuits for specLTl.zed lin.ks.
TTTLE TTTCOI{I,AN SERVICES
àRBICLE 8 - Hhe Cownon Services of the OPT General. Directorateco4prise three Depaîtments,
the Budget and Àscounts Departaent?àe Personnel and Genera.l Àffairs DepartnentsÏhe ?raining DepartmenL.
ARTTCLE 9 - The Budqet and Accounts Department has the ÊolLowingfuncËions.
Prepatation of the budgetEconomic and flnancial studiesGenetal and adninisttative accounts' viz:
Otder to pag, salaries and và!êst var.tousallowances
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N{NEX. 70Continued
Revenues and income cont,rol
Deflcits, 'debit balanee ot accounts andnon-acsounting staff
Î::::::.r;:t *: unllo*""' and encashment or
Of tice cash and ascounÉ,s - regulat'ions andut i l i za t , ion
Organization and opeîation of t'he Centte for theaudit of coZTectors' accovnts
ARîICLE lO - The Personnel and General Affaits Deeartment àas thefolTowing funcLions:
StaÊf ing control.' staÉutorg numbet af staf t,
actual numbet.
Rules govetning civiT servants and euxiliarJesColTeetive Staff Agreement .
Phgsical organization of tecruitment, on the
àasis of qualification or thtough conpetitiveexaninaÉion.
-i Petsonnel l4anagement: tules, advançements,post,ings, Éransfers, leave, pensions.
ÀdninjsÉraÉive organization of eompetiLive test's,examlnati on and sourse.s.
Personnef transport (utban ttanspott, mission'posû,ing, Teave) .
fiedical treatment, hospitaLization-
Socja.Z service.' socjaJ a.ssJstance, telief , loanassociatj on, spotts assosjations.
DiscipZine.
- Organization of DÏsclplÎnatg Soards for
auxiTiarg staff.
- Liaison with the CiviT Service regardlngdiscipLinatg mea,ture.s concetning civiT
.servanÉ,s.
Preparation of over,seè.t m-isslons from thepoint oÊ view of coordination, travels and
aTTowances.
Ân/Àrgx IoContinued
ARTICLE 1.7 - ?he Training Department has the foTTowing functions:
Ptepatation and'drawing up of teaehing pr.ogr�aftqêa andrnanua.Is.
Preparatory cour.se.s for the various competitive tesÉ,sand examinations.
Organization and operation of ENPT and variousprofessional courses.
Physical otganization of eompetit,ive test.s andexaminations.
Supervision af ttaining cour.ses.
Relation.s wiêh national organlzations fot pteparatorycour.se.s for career,s in Posts and îeTecotwtnicatians -Professio nai� Orientation i:'
R e l a É , i o n s w i t h P E f t r a i n e e s a b r o a d .
' " " :
Technical inÊeri:eËionaf ro.laÊion,s.
ARrIdLE 72: ?he ltanaging Dlrector of OPT sha77 be responsible forthe implenentation of the presenÉ decree.
I{e shall arrangre wiÉ,hin the framework ot his functions, Éhe detalledorganLzation of Éhe Deparênents of OPT.
He sâall deÉermine, in accordance with the provisions of Law l{o.74164 of 29 October 7964 referred Éo abave, Éhe restrictive lisÉ, of mattersfor whteh àe shall delegate his signature ta the DepuÉg llanaging Director andDirectors.
He Mg in addition, and according to the Zegislative and statuÉoryprovisïons, entrusÉ to various ofticiaTs ang additional function.s àe nay deenappropriate fot the smooth ranning of the service.
, ART|CLE 73 - The presenÊ decree sha77 be registêrêdt publ.ished andttansmitted wherever it mag be nece.s.sary.
Ptepatation of Teave tostet,
- Evaluation after directTy tesponsible àeads ofserviee and befote the I4anaging Diteetor.
- Staff unifotm,
Qrganization of raissjons to the interior of thecounttg (preparation of mjssion ordets and wayb i l l s ) .
ediTNEX 70Cont,inued
Handling of disciplinarg maÉ,ters up to the issuesof sancÉions wâere the.se do not falZ wîthin theresponsiliLitg of the DiscipTinatg Eoatd ln theease of auxiTiarg .staff oî within thât of theltinistry of CiviT Service in the ca^se of CiviTServants.
îtalning
Determination in conjunetion with the PersonnelDepartment and the Training Departaent, oÊ tâenunber af staff to be trained in the vatiousgrades and specialities,
Proposals for the organization of ttaining,advanced and reftesher sourses aÉ the ENPT.
Participation Lnthrough temporargexpers reguired tocourse,s.
Proposals to sendabroad.
cour,se.s otganized at ENPTor patt.-tine secondment ofgive theoretical ot practLeal
empToyees on ttaining cour,se.s i :
,.7
Advice onprofessionalexaainations,
reguests for pattîcipatLon l.nand pre-selection competitive
Searcà fot professiona.Z training estaôlishaenÉ,sÉhat can teceive Gabonese sÉudents abtoad, andfor feTTowsàips.
ÀJ�TNËr, '.7
a)pERN;rzàrrQtI lttp ExTENs.roN QF. îlt8LIBR,WILLE,TFLFPHONE NEMIORK PROJECî
OIIERALL STAFT DTSTRTBI]TTON BY GRIV)E GROTTPS
I{UI{BSR OF SÎÂFF
83 84 85 86 87
83 84 85 86 87
2983 7984 1.985 t986 7987
leeânical assistancePrincipaT fnspect,orsând cqruivalentEngineersfnspectorsConttoTTersOperationaz staffC.IerftsTgpistllorkmenFostnenDay taàourers
roinAL
r58 78573 73
166 785386 453425 440258 20790 92
282 25928 26
I70 15L
21.
69L3
13626832739757
2372465
73
947 2
1.4828837530958
2502Z77
7 7
7 7 773
764338372257
78275
2596
7 77 9
7602 7639 2728 7935 2A2Z
lÎRArNrflG: |rU..I4BER OF TRAÏïEES
OPT offlcers excJuding technical a^ssisÉant.t rePre^sented(29n in 7987. This high rate is exp.lained bg the verytechnical ellaracter of OPT which neses,sit'ates èhe useof highl.y trained personnel.
7983 798{4 7985 r.986 1987
fnl t la l t raining 90Further training Especial.izatjon 6Foreign trainees I
87 ZA8 729 X.79
TraininE poLÏcy gives preference to
96 49 62r 3 2 3 5
two majot arêa.tt
Initial training and furthet ttaining. the Érendsobsarved in 7986 were maintained in 7987 withparticu.lâr empthasis on preliminarg enp7.ogment.
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,.'.TNEX T2
I{0.DERNIZATTON N{D EXTENSTON OF THELTBRW|LLE TELEPHONE NEMORR PROJECT
SîLFF DTSTRTBUTION BY EATEGORTES ,.l.ID GREOE GROUPS
cnnl sERvrrts
83 84 85 86 8'
EUPITNEES ON æIT?RACT
83 84 85 86 87
7983 7984 7985 7986 1987
Principal. fnspectorsEngineersfnspectorsConètoZletsOperaÉ,ionaZ staffClerks
6373
7L624328s57
877 2
727267278
45
7573
L32288224
34
70.3 72273 73
725 7s2326 393254 229
24 20
TO?AL
In Zg87 Civ iTstrength. their
777 298 766 845 909
Servants repre^senèed 15% of .ttaffnumber increased bg 7.5%.
7983 7984 L985 7986 2987
Prîncipal Inspectorsand eguivalentfnspectorsControTTersOperational staffCIar*sTgpistlloûrmenPostue,n
TOTAL 739 757 849 967 945
620253 6
34057
231.24
73272797
26458
25027
423250
74821.7
78257
25
55 6347 5360 60
77 7 271.234 787
90 92282 25928 26
ATTNEX 73Page 1 of
7 200
on esÉimate
on èÊtimate
which can treeLY
attaehed to anOPT General
att otdet.
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ARTTCLE 2:
REPUBLTC OF GABON
LT BRW TLLE TELECOI4I4UN I CAT TON S PROJECî
srrrrnnâru of various current raÉes appJied in Gabon
CHAPTER ONE
TELEPHONE
ESTABLISHI4EN? COSTS OF PERI'WNENT STIBSCRIBER LINES
(Standard chatge fot connection to networh)
TBÀ . 14A1N CONNECTTON
7. In the servJce area
2 . Outside the .service area
7 200
on estizlaÉ,e
on esêimate
I'IAIN CONNECTTON
À suàscrlber who alteady has a main ordinarg connection mag obtain
the conce.tirion of one or severa-Z main exÉension connections. ?his
connection is granted when the ttaffic of the su.bscri.ber justifies
tt. The 1ines wi77 be grouped and onLy the number of, the head of the
group wi77 appear in the ditectorg.
L fn Èhe service area
ordLnarg llneOrdinary Tine tequiting the putt.ing up of
several poLes in an undeveloped area
(a) - otdLnatg extension Tine(b) - Ordinatg Tine tequiring the put'Ling up of
sevaral poJes in an undeveToped atea
2. Otttside the serviee arêa�
NOTE: In a77 ca.se,s Lhe pales temain the propettg of OP?
use then to connect othet subscribers'
C. SPECTAL AÎ,TACHTI'ENT LTNE AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUBSCRTBER
'ihis is a ptincipal eonnection, but the main Tine is
exchange that is diffetenL from jts normal exchange.
nanagemenrÊ js Ëhe onTy authoritg emPowered to give such
7. The attachnent Tine is estabLished in the,sêrvice area
2. estaôIished out'side t'he service area
( a ) -(b ) -
B .
on estimate
D , SPECrAL LTNE (7)
Ordinatg eonnection or extensjon lines can"DEPARTURE" (SPÀ) for outgoing communicationsoutside or specialized "INCOI4ING" (SPB)comnnrni cations.
ÂilÀrgx .23Page 2 of 73
be speciallzed,regtrested ftom
for incoming
600on estimate
80020060080
720
TB
70,ooo
7 .2 .
lleÊer for chargesSupplementary beL7Ordinarg supplement,arg extensionÂnswering deviceÀutomatic me.s^sage recorder
( c ) -
lJne esÉ,aàlished ln the .serviee area.Iine estaàIished outside Éhe serv-ice area
Speeialized Ijnes (SPÀ or SPA) are onlg extension l ines and maynot concern a single connection.
SUPPLY N,ID INSTALLATTON COST OF SETSCOT4PLEI4ENTARY ELENENTS
À . TNSTALLATTONS I{ADE BY OPT
(7) wote:
ARTICLE 3:.
7 .2 .3 .4 .5 .
B . TNSTALLAîTONS IIIADE BY PRI!/ATE TNDUSTRY
7. Charges coTlected from lnstaTTers
(a) - Installet's acceptance charge (annuaT eharge)
(b , - Expenses fot an authorization ta impotttelecommuni cat jons equipment
Eguipnenê aceeptanee chatge
2% of the valuethe eguipment
7 ,OOO
ot
bg type of new periteTepâone set or sinpletelepàone station
Intetconwntnication sgsÉ,em up to 72 extensions 2'OOOÀutomaÊic sw.itcâ of L3 to 50 3'OOOAutomatic s,lritch of 57 to 3OO 4,OOOAutomatic switch of more than 3OO exÉensions 6'000
2 . Fees received from subscribers
(a) - InstaTTers aecePtance charge
Intetcommtnication system uPÀutomatic swiÉch of L3 to 50Automatic sttitch of 51 to 3OOAutomatic sr'titch of more than
to 1.2 extensions 4lOO800
7 , 2 0 03OO extensions 7,600
The charge is co.llected, on the basjs of the nominal capacity of the
automatic swiÉch and not on the number of extenstions instaTTed.
EstaàIishrnenÉ charge mag be paid. in three jnstafmenÉ,s with a mininum
rate of 30% before Éhe instaTTation.
NOTE:
ATTNEX 73Page 3 of
ARTÎCLE 4:
AR?ICLE 5:
,.r4ENDT4ENT OF VARIOUS CLAUSES(Aecessory services to te.lephone)
7. ChangÎng of social sÉaêus (for t'he useror Êor the owner himself) pet nunber
2. ChanEing of a number at' thë reguest of thesuôscriàet Per numbet
3. lÎransfer ot tahing bach of an instaJ.Iation.{n service bg another user (see art jc le 53)
4. ltansfer of a suDscriber Tine
CHA&GE FOR THE LTNE l.i�'ID EQUTPWNT
TBLOO
2000
Frea
600
T . A
90on estlmate
90
1,OO
50
6 ,OOO
2 , 7 0 0
z . Ordinarg iine or speeialized in Éhe servise area,
Zinhed ûo an exchange of the national automaticnetwotk.
(a) - ordinary set(b) - Lu:cury set
2. Grova'''''''''''''''�ed Tlnc: tàe suscrlbet pags a monthzg chatge fot
each grouP Tine
Line connected to an exchange unconnected to thenetworh ( exaaryle intetnational )
LJne connected to an exchange that is not Tinked to
Éàe naÉ,iorral auÉomatic netwotk
Incomîng diteet sel.eetlon Tine (SDA\
(a) à9 Pair(ù by number of publlc netwoth resetved
(used ot not)
Exceptional atteehment Tine
(a) in an area eg'ulpped with an exchange (the clientptefets to be attached to another exchange other
than the one serving his area.
b. in an area that is not provÎded with an exehange
3 .
4 .
5 .
6 .
90
70
NÛIE: The monthlg charge cannot be split, it .is pagable in advance andresume.s wâen the functioning of the line has been intetrupLed bg theservice during a fu77 civiL manth.
ARTTCLE 6: SUSPENSION AIID RE-ESTj.trjLISHMENT AtSUASCRIBER'S REQUEST (maxjrmrrr duration 7 gear) îB
7. .Line É,ransiÉ,ino ôu a radioÉe.Zepftone
(a) f ixed(b) mobiTe(c) single circuit tadio Tink(d) Tine outside tàe servjce area
(a) - up to 3 rnontâs( b ) - i;' ;i":ii "1 iZ ili, ̂!'r" ;":iii o":l :'n:,*'"'oARTICLE 7: MDTTIONAL EQUIPI4ENT TNSTALLED BY OP?
7. Subscription to the service forinternati onal contmzni caêions
ÀT'VEX ]3Page 4 of
7607 , 2 0 07,OOOon estimate
fre
40
(a) - telephone charge 4O ,*^(b) - ordinarg supplementary station L0(c) - supplement,ary lurury staion on estimate
700(d) - auÉomat'ic ans'wering devic' estinate
NOTE: The supplemenÉarg exterztal staËion (crossing the public highway) js
billed as specialized Linh.
AR?TCLE 77: COI4T\TTNICATTON DETATLS
RRRRRrôIish each month for the subscriber complete detaiTsof cotwmtnications exchanged duting the month (number
tequested, t ine, duraÉion) .
A - EoL tàe -eJients subscriàins Êo Éâis special servlce
TB
2. Subscription to the service fot national
contmtnications 7OO
3. JusÉ,if ieative tatiff per conuwnication 7
200
200
B. For clients who have not subscribed to thissoecial setviee
7. Justification for internationalcomrmrnications
2. JustificatÏon for national eommunÎeations 2OO
3. Justification tariff per communication 70
NOTE: Certain exchanges eannat, offet these setvices.
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ARTTCLE 72L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!� OTHER PACTLTTTES RESEHIED FOR SUBSCRTBERSCERTAIN EXCHAIIIGES
7. Pacjlities ineluded in the subseciptÎon
autoaatic call fteefreeautomaÉic al,atm
triple communcation frêê
doubte cal.l free
2, teûEonaty Êrans.far LO
3. ÀôDreviated numbering 70
4. tegistered caZI 70
RÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ�ÎTCLE 73: DISPUTABLE CHARGES
l . T h e t l . m e T i n i t f o r t e c e i v i n g a d i s p u t a b l e c h a r g eis four rcnths ftom the date oî issue of thedispuÉed invoice.
2. fnvestigaÉion costs are chargeable Éo the
suôscrjàer where the g-lajr:: i; not just'ified'200i . e
T E L E P H O N g
COWLE|4ENTARY SUBSCRT PT TONS,dID SPECTAL SERVTCES
Al,lNEX 73Page 5 of
ARTTCLE 74: RADIOTELEPHONE
7. Fixed radiotelephone fB(a) - Àccess to network charge 2,OOO
2. IlobiTe radiotelephone
(a) - Àccêss to networh charge 2,OOO
(b) InstaTTat,ion charge of the set 2,600
(c) Compulsory insurance at the expense of theclient (Êhe suôscriber shoul.d furnish aninsurance cover for the daterioration anddisappearance of the equiprent providedto âin bg OPT).
iOf11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118! EstaôIishment co.st.s san be patd in 3 instalmenÉs, with a miniua rate oE30% before Êhe instaTTation,
AFSICLE 75: DIREfiE SELEC?IOII A1 ARRIVAL
Â. TN lHE SERVTCE AREA
?he incoming llne is eonnected to a privaÉe auÉomatic sr'rtteh.
t. . The ptLvate automatic srttitch is analogoususino 3 paJrs ày conÉ,act
(a)- for ëhe fttst 7O connections, no?maL tariffper connesËion 7,5OO
(b) abatemant oÊ 2O% from the 71.th to the 2Othsonnect ion inclusive i .e. 7,2OO
(e) abatement of 50% beyond the 2othconnect ion i .e. 75O
2. îhe gtlvate automatle swlteh is nunerlca? using2 pairs for 2O Tines
750- per Tine
3. the eonplenenÊarg eguipmenÉ reguired are aÉ Êheexpense of the client on estimate
B. oITTSTDE TI'E SERVTCE AREA
Incomïng direct selectîon Tine on estimateê
NOTE: A junction is Êàe connection of a Zink beLween two terminal. poinÉs.
T E L E P H O N E
TE'"'PORÆY SUBSCRTPr.IONS
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&TTCLE 76: ÎEùIPORARY SUBSCRIPTIONS
L. ?enporary suôscriptions are made for periodsbeTow ot egual to 3 months.
EsêaàIjshrnenÉ cosÉs
2. Normal charge of the .line are fultr andindivisibTe month
TB
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T E L E X
AÏIIEX 13Page B oÊ
ARTTCLE 77: INSTALLA?ION CASTS OF SUBSCRIBER LINES
Standard charge for access to netu'�or.k fB
7. I4ixed l ine in the service area 7'8OO
2. ll ixed .line outside the service area on estimate
3: Soecialized Tine DEPARTURE ot ARRIVAL
(a) in the service area 9OO
&) outside the servi ce area on esÈiraate
ARTICLE 78: CLOSED TELEX NET-TIORK
7 , 8 0 0- Establlshment charges
ARîICLE 79: I4ADIFICLftON OF VLWOUS CLAUSES
(aecessorg servjces)
7. Changing of sociaT sÉatus 7OO
2. Ittodifjeation aÉ su.bscri.ber's resuest
(a) Changing of the number and Éhe code 60CI(b) Changing of the code numbet 4OO
3, Transfet of a .suôsctiPtion 9OO
3004. Change of an instaTTation
î E L E X
,IONTELY CTTÆGES
ARTTCLE 20: CHARGE FOR THE LTNE N,ID EQUTPI4ENT
AR?ICLE 27:
ARTTCLE 22:
ARîTCLE 23:
ARTICLE 241
ARTTCLE 25:
7. In the servics area
(a) witàout, a vi.yuaf jzation .screen(b) with a visual izat ion screen
2. ùttside the serviee area
CONPLEMENTARY SErlI I CES
7. ZjmiÉed services
(a) part iaZ: Limited to nat ional service(b) totaT: Tinited to urban service
2. Detailed situaÉion of comnunicaÉions
3. SuppTg ot a perforating keg
DISPUTED CHARGES
(.sae arÉi e|.e 13)
dTHER FACILTNES
7. Âôbrevjated nua.bering per nunbet withmaximum 1O)
2. lransaission sarvlee with possibiTitg of trans-nlting a aessagre to a maximtm of suôscriàers
TELEX DIREC?ORY
7. Strgplenentary reglstraÉion (per colum)2. Regisêration on the professionaf fist
(Per coLunrt)3, Unit charge
N{NEX 73Page 9 of
?B
1.,2OO7 , 8 0 0
on estimate
600700
free
700
7,200200
teduction30% abovetariff
20
2060
7A
at the sane Éine free
3. Ittdlcatlon of the duration of comtmtnicatLons f ree
CI.OSED NETIIORK
7. lrlonthlg mainÉenancd cbar.ge2, SÉandard consunption charge up to 20 sets3. Reduction for swbstantiai u.ser.'
-- above 27 aets of
îEUPORARY SUBSCRTP?TONS
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ARTICLE 26: TEilrcRARY SUBSCRIPTTON
Tenporary suDscript,ions are made for a period beTow TBor egual to 3 months.
7. Standard charge for access to netwoth
-- in tâe serviee area-- ouëside Éhe seryice arêa on estimate
2. I4onthl.y charge
Normal eharge per rcnth indivisible.. i.e. 7,2OO
CÊTAPTER - ITT
T E L E C O 1 4 P U T E R
SECOND PART
CITT;RGES APPLTCASLE TO COILMUN TCM TONS
ffiNTENT
L, Charges applleable to communicationson the ndtional networ�h
felephonetelex
:, '*iZî1p,"f"i;#'":'""
"nd t"z,x charses2. Chatges applicable to communications on the
LnternationaT network
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. felecomputet
3. Telegraphlc chatges
:: ?:Tï:::,tliioio,"n"Urgent éetegransPre.r.s telegran.s
' Telegrafi Tetters
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Pages
âmvtt( t3Page 70 of
ItRfiCLE 61: CHARBES APPLICADLE TO COI4WNICATIONS ON ?HE-xrrrolurl, ilEmpRx
I. TET.EPHOIIE
l. Cowtnlcation tequested from a subscriber's îBexÊension
(a) I{rlnth].g sÈandard consumptian fotlnstallatJons that do not have rate metetsi
iess than 5O subscribers noÉ conneetedÉo tàe national netwotk 50
-- . rcte than suàscri.bers not connectedto tha nationaZ netwotk 60
(,c) trunt colqntnieation (see tables beLow)
narnualty per minute with a ninimrnof 3 ninutesl
automatis: bg periodical inpulsions
2. Cowmtnteattan tequested ftom a public phonewïèh a E,lublic oPetator
(a) urban connunisat,ion 2.5
$) inter-uràan comntlcation: same chatgeas from a srrDscrjber phane incteased bg
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Request to lndicaÉe durati on or price ' 2llatnîng caIT 5Notice 5Cowunication pagable by the regaestet 5Cowtnlcation cefused bg requestet
'4. Conrmrnication requested fron a sÉaÉion locatedin public Alace. hotel. ttain station etc
Surcàage coTTectable by the person authotizedwho aa*es àis extension avai 7ab7e Éo cusÉomers.'
(a) uràan eomtnications O'5 "B
(ô) lnternatjonaT or tntnk comnrunications,increase of the Latter is below oraqual to SOOO F
k) lnerease of cowntnication charge if theIatter is higàer than 5,OOO F
(d) specia.I cotumrnlcation.' PAv, Pc'v, AvPsurcharge of the cowtnication cost
!t. Connteation tron a uo.l.liTe tadio tç.lephone
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20%
75%
70 ?B
radio surcàarge.' every 30 seconds 7
Ndddddddddddddddd�IE: thcsc surcâarges are alwags pagable by the teguestat excepÉ, PC'tf
accepted Dy the reguester.
B. îELEX
CharEc gnt fu77 ninute
7. ConrnunicaÊio TB
comrmrnications (urban and t'runk) :(see Éable beTow) i .
2. Sutcharge oÊJomunications tequested otrecglved ftom a gublic Ahone .
(a) operation Dy the customet, surchage '1,
(b) operation bg OPT opetator, surchage bgIl.ne, coded Zanguage ,'
sutchage bg Line, coded Tangiuage 2
(e) teeaptlan of, a message to ôe distrjbtttedfrom a public phone 4
Ê a be tehePhoned in the Localitg 6
. tcrnttrly suDs ctlptlon (Pet fu1L month) 50
(d) comnunisation on credit card ,'scc" notmal tariff
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c. IlerÊcorqPutER
7. ACCESS BY PUBLTC NETWORK 7 B
(a) Aecess to public telecomputer, networh
by telephone (77o3oo and 777200)bg each contact tt€.Zex.'notz,al telex charge
(b, Acqess 2o private eomputers
to tel.ephone (7O5, ., 735 , . ,, 765)evety 2 ainutes 7
2, PERIrâr9Eil? ÀCCA5S
- s€e article 28
3. COtÛfrtNrCATrONS
per minute O.1.per hiTosegment (7) 70
(Z) 1 *ilosegnent = 64.O00 octets
ARfiCLE 67: TELEGRAPH
À. CNARGTNG RE('{,�LAîIANS
telagraa chargîng ls dons bg the nutnber of words to betransmltted and bg applying a ninirnum charge to aZZrates.
B. DOPITSTTC RATE
Pet urord(ninlnun raÉe.' tO words)
C. TNTERNATTONAL RAîE
Pet wotd, with minirrl.tm rate of 7 wotds
(a) ÀfrJcan countries llnhed bg an agreementwlth GABON (Benin, Cameroon, CAR, Conga,Cote d' fvoire, Butkina-Faso, i[adagascar�'Iâautltania, Nigetr Senegal , Chad, îogo 2
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(b) Francê, Overseas Tettitoties and DeparÉrnents 4
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Special relat ions (Ahgeria, Conotos, Dj ibout i ,EguatoriaZ Guinea, 14a7i, l{roîocco, funjsja s
(d) l{estêrn Europe 6
I(a) Etstêrrl Etrope and US.SR
(t) Othec countrjes of A.frica g
(g) Àsla"
SpacIaI relatjons (Soutà Korea, India,
. Ltbanon) g
(â) Àrortâ Aærlea (USA, Canada) 9
(il Other countries of Asia, America and Oc:eania ZO
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The reTation charge consid.ered is.nuTtiplied bg 2.
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(a) Ordinarg pre.s,s
713 tariff with miniarrum rate of 74 words
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fariff ô.f ordinarg telegram with miniarum rateof 74 words
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ÀfRrCÀN DEVELOPI.IENT BAIIK
PRO.'ECT COMP],ETTON REPORTTETJECOMMUNICÀTIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO,IEET
rN PORT-GENTTIJ A}TD 8 OTHER INLÀND CENTRESREPUBLTC OT' GABON
Translated by: KOR.AI|TENGBEN I.AWAI,
TNFR.ASTRUCTURE ÀND TNDUSTRY DEPARTMENÎ IT
3SO/0005M
DECEMBER 1988
i -
cuRRrNcY, ACRONYMS AlrD ABBREVTATTONF,
Cutroncy Eslivalents
1. Àt the tirnc of ÀPPraisal t19?8)
U A 1 - 9 1 . 3 0 2 7 9U A 1 r r . C r À 2 8 5 . 7 6 0 0 0
2. Àt thc timc of PCR (November - December 1988)
U A 1 r $ 1 . 2 9 0 3 9u À 1 - P . C P A 4 1 2 . 6 3 5 0 0 i
Acron]'ms ?nd AbbreviaÈiong
ACTGI a Agrcncê comerc:Lalc dcs téléconnrunicationg(Cmncrclal lcleconnnunications Àgency)
AIEM ! ÀgËnt dec ingÈallatlong electromecaniques(Electroaecahnical Ingtallations Âgent)
tDB : African DeveloPne::t Bank
EC ! Bâsic Charge
Ëgn ! Burcau ccntral radÈo (n'adio Central Bureau)
DDEÀC : Bangue de déveloPPemenÈ des EÈats de l-'efrique centrale(Devclopnent Bank of Central African States)
FGD : Banguc aaborraise de developpment, (Gabon Development Bank)
Eùl : Big nodcl
cccE : caissê ccntrale de cooperat,ion economigue (France)
CINÀCOM 3 C€ntra nationale de conunutation (Natiorral Switching Centrq)
CIA : C€ntrc international automatique(Xnternational Automatj-c Exchange)
' CTl.l ' ! Cèntrè intcrnational rnanuel (fnternational Manual Exehaagre)
CTf ::: 3 CentEe dc traitement de f informat.ion (Data Procesgiog Ccntre)
CTlt : Ccntrc dc trangLt national (National Translt Erchange)
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Àcroqyrnç and AbbrcvieÈlons (continued)
ENPT : Ecole nationale de postes et teleconununications(National Post and Teleconununications School)
FCFA : franc de Ia Comtrunaute financiere africaine(Àfrican Financc Corrutrunity Franc)
GAE : Gabonaise d'audit et d'exPertise(Gabon Àudit É ExPêrtise Cornpany)
ICtl : Inpulse and Coding Modulation
ISE : Indcpcndcnt Sidê Bend
IlU : IntGrnational Teleconununications Union
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! l'lncâr nGtor
: Kilornstrc
: Metrc
n2 : Square nretrê
OCTRÀ : Office des chemins de fer t'rans-gabonais(lrans-Gabonais Railways ÀuÈhority)
OPT : Office dss Postes et Teleconununications (Post & lelecom' Board)
PCR : Projcct ConrPletion RePor
Pc : Port-Gcntil
RI,G : Radlotclcvl.sion gabonaLse (Gabon Radio and lelevision)
RTS s Ragitie ct en transfert sortant
SEC Sccond. . i . .
Sf : fnternational SYstems Unit
SCU : Subseriber Connection Unit
SOfREéOi,t : Soclstc franca:Lsc da raalisation d'etudes des tslcccmtunicatlons
. (Frcnch Tclccogmunications Studies Company)
TIG : Societe de Teleconununicatione internaÈionales du Gabon(IntGrnat ional le leconununicat ionsCornpanyofGabon)
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Àcronvns and ÀbbrcviatLong (continued)
T\' : Televlsion
U : Unit
UÀ : ÀDB Unit, of Account
UPU : Unlvcrsal Postal Union
UR : Unite de raccordement dtabonnes(Subscriber connection unit)
Fisca]. Year
1 January to 31 December
TABI"E OT CONTENTS
Paqe
1. rNÎ�RODUClloùr
1.1 Bank Group Operations1.2 Geographic and Economic seÈt.ing1.3 Thc Tcleconmrunications Sector1.4 obJecÈives at tbe time of the Appraisal1.5 Baslc Dat ,a
2. DESCRÎPÎION OT THE PROIECÎ
2.L G6neral- Descriptlon of the Project
3. rMpLEÀrElxtATroN AUD cosT oF TtrE PRo,fEcl
3. !.' Condit,iong for Entry into Force of the Loan3.2 Procurcnent of Goods and Services3.3 Major Changes Made3.4 Implementation 9chedule3.5 Organlzation and l ' lânagement of the Pro ject3 .6 Cos t o f t he P ro jec t3.7 Expenditure Schedule per Source of Finance3.8 Expenditure Sehedule per Component3.9 Serv ices by the Partners3.10 Superv is ion by the Bank3.11 Progress Reports3.L2 Rerpect by the Borrower of its CoûmiÈments3.13 ltcpaltment of the Loan.
4. trTNÀNCIAIT A}TALTSTS
4.L fnternal Râte of Return1.2 Fulfi lment of Financial Obligatlons
5. RESULTS AI'ID CHANGES IN OFT
5.1 Lcga} Status and Purpose5.2 Organization and Management5.3 Pergonnel and Training5.4 Accountg and Audit5 . 5 T a r i f f s5.6 Bil l ing and Recovery5.7 Operat ion Analys is5.8 AnalysLs of Balance Sheete
6. ECONOMIC ÀPPR.AISAI,
7. coNcr,usloNs
7.L Attainncnt of the Objectives of, the Projêct7.2 Lessons f ronr the Project
this r€port ig written by Messrs f. BATOLA (TeLeconrnunications Engineer) andD. CHOKKX (Economlst| following their mission t.o Gabon in November,/December,1 9 8 8 .
LIST OT ANNEXES
ÀNNEX: 1. Map of Gabon2. Opcrational Organization Chart of the project3. Gcncral hplementation Schedulel. Schcdulc of Uti l izatlon of Teams5. ExLrtJ.ng National Network6. Conrptctcly Àutomâtic7. PrGcGnt Organizatlon Chart of OPT8. Decrcc Est.ablLshlng ttre functiong of OPT DèpartnÊntc9. Ovcrall Staff Distribution by Grade and Group10. Strf,f Dlstributl.on by Categories and Grade Groups11. Sumrary of Tariffs Applicable in Gabon12. Calculation of t,he fRR
1 . INTRODUCTION
1.0.1 t{hen the oOffice Eguatorial des Postes et Teleconrnunicationgt splituP in 1955, the officials of the young nOffice des Postes etTelecomnunlcations du Gabontr mede a general inventory of thel-rteleconununications network and decided to l ink the varioug localit ieg of theinterior of the count,ry wiÈh rudimentary but acceptable l ines. Consequently,a fLvc-ycar developrnent plan was drawn up in 1975 whl-ch provided for:
thc rcplacement of obsolete equipmenÈ wit,h modern and largrecapacity ones;
thc cxtengion of existing netlrork throughout the country;
provisJ.on of users wit,h facil i t ies to promote the country'seconomic, social- and cultural- devel-opment.
1.0.2 In connexion with the implement,ation of this plan, the Governnrent ofGabon rnadc a requcat to the Bank in September L977 for the financing of theprojcct entit led rModernizat,ion and Extension of the Telephone Network inL.lbrevil lc. t
1.0.3 The Bank gave e positive response to the requeat and sent apreparatory mission to Librevil- le in November L9'17 followed J.n JuIy 1978 by anappraJ-sal ml-ssion.
1.0.,1 lhLs project which is nor completed faced serious diff lculties whichdelayed its implementation. The implement,ation took ten (10) yêars whereagthrse (3) yeers would have been enough.
1.0.5 The present report l-s on tlre completion of the project entit ledDevelolrmcnt of Telecomrrunications in Port,-Gentil and I other Localities in t,hefnterior of Gabon. It deals wittr t,he various phases of Èhe implernentation ofthe project and its real situation.
1.1 Bank Group Oge-ations
1.1.1 The proJect, ras the fourth Bank Group operation in Gabon and thèfirst :Ln the teleconnrunications sector. Todate the Group has granted thirteenIoang to Gabon totall l .ng BUA 136.17 mit1ion including BUA 30 mlll ion for thefJ.nancLng of thc gtructural adjusÈment prograrune.
L.L.z Out of 13 proJects financed by the Group, seven (71', incJ.uding theonc rl,th rhLch this rcport deals, have been fuIly compJ-eted and three (3) aaercll advanccd. Tro proJccts in the agricult,ural. eector are in progress. Onthe othcr hand the rice project which start at all has been cancelled bymutual egrè€rnent with ths Government. the thirteenth operation i.e. tbefinancl-ng of a structural adjustmenÈ programne, is the first non- proJectoperation by the Sank in Gabon.
L.2 GcogrraDhic and Eeonomie Setting
L.2.1 Gabon has an area of 267r622 km2. I t l ies astr ide the eguatorbetwecn latitudes 2o3O north and 40 South. It is bordered to the north bymainland Equitorial GuLnea and Cameroon, to the East and South by Congo and to1the West it is washed by the ÀtJ-antic Ocean over a 600-km seaboard. It is aeountry of avêrage altl-tude (the highest point being 1,575m) with the reLj-ef,determined by geographLc zonea. The Coastal zone is Low and flat and 30-200kmride. In the :lnterior there is a chain of mountains of low altitude runningrnorth to south: Nort,h and South-east plateaux, crystal rnountains' Ndjo1emountaJ.ns, Chal.llu mountain and the Mayombe chain, between which lic t,hetrranccville basln Ln the east and the Ngounie and Nyanga valleys in the south.
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L,2.2 Thc cl-lnate all over the country is of the equatorial È14pe, with foursGasons, RainfaLl varies between 1,400nun to 3000nEn from region to region.llwttd-t_Qr to_ high at _ all timês. Annual mean temperaturès vâry between- 20oand 25o. Sunshl.ne is Poor especial.J.y in the diy season. r}e vegetationtherefore stops growing for short perS.ods only.
L.2.3 lhe soilc arc formcd under a very aggressive and humid cJ.lmate. Theyare of thc dssaturated fcrralit ic, chenicalJ.y poor acidic typê. However, Lncortein arêes' ccpecially j.n t,he North-west, there are soile of excellcntphysical quallty, vcry deep and rich in c1ay. In the country as a whole, theproportJ-on of good arable soil ig Iow, but in termg of populaùion figures itls largcJ,y cuf f icJ.cnt.
L .2 .a I n 1981 , o f f i c l . a l es t i naÈes pu t t he popu la t i on a t 1 ,20OrOOOinhabl,tants; t l inhabitants to kmz. The
-population- in the regions
' is very
uncvcnly distributed. tfolcu N'Tem provice is second after Estuary (30t of thccountry 's to te l populat ion, i .e . 252,0O0 inhabi tants) , and i ts 133,500lnhabitanÈs aro found mostly in t,he eastern half . Laat.ly, 43t of thepopulation l ive l-n thc urban areas, 52t in the vit lages and 5t on Lr:rnbering orcongtruct,l-on sites.
Iconornic Trcnd bstwcsn 1980-1985
1.2.5 gtl.mulated by a favourable Lnternational econonrlc situationcharact,crized by oil price increages (despite the drop in 1983, priceef luctuatcd around $28 a barre l up to 1986), and to the cont inuous appreciat ionof thc dollar exchange rate, GDP increased by 12.7* a year on averege between1980-1985. the level of oj-l production which st,arted decl-ining as frorn 19?7rcnt up ln 1983 t .o 7.8 mi l l ion tons then to 8.7 mi l l ion tona in 1984 despi tethe drop J.n prJ.ces that Èook place in February 1983. fn val.ue, the oil secÈorrecorded an avèràgG annual growth rate of 15.68 bètween 1980 and 1984. I tsshars ln the overall cconomy remained guite the eame (45* of GDP) during thlsper iod.
L.2.6 DccpJ.tc a 10.3t par yoar nominal growth rate, agrl.cult,ure onlyrcprcrcnÈcd 4.3t of GDP in 1985. The sarne applJ.ed to industry wh:Lch hardlyrcachcd 7.61 of GDP ln 1985. Even though the construction and services gector(l.ncludLng AônLnLstratLon) expanded rapJ-dly (17.8t per yEar and 14.7t per yearrcspcctLvsly) thcy contLnued Èo depend J-argely on oil levenue. Generally, Eslong es thLs rcvcnuc cont.inued to exist, the non-oil economy could continueIts grovth wLÈhout any interruption (13.2* nominal growth per year). However,lr thc grorth ïet not accompanied by actual diversification of, the cconony,thc country's econoîiy rcmaincd fragile and vulnerable to the oil marketcont,l,ngcncles. The collapre of oil revenues in 1986-87 interrupted thefl-nancl,al contrLbutl,on to thê non- oil- economy and t,he construction andservlcss s€ctors stagnated most.
L.2.1 Thc us6 of avai lable reeources dur ing the per iod 1980-X985il lustratcc the favourabla econornie situation Gabon enjoyed during thepcriod. Fl-nal consumption (private and public) increased by 1?.8* per year.the :lncrcase eras morê rapid for public consurnption (20* per year) than forprJ,vate consumption (16.2t a year). The improvement of consumers purchasingpover es rell as increagc in st,ate budget resources resultingr from oilrGvGnu€s and thclr cxt,crnalities in the econoîry explain this favourabletrcnd. Xnv€stmcnt recorded the sarne rapid expansion. With a 204 averag€growth rat€, invegtment more than doubled between 1980 and 1985. The mostspcctacular lncrèase was that of public investment which increaeed frornf . C P A 8 0 . 1 b i l l i o n i n 1 9 8 0 t o r . C F A 3 5 9 . 3 b i l l i o n i n 1 9 8 5 , i . e . , a n a n n u a lincrcase of 35t .
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FublLc finances
1.2.8 publ tc f inanceg repr€sent a pr iv i ledged contr ibut ion to s tateparticLpat,ion l-n t,he Gabonese economy. However, Èhis growing participation isbaaed on oi1 revcnues which by their very nature are unstable. In any case,with regard to public f inance managiement, t,here are at least three castes wherelhe use of reve-nues of this nature createg structural conditions whieb can bemaintained only lf the r€venue i.s inexhaustible but which revenue would havedisast,rous effécts if i t declined. The first case is the expansion of FublicAdminl-stration (steady increaee in the nurrber of positions, periodic increasesln emo.luments). The eecond case concerna state inwofvement in tbe economythrough the institutional setting, (establishrnent of. St,ate enterprises, .equityinvesfment in semi-compani-es, price controJ- protect certain categories of
eonsumers) . The ttrirà case lnvol-ves direct state i"rtervention througrhinvegtment. All thêse caaea have been prevalent in Gi,bon ever since thebeginning of the oil boom.
L.2.g t r rom.1979 to 1995, o i l revenues, wi th an averagre annual g iowth rate
of 20.6t more than trippled. This phenomenal increase took place particuliffYb€tween 19?9 and L982,
-a per iod aui ing which o iL pr ices inereased f rom $13 a
barre l to about 935. Between 1982 and 1985 o i l reverrue increased by 8.88 per
yêar, and its share in the overall- receapts remair:ect pracLically the same
iabout 65t) . St imulat ,ed by the h igh inc iease of o i1 revenue s ince L979,non-oi l r€venue increased by 24.4* per year between 1982 and 1985. Governmentopen pol icy has a lways been Èo promote non-oiL reverrue. However, there. is^aniirteriral Jorrelation betryeen the two tyPes of receipts since the basis forcharging taxeg on non-oLI revenues has itself become increasingly dependent on
oif iroâuction. Gabon's abitity to irnport and to obtain eustom revetrues inimpoits (half of non-oil revenues) depends primarily on oil- export earningswhj.ch undergo a decreaae with the decline of oil revenues. this correl-ationhas been proved ever g ince the 1986 cr ie is .
L.2.LO Despl te the rapLd increage in operat ing enPenses (14* pe! yea: l , )
betwcsn 198t and 1985 and in deUt services (?.9* per year), the abundance ofoil revenuag cnabled the country to make a consistent budget sawings of aboutf .CIFA 23O bi l l l -on a year , i .e l 14* of receipt ,s on averaçfe. these saving:scnabled Gabon j-n 1982--83 to embark on a move to get out of debt, a nove which
could not be consolidated because of a spect,acu]-ar increase in capitalexpendl ture. This expendi ture rose by 27.7t per year between L982 and 1985.Exfenditurc on thc cônstruction of the Trans-Gabonais' which was about onethird of publJ.c capital investnent grew on an average of 4_L.48 during th€ sameperiod. publl-c capital investment alone represented 218 of GDP.
Externa]. Tradc and Balance of PavmenÈs
L.2.Lt In 1985, exporès, which r ' rere essent ia l ly o i l expor ts , represent ,ed53.3t of GDP and the
- i rnpor tat ion of goods and serv ices rePresented 23-3*. The
exports are alrnost ent-irely raw malerials which have undergone practically
l i l tfe or no processing. -
with regrard to imports, the most importantcategor ieg inc luâe food and agr icu lÈural products (16.88) , ' machinery and tools(16 .8 t ) and manu fac tu red goods (16* ) .
t .Z. t2 In 1985, Èhe balance of paymênts recorded a def ic i t o f P.CfÀ 22- tb i l l ion, co-pareb to a surp lus oC r .Cre 17.4 b i l l ion in 1984. This t rendrefLects a cbngiderable detèrioration of the posiÈion of the current balancewhich recorded a def ic i t o f r .CrA 72.9 b iLI ion - t ,he f i rs t ever s ince 1976. A
sharp increase in the Lmportation of goods and services is the main causs.
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Public External Debt
1.2.L3 Before 1985, Gabon had embarked on a pol icy of gct t ing out of dcbtwhich tf it trad bean successful, yrould have completely changed the counÈry'sdebt s i tuat ion (cce annex) . Disbursed and ouÈstanding debt increased by 3L.98in 1985 compared to 1984. Simi lar ly , in 1986, i t , recorded an increase of25.6* conrpared to the prcv ious y€ar . Even though in 1986 the external debtoutst,anding remained lower than whaÈ it. was in L980, the situation changedfundamcntally and on 20 Septernber L986, Gabon announced Èhe suspension of itspayments of principal, and interest, in respect of bilateral debt, andpr j -nc ipal in respect of non- insured bank debt .
t .2 .L4 Onc of thc main character is t ics of Gabon'g external debt is Èhat Ltig 66* owned to pr ivate credi tors. The oppressive nature of the debt ( in1985) ig ref lected by the average interesÈ rate of 9.8* , average pe: iod of .natur iÈy of 10.5 y€ars and an extremely shor t , graee per iod of 2.7 yeats, onav€raçt€. these terms make Gabonts position very precarious considering thefall j-n j.ts e*port earnings. This is what, happened in 1986 when the debÈsc rv i ce sudden t l y i nc reased Lo 25 .7 * aga ins t 12 .7 t i n 1985 .
1.3 the lelecomunications Sector-
Situation at Èhe Èirne of the Appraisal
1.3.1 AÈ the t lme ôf the appraisal in 1978, Gabon's ' te lecorûtunicat ionscomprised urban networks, trunk networks and international netr,ùgrks witht ,e legraph and te lex serv ices.
{a) Urban TeLephone Network
Thê urban network cornPrised:
:3. " î""ï;i;" "î;iiil" "n"Ë'L â *:ËîËÏ. : ân îï'In:' "1X''j" il fi :lcn of these exchanges were of modern design and couldteubject to a few modifications, f it, into the five-year planwhich was being executed. The remaining eight r 'ùere t,o bereplaced.
nanual exchangres lrere installed in the smaLl buLlt-in areas.Their technical design and size made it impossible for them tobe intcarat,sd into the progranrune going on at the time.
thc cable nctworks $Gre overhead/underground êtrcopt Ln sma.l'llocalit ieg where they were entirely overhead. their capacityeverywhere was significantly inadeguate and often unsuitab.lefor automatic operation.
On account of the rapid development of rnost of the tordns l-n Gabon,considcrable damage had been and continued to be done to these cables bypubtl-c works cnterprises.
(b) lrunk Networks.
These neÈworks which were 45* automatic were mainly direcÈ view or
tropospherJ-c radio l ink systems. Theae systems functioned normally but the
low- calaeity of most of th-em did not allow for extensions. In connexion with
the uct of the Librevil le earth gatell i te station, the tropospheric systems
nsre to be rcplaced with direct visibil i ty systems for the- Èransmission of
Èelev.lgion infàrmation and data. there ! 'rere a few wire l inks but in most cases
the cllnate and vegetation made their uti l ization practically impossible.
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Internatlonal Networks
The international neÈworks were equpped with 2.6 to 20 klloratttnnonrittcro and receivers wit,h independenÈ sidebands which enabled senui-autqnatLc transtnisgion to Paris, Douala and Abidjan. From Parisr thesubscribcr could bc connected to the rest of the wotld. But in L973/14 ancarth satctl ito rtâtion ras constructed at some 20kn from Llbrevil le pointedÈo a gcostatlonary satell i te of the fntelsat system over thê AtLantic. ÀlLinternational conununications Èherefore passed though this stationr with thcorccptlon of thoce with Congo which used tropospheric radio link instal,led in1971 and rith Casrcroon which used the radio l ink inst,alled in L974.fnternatlonal corrtnunieaÈiong were operated by a semi-pubJ-ic company, i$ociete
dc Sclccomunications Internationales Gabonaisesn (TIG), owned by the Republicof Gabon and thc french colnpany ÛFrance-CabLe et Radioi.
(dl lclagrqph and Telex Servj-ces
Gabon had an automatic telex switch of 400 lines in tibrcvil le rhichras gctt!.ng saturatcd and which was to be ext,ended before L98X. The t6legraphnctrork comprised tclcprinters and had radio links as support. À Gentexnetvork inrtâIlcd ln 1968 made it possible to connect between themr through anautomatj.c sritch, all telex subscribers of T,ibrevil le, Port-GentiI ' OyemtBitam, FranccvJ-Ile, Lunbârenc and Moanda.
$ATNIINENCE OP THE EXISTING SYSTEM
Egcauûc of thc clirmte, lack of roadE beLween the major towns andbuilt-l.n âreas and particularly the shortage of qualif ied personncl,na:Latenance of the eysterns faced problems which ?rere aggravated to varLougdegrress by town development works. !ûith a view to solving these problems,plans nere made to train specialists who could detect faults rapldly and whoiould ênrure that prLvate instaftations were made in conformity ttith gtandardsret by the Govcrnmcnt. Furthcrmore, the P & T Department ltas colnP€lled' stillfor lack of personncl, to sign a contract wj-th Messrs SOFRECOM for themaintenancc of LibrevLlle telephone neÈwork and with Messrs Thongon CSE forthe malntenance of radio l inks in the interior of the country.
DEVELOPMENT PROGRÀI'ME
fn late L975, Gabon published its third econonrlc and socialdevclolmcnt plan covcring the period L976/80. In that plan, the dcvclopmentof tclecomrrunications sas given considerable attention. This developmentconc{trncd the following three entit ies:
( a )
the national netrtorkthe international networkthc PANÀfIEL project
thc National NeÈwork
Ihe objective wag to cover the entire count,ry by meane of radio l inkswith televisiori and radio transmission; in this regard the following l inkgrrere to be constructed:
South-East axis: Librevil le-N'Djole-Booue-Lastourvil le-Koularnatou-Woanda-F rancevil- 1e.'
:: i::ll :ii:; 3*::ffi;i::âiilI3il*;"nibanea-Mavumba;East axis: Booue-Makokou-tselinga-Mekambo.
It was dcc|ded to modern:lze, extend and automatize the telephone exchanges and
nctworkg in the towng and the major centres; priority would be given toLibrcvl.I la and Port-Gcntil.
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thc International Network
The progremn€ provided for the opening of direct lines by means ofsatell i tcs sj.th African and European eountries.
(cl îhc PÀl{AfTEt Proiect
thc PanafÈcl projeet was to enable the following l inks:
Gabon to Cameroon from the North axis: Oyem-Bitam-Carneroon;
Gabon to Congo through the Bakorlnlca (Gabon) -Djambala (Congo)sËct,ion and lastly Gabon to Sao-Tome and Principe.
ThG total coct of this programo€ was estimated, in early L977, at f.CfA 18bil lLon or UÀ 65 nil l ion including UA 53 mill ion in foreign exchange. lherOffice des Port€c eÈ Telecorrununications du Gabonn approached severalfinancicrs Lncludl,ng ÀDE for the implementation of the ptog:canune
1.3.2 Prcscnt Si tuat ion
1. ORGAIITZATION OE SERVIEES
Port end Telecomnunications, television and broadcasting-in Gabon aremanaged by two dlstlnct agencies under the same Ministry:
thG iOffice des Postes et Teleconrnunicationsn (OPT), a public
:ï*::'::: r?T:""i"Jr*":ï1t;?:iented establishment with lesal
the iRadiodl.ffusion TelevLsion Gabonaigetr (RTG), t gervice ofthc Ministry.
these tro agencicg work Ln close cooperation,' in partlcularr OPT rout,es on tÉeinstallations modulation for television and broadcasting; in most cases itoperat€s RTG' s trangmitterg.
Intcrnational and nat,ional teleconununications are rnanaged ln edistinct tnanner:
intcrnatlonal teleconnrunications are entrusted to a Limitedliability company, TIG (Teleconununications InternationalGabonaise) which ie managed by the General l"lanagêr of the OPT"
the OPT comprises three main branches:i
. . national tcleconununcationst'
.. Postal and financial services,corrûron services.
2. TNTERNATIONAL TEIECOMMT'NICÀTIONS
lIG op€rat€s the following exchanges:
:H"u*"Jî"îî."",iff""":":":ffË:,ïï':n;ïhanse which Ïras a
the autonatic international- exchange (CIA) and theinteEnational manual exchange (CIM) with Pentaconta equipment;
t,he tburcau central radio internationaltr (BCR).
Thcac thrcc cxehanges er€ located in downtown in thc CENACOM buJ-ldJ-ng Ln rhich
seweral Lnstallatl6ng of the national network are also Iocâted.
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NAÎIONâL TELECOMMT'NTCATIONS
Urban Àutomatic Switches
Until 1981, the cquipment was in electro-rnechanical crorsbar CP 400technigue. In March 1981, the OPT corunissioned the first ternporal eXectronicexchangc in technology EIOB, f,oll-owed in ,June L982 by a eimilar exchange atPort-Gentil financed by the Bank under another project. The characteristlctof thesê switches are gi.ven as annex.
LLbrcvl.].Ic
Th€ capiÈal is served by:
!n o1d CP 400 located inprJ-ncJ.paltr building;
thc noer EIOB the chain coreCENACOM building adjacentbuLlding with connection units
cENACOM,
the Gros Bouquet- satellite (between downtown and theai rpor t . ) ,
the Owendo satell i te in the port area.
by a semi-elect,ronic PE 1024 exctrange (prefix 74) installed inthe nlibrevil le-principaln buidJ-inE and which is beingrcplaced with subscriber connectj-on units on the E10B exchange.
Gros Bouquet and Owendo satellites are connected to CENACOM by ICII{ cablesdl.git,al radio l inks.
Port Gcntil
The E10B of Port-Gentil uges the same data processing centr€ (DPC) asthe E10B of LLbrevi l te .
Ilrc ProvLncag
There are I rnajor provincial stations equipped with type CP 400 YCrosgbar e:cchanges to which extenslons can be made. One CP 400M exchange andthree CP 100Y cxchanges are being install-ed along with the congtruction of thecoastal axig. Ot.trer exchanges are equipped with varioug local automaticgwitches which havc access to the external network by semi-autonratic or manualchannel. Thege exchanges are sxpected to be completely renovated.
lransilt llxchanqeg
Ttrese subscriber exchanges are complet,ed by:
thc NatLonal Trangit Exchangre (cTN) constituted by the s€rmcE10B which algo performs the function of transit for all theexchanges in Gabon (Librevil le and Province) which are notdirectly connected among them;
the International Àutomatic Exchange (CIA) of, TfG withel-ectronic tnanagrement of international accountg (CrossbarPentaconta); an International Manual Exchange (CIM) isagsociated with this aut,omat.ic exchange.
a National Manual Exchange novr associated with t,he CP 400 oftibrevj.l l-e-principal and which wil l be associated wiÈh t,he CTNE l O B .
3 .
downtorn in Èh€ trLl-brevilIe-
of which is installcd in theto the tLibrevil le-principali l
situated at,:
Theand
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ÎR.A}TSMI SSION EOUIPMENI
LLncs in Operation
Bccaute of trânsport diff lcult ies and the isolation of the econon:lccentres of the hinterland, considerable attention has been paid to trunkllneg. In the 1970 decade about hal-f of investments ïrent to transmission.
( a ) large capacity analogical- transmission l ineg (fH 665-6 orfH 665-? of Thornson CSF) are instal-l-ed on the following axes:
tibrevil le - nFour placetr equipped nith 4 channels 12te.lephone channels, 1 ?V channel, 1 standby channel);
an axis called naxe de }a bouclen Four PlaceLanrbarene- Port Gentil with 2 * 1 channelsi
a gouth-cast axis, Four FLace - Booue Laetourvil le (+Koulamoutou branch)M o a n d a - F r a n c e v i I I e - L e c o n i - A k i e n i - O k o n d j a w i t , h 2 + 1channels.
Each te lephone channel has 600 or 300 l ines.
(b) tropospheric beams, functioningr unevenly, equipped with 24channels:
Thomson CSf' 955 Libreville-Oyem-Moanda-Mouila.
( c )
(d )
( e )
two thomson CSf 632 local lJ.nes, uEed often as offset betweenthe hertzian station and the telephone exchange:
Moanda-Bakoumba-! Oyem-Bitam
Ll-breviIIe-NtoumFraneevil le-NwengrueKangro, Booue, Mourtana, Àkieni offsetg.
one offset l ine at N'Djole in Thomson CSl. TFH 150,
radio-electric l ines l inking the other exchanges (1 or 2channcls) : Tchibanga, Makokou,
multLplex: thc radLo links are equipped with mult,ipJ.ex (model70) CIT or LTT for Thomson CSF radio tinks (primary grouPs' L2ctrannclg and gecondary groupsr 60 channels).
( f )
Rccently Ingta]-lcd Lines
Thc coastal axls prograrmre has been going on since 1985 with thêstrengrthening of the LibreviLle-Port-Gentil .J-ine by the creation of digitalThomgon CSr TfH 150 N (3a MBls) beam equipped with nine 2-MB/s traine. lhemain axJ.s, Port-centi l-Tchibanga has been equipped since L986 with a Tflf 250-6analogical. beam of fhomson CSF fitted wiÈh a 600-channel telephone exchange.Branches to Ganrba, Omboue, Wuyamba and Moabi are planned.
UPAA�T SUBSCRIBER NEÎYIORKS
Eefore the priorlty developrnenÈ progrannrne, urban eubscriber'networkgrv€rê very lnadequate. Only the areas of central I.ibrevi]le and Gros Bouquetshowsd averagre possibil i t ies of connection with considerable localtaturations. Under the prlority prograntrne, major extension and rnodernizationrorks tr€rG carried out in LibrewiLle and Port-Gentil.
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1. Librevil l-e
The Owendo and Gros Bouquet networks have been êomplcted andsubscrLbcrg can therefors be connected. The central Librevi.l le natwork hasbscn complcted since 1984; the capacit.y for subscriber connection intrangmLsgj.on and dLgtribution cables has been practical.ly doubled.
2. Por t Gent i l
Thè modêrnization and extênslon of thê network have been completed;Port-Gentit therefore hag a rnodern network.
3. Province
Under the priority prograrune owerhead-underground networks ldere alsoconstructed in seven màior local i t ies: NtDjo lef Moui la , Oyenr, Bi tam,FrancevLlle, Koulamoutou and Moanda. As large-scale urbanization workg areplanned for Larnbarene, the erctension and modernization of this net?ùorkinttial-ly envisaged wiIl be done in coordination with these urbanizationworks. ftrts network is shifted to the overali progrêmri,u to be J-mplementedIa te r .
In th€ other localit ies in the interior, there are no undergroundnet.works and the overhead networks are very inadeguate.
4. Coasta l Â* is
the development of the coastal axis wil l involve the construction ofoverhead-underground networks at Mayumba, Garnba, Omboue, Tchibanga and Moati.
1 .3.3 Compar ison of the Si tuat ion at the t ime ofthe A,ggraisal with the Present Situation
Since the appraisal of th is pro ject , there has been a considerableprogresg in the develôpment of Gabont s telecofirltunicatj-ons sector resulting inà spectacular increase in the number of telephone lines. Between L978 and1988, the number increased about 2.3 t i rnes, which is a very h igh increase of15 t a yaaz .
1 . { Objectives at the time of the Appraisal
1 . 4 . 1 the obJectl-ves of the project r,vere to:
install at Port-Gentil, the second city of Gabon, an automatictelephone exchange desigrned for 8000 lines, with an init ialprov ls ion of 400 ] . ines;
ïî"ffiîli.:îi:ït'l;.:."'""n*""î"";i'::1";f ":"4i""î"i?".:":i:;capaci t ies of 2000 to 4000 l ines had been insta l led. Theseexéhanges were the fo l lowing: Francevi l le , Moanda, NtDjo le,Lanbaren€, Oyem, Bitam, Mounila and Koulamoutou;
meet outstanding telephone instatlations demand in theEêIocalit iee and provide for future connecÈions over a 10-yearper,lod.
t .4 .2 AÈtainnrent of the ObjectLveg
The project has improved the gualiÈy of telephone service inport-Gentil anâ sénen provl-ncial towns and has attained the objectives set at
the Èlme of the appraisal, with the excepÈion of t,he town of Lambarene where
rorkg have been postPoned.
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1.4.3 the Place of the ProjecÈ in the Nat ional Development Plan
The implenentation of the project, has contributed, Iargcly to thedevelopment of the counÈry's telecorurunications sector. Modern automaticswitchcs havc bsen insÈal]ed and users can therefore conrnunicate withLibrcvLlle. The proJcct f it,s very well into the country'c developmentproccsr. Its l-mplernentation has enabled the development of l-nfrastructuregand thus pJ-aced at the disposal of economic operators reLiable means ofconununl-catLons for the promotion of the count,ryts economic arowth. TheinstallatLon of the local networks has opened up the provinces where lack ofm€ans of conrnrunicst,ion made Life unpJ-easanÈ. The pro ject has also improvedthê fLnancial situation of the OPT and thus put it in a normal and morefavourablc pocition to promote the countryt s telecornnrunications development.
1 .5 BagLc Da taCountry
Ti t le of Pro jcct
Nunb€r of ProjecÈ
Borrorrer
ExecutinE Aocncy
Date of ÀgpraLsal
Date of ADgrova1 by thc Board
Date of glgmature of th€ Loan Asreement
Dete ôf Entry :[nto trorêc of the Loan
Datc of Cormcnccment of the Project
Proposed Detc of Complètion
Tlard l i n r fa r F . l rc l D{ rbur lannant
Dcadl:lne for Legt D:Lsbursement
Date of, Cqr]-etion
nstimated Tota]. Cost of the Project
ÀDB Loan
Amount Dl.aburscd
Undisburscd Balanee
IntercsÈ Râtc Àt aPPraLgal
: Republic of Gabon
Telecormrunications Dcvelopmentin Port-Gentil and I otherin land Centres.
ADB Loan es/cB/xL/7\/ 005
GowernmentRepublic
of the Gabonese
rOff ice des Postesmunicat ionst (OPT)
.Tuly 1978
19 September 1978
et TeLecom-
4 December 1978
3 Decernber 1980
8 February L982
11 November 1982
3 Dccombet 1979 (inittâl)3 .fanuary 1980 then31 oecember 1980
31 December 1988(after extent ions)
25 , fuly 1986
u À 1 4 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0
I ' A 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0
u A 4 , 8 ] - t r 0 4 3 . 2 3
u A 1 1 8 , 9 5 9 . 7 7
7* a year on tbe anrountgdisbursed and outstanding.
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Statutorw Conurigsj-on ; 1t a year on Èhe amount,s disbursed andoutst,anding. j i
ConuaLtncnt Chargre : 0.75* a year on the undigbused portionof the J-oan starting 90 days after thêsignat.ure of the loan agreement. r
Pres€nt Int€rêsÈ Râtè z 7.46* a year on the amountg d.isbursedand outstandingr.
Corrtritment Cha4gre : 1t a year on Èhe undisburged portion oflthe loan conunencing forty-f,ive (45)days after signature of the loanagfreement.
Statutory ComLra:Lon : 0.50t a year on the anounts digbursedand outstandincr.
Consultant : SOFRECOM (france)
Contractols : 1. EnÀTEL
2. SOGEC (after the bankruptcy ofEF,ATEI,)
3. Various minor suppllers.
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2. DESCRTPTION OE THE PROJICT
Gcneral Degcr:lpt:lon
The project as appraised conprised.:
(a) Procur€ment and inetallat,ion of an automatic telephone exchangewit.h aII the modern functions and wtrich could be integrated iniothc qeneral swltchingr system of the OpT:
the ingtallation of a poweE system which starts runningautomatically,'
thc installation of a distributor fuse, monitorLng andrncaauring cquipment and construction of a spare parts store.
(b) procurement and laying of pipes:
procurdn€nt and J.aying ofdistribution cables,.
telephonc transmission 'and
Procurètncnt and laying of overhead-undcrground subscribertelcphone cables.
(c) procurcmcnt of vehicles and speclal machinery for theJ-mplcmentatl-on of the project and adequate tnaintenance of theinstallations after f inal handover.
(d, congultancy services for:
the prcparation of bil l of guantiÈies, specificatl-ons andtender document,s;
tender analysis and contraet award in close collaborationwith the OPT of Gabon and ADB.
rorkg supervision and provisJ-onal and final reception ofthe installationsi
the training of techniciang to maintain the €quipnent,Iocete faults and install new service l ines. Ae thcproblem of traLnlng is crucial in Gabon, a veîy thoroughstudy wl.II be conducted in accordance witlr appropriatetêrns of reference with a view t.o monitoring the trainingof tra:lners abroad and then that of technicians in Gabon.The tEcole Nationale des Postes eÈ TeleconununlcaÈionst inLibrevil le wil l provide the requisite training facil i t ies.
AftGE hfrl€rnêntetion
Ihc proJcct rras started by ERATEL which uaa to congtruct the eighturban and provincial tclephone networks. But as that company went bankrupt inIaÈe L982 aftêr it, had constructed only the networks of N'Djole andFrancevl-llc, the OPT, with the agreement of ADB, decided to have the worksdone on forcc account till their completion in the tonn of MoandatKoulamoutou, Oycm and Bitan. The projects in Mouila and Lambarene rrerêtemporarJ.ly suapanded because of large-scale road works to be done there inconncrcLon wLth t.he Lndependcnce celebrations of Augrust 1984 and Àugust 1985.Aftcr the corgnencemcnt of these works in Mouila, the OPT resumed the cableenctrork. On Èhc othcr hand the Lanbarene project was definitively abandoned.
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N 'D jo le
the existing network wag in a hopeleesly deerepit state and aLl thecables therefore hâd to be replaced and new equipment hâd to be procuredi 950kn iterG put in pJ-ace out of which 705 were in burried cablel. The maincharacter isÈics are the fo l lowing:
No. of manholes of a].l kinds
carriageway repair
branching
rnetal poles
sub-distribut.ion box
PvC pipe
sheathed conduit
lightened conduit
Erancev*11e
t 2
5 5 . 5 9 m 2
6,4O7.40 J .m ( l inear meters )
19r-
0
7 , 2 6 0 m
406.1 ]-rn in 960 or945 or a eomibinat.ion ofthe two.
983.81m in 045 incombination of 060 andï s s .
Às the axlsting network had becorne outmoded, it was decj-ded toreplace it with nevr cables and new eguipment. À new network of cabJ.ee of2r 450 kmp was installedi the main characteristics are t,he fotlowing:
No. of manhol-es of all kinds : 45
carr iageway repai r : 959.84 m2
pavement repai r : 56L.19m2
branch ing : 55 ,245 .80 lm
metal polcs z 736
sub-dlgtribution box : 1
PVC p ipe : 59 ,600 m
sheatlted conduit : L468.9 Lm in A6A, O45or comibinat,ion of boÈh.
l ightened condui t : 8 ,289.18 In in A4S orcombination of, g60 andg 4 s .
Moandr
(a) Cl-vil works
As the network had already been constructed by Camilog, the proposedrork involved simple additions. However, 6 manholes had to be reconstructedand 3000 mctreg of conduit had to be branched.
(b) Cab1es
À good part of the cables neL!,fork was replaced from the generald is t r ibutor to the subscr ibers.
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Koulamoutou
(a) Civil works
- The greater part of the civil works had been done by ERÀTEL.rag donc next thereforc t{ere:
Èwo Èeleptrone manholesthe traverse of t.he bridgeprocurement and laying of
(bl cables
The old cablcs network wagdlst r lbutor to Èhe subscr ibers.
tlhat
with staying device3 manhol-e covers.
completely replaced frorn the general
Oycm
(a )
The
CLvl-I works
civil workg wêre carried out by
7 km of sheathed and lightened50 telephone mantroles500m2 of carriageway repair
SOGEC; they involved:
multiple conduites
completely replaced from the generalpoles had to be erected.
localLty started on 20 t{ay 198? and werèNovember 1987. The quantities of units offo l lows:
involvcd:
BiÈan
(a) Civil works
Ll-kc in Oyem, the civil workg were carried out by SOGEC; they
2km of shcathcd and ll-ghtened. muLtiple conduites11 telephone manholes
(b) Cablcs
Thc old cablqs network waËr completely replaced from t,he generaldistrLbutor up to the subscribers.
Uori.ta
The civil workg were done by SOGEC. The cable works trere done onfrocc account by teams of Èhe rOffice des Postes et Tel-ecormnunications.tr ThecontroL of equipmant in factory, inspection and supervision were entrusted tosorREcoM.
(b) Cab].es
The oLd cablcs nstwork !ilasdigÈrJ-buto! up to the gubscribers; 700
(a) Civil works
thc civll workg in thLshandcd over provisionally on 20proposed rork and work donc are ag
UnLt of l0ork
Sheat,hed conduits (n)LighËened conduits (n)Laying of burried cable (rn)Telephone manholes ciM (u)Telephone manholes (u)
ProposedOuant,iLy
L , 4 4 57 , 3 7 0L r 2 O 0
97 0
QuanÈity Doneb v 3 ! / 1 0 / 8 7
1 r 3 1 67 r 2 L 82 r 9 1 5
96 4
Prog'ressTheore-tical Real
919 8
2 4 7 2 4 71 0 0
9 1
1 0 01 0 0
1 0 01 0 0
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(b) Network or lilirfulE Works
these works wer€ carried out by OPT and involved the interioringtallations of eubscribers and ereotion of supports. Self-sutrrporting cableaw€re thus laid, cabl-es w€r€ drawn and subscriber l ines wer€ constructcd. Atthe end of thc works, the quantitative situation is as follows:
Unit of works
Erection of eupporte (u)Drawing of cable in conduit (m)Drawing of self-supporting cable (m)Distributed pairs (u)Construction of subscriber l ines (u)
Proposed Quantity Doncouant i ty by 3I /LO/87 Progress
Lambarene
As the road works in the town had not been done, the OPT deeidcd toeuspend the proposcd civil and cable works.
The Port-GentiL Exchange
thLs exchange nas conunisgioned on 19 ,fune 3-982 buÈ thc offLcialinauguration did not take place unÈil Àug'ust !982. The equipment supplied isan arltomatic switch of type E10B of CIT-AICÀTEL- Its main characteristics areas fo l l ows :
Characteristics E l O B
Capaqity
600t 4 t 7 5 0L7 t200
r r 3 4 4200
450 75L 4 t 7 5 O 9 7
8 1 2 7 3 { 88 9 6 6 6L20 60
Handll-ng capacityTraf f icNumber of eubscribers
Systam
SwitchingModulation and codJ.ng
Control
Weather Conditions
Temp€ratureRelative Hutnidity
Since its conrmissioning, this exchange has
100 000 ealls,/hour3 000 Erlangs
30 000 Lines
Tempora!-I C I ' I a t 2 M b i t s / s30 channels8 bitg/channel
Prografime recordedSpecialized procesg forswitchingNon specialized computer foroperation
to 20o cto 70 t
been functioning satlgfactoriJ,y.
1 83 0
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3. TMPLEMENTA?rON Àrùp COSÎ OF'� THE PROiTECT
3.1. Condi t ions for Ent fy in to Force of the Loan
3.1.1 Thc condl-tLonc for entry into force of the loan were fulfLIlcd wLthinrQasonablc tirncs. After the signing of the agreement, on 4 December 1978t theloan bccame cf fectLve in.Tuly L979. which means that a l l the condi t ionsprecedenÈ to first disbursement had been fulf i l led by that date. thesecondiÈions rrere:
Cond:ltiong Precedent to First DisbursêmenÈ
The borrower shal]. undertake:
(a) Èo ghow evidence that a loan agreement hag been sigmed rith theCaistê Central-e de Cooperation Economique for Èhe financing ofthe Port-Gent,i l telephone net,work and t,he extension of themicrowavc radio-relay J-inks beÈween Librevil l-e and the interior;
(b) to havc thc const,ruction of the proposed Port-Gentil telcphoneexchange building started;
(c) to makc annual budgetary appropriations to meet OPTts share'inthe fLnancingr of t,he project;
(d) Èo bear a1l eost overrunE.
OÈher Condition
the borrower shal, as regards the recruitment of thc consultant,undertake to issue a single tender inwitation for the LibrevilLe project andthat of Port-Gêntil and eight other centreg.
3.2 Procuremcnt of Goods and Serwiceg
Tender notices for the procurement of goods and services for thêproJect were issued in early September 1-979t in accordance with the Bank'srules and procedures, in t,he following neriûs papers: Financial Tirnes, Le MondctLa Stampa, Die Welt, Development folrrrn Business Edition and Union (a Gaboncsenews pape r ) .
For th€ extenslon of the eight provincial networks, eight cornpanlestendered: ERATEL, Trindel et Selegr, LTT, SÀ1, Cab1cs de Lyon' LaSignalisation, Grzybowshi and Sobea. The tenders were analyzed and evaLuatedby SOFRECOM rhich recormnended ERÀTEL for t,he contract. Thig choice waseirdorsed by OPÎ. ERATEL was accordingly entrusted with the execution of Èheproject tJ ttre etght provincial towns. Unfortunately after compteting t!9ro.tçs in NtDjoIe ana Franceville and conunencing work at Roul-anroutou, ERÀTELwenÈ bankrupt in Franc€ and the work therefore had to be sÈopped.
with the approval of ÀDB, the OPa deeided to trave the works done onforee account. In tftat regard, restricted tendere for supplies and civilworks for the Moanda-Koulanroutou-Oyem and Bitam underground Èelephone networkgwere invited on 10 ,July 1984. Three out of the eight, companies contactealtendered: sALp, soGEc, SoMITEG. SOGEC yras seLected for its price and
background.
9fl-th regard to cables and ovcrbead fittings, OPT contact€d certain
known suppliers.- For the supply of cables' the company rCordons, et
Uquipment-- wag chosen while the company Mêcelec was chosen for the overneacl
f i t t ings.
. With regard to vehleles, rneasuring equipment and varlous tools,
dLffercnt contracts were signed with:
À .
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CCDG Librevil le for vehiclesSEF for auger-truckSTIC-HAFROY for reel -carr ier and pole-carr ier t , ra iLersGEÀ{ATEL for measurinq devices and other tools.
The civil workg for the .*t"rr"io-r, and modernization of the overlread-under-ground telephone network at Mouila were entrusted to SOGEC in accordance witha codic i l to the pr inc ipal contract No. 396/DC-OPT/85 amended on 20 May 1987after agreement by the Bank.
With regard to the Port-Gentil exchange, Èwo firms tendered:CfT-AI,CATEL and IÀIT-THOMSON CSF. After evaluation CIT-ALCATEL was chosen forthe supply of the automatic swit,ch.
3.3 Major changes mâde
No major chanEes lrere made to the projeet; the only modifieationstclato to the design of t,he project. The preliminary pJ-an gtudies of theinterior network dated back to L979 and they therefore had to be updated inthe five networks apart from those of N'Djole and Francevil le. Thernodificatlons nêcessitated the procurement of additional network equipment:cables, connect ion mater ia ls , overhead f i t t ings, insta l la t ions equipment . ALlthese addttional procurement,s were at t.he expense of OPT.
3 .4 Irqplementation Schedul-e
The engS-neerLng studies of the Port-Gentil and eighÈ inland centregwere entrusted, through internat , ional cornpetr t ive b idding af ter shor t l is t ing,to SOTRECOù{I on 23 February L9?9.
lenders for supplies were inwited in September L979 and bids vrereopened on 11 December 19?9. Contract winnerg were notif ied on 26 November1980, the winners l rere:
CIT-ÀLCATEL for the Port-Gentil exchanqeERATEL for the inland networks
The contracts becamc effective on 23 March 1981 for CIT-ÀLCATEIJ and 16February 1981 for ERATEL.
In the beginning, the implementation of the project went ahead ongchedule and the PorÈ-Gentil- exchange was therefore corflnissioned on 18 ,JuneL982. With the inland aetworks the situation was as foll-ows: N'DJOLE: thecivil works rrêre handed over in May L982 and the connect.ion workg startedinunediatcly after. Tests for the handing over of Èhese latter works tookplace in Àugust L982. FRÀI{CEVIL,LE: the civil works were eompleted in rÏulyL982. The connection works started irrnediately after and were completed inOctober L982.
In April 1983, ERATEL went bankrupt in france and had t,o stop itsoperatJ.ons there and in Gabon. This caused a considerabLe delay in thei-rnplementation of Èhe project. After the bankruptcy of ERÀTEL, the OPT inagreem€nt with ÀDB deeided to have the works continued and completed in thetowns of Moanda, Koulamoutou, Oyem and Bitam. the cabl-e works were done byOPT staff aupervised by SOFRECOM. The civil works lrere entrusted to the firrnSOGEC, through internat,ional competit ive bidding, and supervision to SOFRECOM.
The implenentation schedules are given in detail as an annen.
Projeet.ions and works actually done are srrrrunarized as follows:
Cl-wtl- 9lorks lsôcEe)
These works had been envisaqred in tdrawerstr startS.ng with Moanda andending with Bitam.
Ehe
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workg wenÈ on simultaneously at:
Moanda, then KouLamoutou,Oyem, then Bitam
The civil works in Mouila r{ere carried out by SOGEC. They started on 20 lday1987 and thc l r prov is ional handover took p lace on 10 November 1987.
Network vorks
Network works, erecÈion of supports, started in Moanda one month latedue to thc late arrival of the auger-truck.
lhe laying and drawing of cables took a longer time than scheduledbeeaugc of Èhe poor s tate of the ex is t ing c iv i l works,
Subsequently rçork on the Koulamoutou, Oyem and Bitam networks r{asdone on sehedule.
Th€ timê lost in the cotruttencement of Ltre projeet could not be made upfor and the pro ject was not completed unt i l October 1986.
tlorks on thc Mouifa network started in late May with the installationof subscriber l ines and erection of supports. The works were completed inIate December 1987 three months ahead of echedule.
3.5 OrcranLzatLon and Manaqement of the Proiect
3.5.1 The project Lmplementation unit. was not actually operational unti lL982 when an officer sras appointed to head it. À few officials of the OPTworked t,o ensurcd the fulf i lment of the loan conditions.
3.5.2 Before L982 the pro ject $ras superv ieed by only the consuJ- t ingengincer and disburscment requests were made by the budget and accountgdepartnents of OPT.
3.5.3 Af ter 1984, a centra l speeia l ized accounts serv ice was aet up wi th inOPT for the f inancia l moni tor ing of pro jects. I ts s taf f ing posi t ion wagstrengÈhcncd with th€ appointrnent of a project director and a dLrector ofoperatLonr and nlth thc assist,ance of the consulting engineer. The efforts ofthat servl-ce couplcd with reconunendations by the Bank clarif ied :relationsbctwccn thc various parties involved in the construction of the Librevil lecableg nctrork.
3.6 Cost o f the Pro iee t
Disburgcments
3.6.1 In accordancc wi th the mode of d isbursement chosenr a requesLacconrpanJ.cd by the requisite documents, converted int.o FCFA, is sent to ÈheBank ior payment. The borrower prepared its request in FCFÀ which ghould thenbe convertcd into units of account (UÀ). Sometimes it happens Èhat a loss ofinformation on the rate of the unit of account used to eettle a given bitllater created discrepancy in the batances drawn uP at a given date. ft woul-dtherefore be decirabJ-e that in addiÈion to the telex confirming the exchangeratc utl l ized, a telecopy of the ADB form entiÈIed dsununary Ledgerr is sent tothe borrorer, after updating, for cross checking.
Remarks
Payment of the loan: sometimes more had to be Paid than thepré-taid down installments. It would be advisable that anLxplanatory note accompanied by the mode of analyticalcalculat ion is at tached to the matur i ty not ices.
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Facll ity: ttre disbursement aystemborrower having the choice of rnode.
3.6.2 The costa at the t ime of the appraisal andimplenrentation of t lre project are given in Table 3.1
T a b l e 3 . 1
Cost of the Project(in thousands of UÀ)
Costs at Alrpraisal
Itêm
Port-Gcnt:Ll TclcAhone Exchange
1. Automatic telephone, supervision andmon!.toring eguipment' spare parts
2. Energry-distribution cable
3. Packing-lransPort-fnsurance
4. Installation and comissioning
5. Maintcnancc
Têlêphonc NeÈworks
1. Civil vorkgSuppliesWorks
is f lex ib le, wi th Èhe
the real costs after thebelow:
1 .foreigm Local.Exchanqe Currency TotaJ.
2 .
3 .
CablesSuppliesworks
Distribution:- Suppl iea
lforksVehlcles and SPecial MachinerY
t924.7
3 6 7 . 4
2 2 7 . 4
5 9 s . 0
5 2 . 4
3 7 0 . 01 8 6 . L
439.34 5 . 3
2 9 9 . 03 7 . 8
3 3 6 . 0
6 2 . O
2 L 0 . 0
L 7 . 4
3 6 2 . L4 7 7 . 0
3 9 8 . 7
4 9 S . ;
L924.7
4 3 0 . 4
2 2 7 . 4
8 0 s
6 9 . I
7 3 2 - t6 6 3 . 1
4 3 9 . 3444.0
2 9 9 . 05 3 5 . 83 3 6 . 0
Ml.scal-laneous
Conau].tantTraining
Sub-total
ContlnganciesTotal
Loan (Forsigmcontrlbution
lotal.
(1s t )
Exchange)(Loca1 CurrencY)
be put as fo l lowg:
105 3 5 . 0' 2 4 . 4 5 2 . 45 0 r . 0 . 0 2 L L 4 . O
7st 2295 7 6 1 . 0 2 3 4 3 . O
s 000 uc1 6 L ( 1 3 t )
2 3 4 3 { 1 0 0 t }I 1 0 4
ÀDBoPl
I
--!
x 4 07 7 . O
7 L 2 4 . 0
9 8 08 1 0 4 . 0
62*( 3 8 8 )
l O O t )
Iilhich could again
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Tab le 3 -1 (cont inued)
Cost of the Project(in thousands of UÀ)
1 . CosÈs at AppraLsal
CqqponcnÈs
1. CLwi]. rorkg
1 .1 Supp l i esL -2 tlorks
2. Nctrork
2.L Suppl ies2 .2 9 fo rkg
3. Mâintcnancà
3 .1 SuPP l i es
{. Srl-tch:lnq
5. Consultant
6. Tra:lningt
ContingeneLcs (15t). Total
Actual CosÈs (ln UAI
Cd|[)oncnts
1. ClvLI vorkg
1.1 SupP1lcsL.2 l lorks
2. Nctrork
2.L SuPPI ies2.2 l torks
3. MrlnÈenance
3.1 SuPPlS-es
4. Sritching
5. Conrultant
6. TraLnino
BalanceTotal
3 7 0 . 0 01 8 6 . 1 0
ForeigmExchanqe
Loca]-Currency
3 6 2 . L 04 7 7 . 0 0
8 9 6 . 7 0
2 8 9 . 4 0
3 5 . 0 0
5 2 . 4 0
2 2 9 . O O2 3 + L . 6 02 8 . 9 0 8
I,ocalc]rrrencc
Total
7 3 2 . L 46 6 3 . 1 0
? 3 8 . 3 09 7 9 . 8 0
3 3 6 . 0 0
3 4 5 6 . 3 0
1 4 0 . 0 0
7 6 . 8 0
9 8 0 . 0 08 1 0 2 . 4 0
1 0 0 t
lotaI
3825L4;20L181861.14
102204.511 1 0 9 3 7 0 . 8 4
238326 .53
1 1 1 0 8 8 1 . 5 0
4L6L28.3L
12452.42
1 1 8 9 5 9 - 7 ?5 9 3 8 7 0 5 . 8 8
7 3 8 . 3 08 3 . L 0
2 .
3 3 6 . 0 0
3 1 6 6 . 9 0
1 0 5 . 0 0
2 4 . 4 0
7 5 1 . 0 05 7 6 0 . 8 0
7 1 . 1 0 *
ForeignExchangre
3 8 2 5 1 4 . 2 0I 4 7 6 L 7 5 . 6 5
6 6 ? 9 5 5 . 4 05 7 6 5 2 8 . 8 4
234311.55
1 0 8 4 0 7 9 . 1 9
3 8 7 0 1 2 . 9 8
72452 .42
1 1 8 9 5 9 . 7 ?s 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0
3 L L 6 9 2 . 0 9
34239. t1532842.00
4014.98
26802.3 t
291L5.33
9 3 8 7 0 s . 8 8
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3.6.4 At the time of the appraisal, the project ïtag to be financed by ADtsand OPT as follows:
T a b l e 3 . 2
Sources of Pinance(in thousands of uA)
Sourccg ForcLgm Dxchance Local Currency Total
À D B 5 , 0 0 0 5 0 0 0oPT 76L 2 343 3 104To ta1 5 '761 Z 343 I 104
Àftcr implcnrcntation, the situation is as follows:
Tab le 3 -3
Sources of Einance( in UA)
Foreign Exchangre lrlrcal Currency TotalSourccs
ÀDBoElADB BalenceTotal
-*; ,7os.Bo t ;331;331;3t1 1 8 , 9 5 9 . 7 7
9 3 8 , 7 0 5 . 8 8 5 , 9 3 8 , 7 0 s . 8 8
3.7 E:rPcnd:lÈure Schedule oer Source of Finance
thc cxpenditure schedule at appraisal ie as foLLowe:
T a b l e 3 . 4
Expcnditure Sched,ule per Source of Finance at ApPraisal(in mill ion UA)
souRcEs Lg78 L979 1980 1981 TOTÀI'
ADB 10 2 498 1 s02 990 5 00oPl 3, 619 2 01s 466 3 104Tota l 1A 3 LL7 3 51? 1 456 I 104
3.8 ExPenditure Schedule Per Component
3.8.1 At the time of the appraisal, the expenditure schedule Per comPonentor Lnvectment schedule was not given.
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3.9.1 Thc Borrorcr. Thc stabiJ.ity on the part of the general managemcntand ths MLnLstry of Posts and leleccrnunications is worth noting. It, is onthe othcr hand rcArettable that the project executing agency r{as not suiÈablystructured right frorn the comnencement, of the project. Àfter 1983 the projectunit gctablished made the necessary efforts to solve the nlunêrous problemsfacing thê pro j€ct .
3.9.2 The Consul tant- The pro ject was superv ieed by SOFRECOM.
(a) Ouality of technical services: apart from the inadcguatcdercription in the specifications of the structure of thccàrriagcways in l, ibrevil le Èhe consequences of which caugcd artoppago of the civLl works in 1982, the guality Sf serviceg wasgcnerally sâtlsfactoEy;
(bl lforks sqpcrvl-sj-on: during the period 1980-82, supervLcionsomawhat floâted wLth the consultant merely managing Ln apaccive mânner thc bad workmanship of the contractor. From 1982to thc cnd of the works in L981, not only was the presence of,the consult, ing engineer total but also efficient;
Rclatl.one wlth the borrower: despite the shortconrlngc wLthregard to works supervision between 1980 and L982' relationsbetwcen the consuLtant and the borrower at no tj:ne showed sigmsof s t ra in;
the personnel who supervised the works LnLibrcvilLG wcre of grood quality. The meÈhod of work during ttreper iod t982/87 y ie lded excel lent , resul ts .
3.9.3 Contractor and Suppliers: procurement and inEtallation of equLpmentof the Port-Gentit êxchange rdere undertaken by CIT-ALCAIEL. This comPanyperformed very rel1. The exchange lras been in operation since L982 and hasraised no problcm for the technicians who maintain them.
Tha civil and other workg nere enÈrusted, through compctitivcbidding, to ER.ATEIJ. After completing the N'Djole and Srancevil le nctworkg andstarting that of Koulamoutou, this company went banl<rupt. The implenenÈationof thc projecÈ was thsrefore seriously disturbed, with workg being suspondedfor o.rei oie year. The contract with ERÀTEL provided for the irnplencntationof the project. in the eight inland centres but it couLd complete only 2.5.ofiÈ. ft i is
-bankruptey put inÈo quêstion the competence of tb€ conaulting
engineer who reconrnended ttat company. It seems that uthe financial capaeityof the company to ensure completion of the projectt vtas noÈ sertouslyconsidered.
After the bankruptcy of ERÀTEL, the civil workg t{ere enÙrusted to tbefirm SOGEC whLch ïes able to complete the project in ltoanda, KoulanroutourOyern, Bl-tam and Mouila on schedule.
Apart from SOGEC as the main contracÈor, OPT had to deal with roinor
euppllers for the Procuremênt of network equipment.
Cordone et equiPments, for cableeiMECELEC' for overtread fitt ings;CCDG-LIBREVILLE' for vehicles,SllP' for the auger truck;sTrô-MA1tROT, foi ttre reel-carrier and pole-carrier trailereiGAI'IATEL, for rneasuring eguipment and tools '
All these supplJ.ers performad to the sabiefaction of oPT.
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the Àfrican DeveloPment Bank
(a) Àlrsisttence in Connection ïtith Entry into Fclrce of the ],oen
Negot iat ion of the loan No. cs/GB/TL/78/004 l ras the f i rs t s tePin the relations between the Afri-can Developrnent Bank and therofflca des Postes et TelecorwnunicaÈions. t fhe Bank'sassistance was deerned necessary for the entry into force of the
]-oan.
(b) Ouality of Su9ervision
Bctween 1980 and 1982, some anount of hesitation characterizedrelations betwe€n the Bank and the OPT with regard to the
various procedures for the administration of the J.oan'
The supervision missions sent by the Bank foJ-lowing the problems
raiaed by the contractor were able not only to clear the
sltuatiof but also play, especially wiÈh OPx.' an import'antadvisory role. fhe rèspèctive assignmeqts _of each entity (OPTI
SOtrRECOM' ÀDB' SIGNÀLISATION) were clarified'
(c) Disbursement
Disbursements on the whole !f,ere quite regular. Howêver OFf
often complained about the Bank's failure to send disbursementvouchers required for the monitoringr of the application of the
Ioan.
(d) ADB'g Role
Ehe orgenl.zational structure of the Bank (assigmment of only one
of f iccr for the superwis ion of pro jects i r respecÈive of thei r
nr:mber Ln several cbunÈries) considerabJ-y l imited the nurnber of
cont,acts between the Bank and Gabon during t,he period 1980-82.
However, through the extremely efficient interventions of thê
Bank aitet thàt steri le peribd, the technical and financial
managcment of the Libieville network project improved
slgmificantl lY.
3.10 Sugcrvl-gLon bY Èhc Bank
3.10.1 There rer6 no supervision missions during the first two years of
GpfcrnçntaÈion of the pro]ect. As from 1983 there was an average of t-w9
;;;; i- i"r ml-ssions cttl. l i three years. These missiong prowed very useful
rit,h rcAard to the financfal *"tt.gémett and.monitori lg oF the project' 1-t. i"if i l fy Étrat p""i of thc probleme éncountered by OPT.in Èhe early yearE 9f ! lt"Gpiiâ."tatiôn of thc prôJcct _would have been effectively solved if thè Bank's
supervlsion had been more regular.
3.11 Proqress Reports
3.11.1 OPT of ten gent Progress rePorts to the Bank. Af ter 1984f these
rep6rtt beCame more reçtu1ar and conceined Oyem, Koulamout'out Bitallrt Moanda and
Mouila.
3.12 RegDcct by the Borrower of its Cormitments
3.L2.1 1he borrower respected atl its conrnitments, which enabled the loan to
become effective within a reasonable time.
3. 13 ReParmrent of the Loan
3.13.1 thc arace period was five (5) years and the first payment' of Èhe
capital ras scheduled for ,January L984.
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{. TINANCIAI. ÀTIAI.YSIS
{ . 1 Internal. Rate of Return
t1.1.1 thc proJect's Lnternal rate of return at the tirne of the appraisalraÉr 11.9* . On complct ion, i t was only 9.472 {Annex LZl i th is ig bÇcause ofthe over-agtimâtion of revenue from the project. However, for a project whichLs eoscntlally of a rural character, this rate is acceptable since it ishlghar than thc 78 interest rate on the loan.
4.2 Fqlfirnent of Financ'iat Obligations
4,2.L The flnancLal obligrations were presented in thc form of loancondLtLonc by whlch 'thc borrower should have OPT make annual budgotapproprJ.atLons to mcet its share of the project cost as indicated in thef,lnancLng plan and to find additionaL funds in t.he event of cost ov€rrun.
4.2.2 Thcge condltlons warc fulf i l led by the borrower. Despite thc factsthaÈ thc !.nplementation of the project was retarded by a number ôf problems(lncludj.ng bankruptcy of ERÀTEL) and that with ADB's consent OPT had to have
Èhe works cotrpl€ted on force account with Èhe heJ-p of Èhe firm SOGEC, forcivj.l rorks, snd that of SOrRECOM, for supervision, OPT was able to honour alli tg f inancial obligations relating Èo the project.
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RESULTS ÀITD CHANGES TN OPl
5.1 Leoa]. Status and Furpose
5.1.1 The iOffLce des Postes et Teleconununieations du Gabont (OPT) haslegally undergrone no change since itE establishment on 29 October 1964 by lawNo. L4/64 and s incc the appraisal of the pro ject under considsrat ion. i t igsti l l an indugtrial-and colqrercial-oriented etate corporation.
1.L.2 OPÎ, whieh has legal status and financial autonomy, can, by virt.ue ofite constLtution and with the agreemenÈ of Èhe Board of Directorà, contractloans for sctting up and developing its administratJ.ve, technical, cormnercialor social scrviceg. l lortever, the repayable loan amounts including interestsand amortizations ghall not exceed 20t of its revenue for the previous fiscafyoar (ordJ-nance No. 36/79/PR of 2L/9?79). At the t ime of the appraisat t ,h isasrount was 10t, l-n accordance with article 756 of its consÈituÈion.
5.1.3 Its purpoge has also not changed. It is t.he sole agency J.n charge ofnetionel and Lnternational postal and teleconununicationg services and iÈcarriea out all activl-t ies as Laid down by ITU conventions and arrangernentsconccrnLng intcrnatLonal. relations.
5.2 OrqanLzation and lltanaçrenent
5.2.1 OPT ig s t i l l adminis tered by a l2-member tsoard of Di rectors and isunder thc auÈhority of the trMinistre Deleguer at Èhe Office of the Presidentin chargc of Information and Post,s and Telecorrrnunications. the functlons ofthe Board sincc the èstablishmcnt of OPT remain unchanged. Among thesefunctions are:
approval of proposals for general organization of OPT;
advicc on rulcg governLng the P & T permrnênt staff;
layt-ngr down of procedures for recruitment, rernuneration andmânagamant of non-peEnanent sÈaff;
approval of OPT's budget, contracting of loans, f ixing ofpoctal, têlegraph and telephone rates with the exception of,thosc Arovcrncd by international conventiong.
5.2.2 Posts and Tclccorununicat,ions acÈivit ies are shared among three btgdcpartncntc (annex 7l cactr headed by a Deputy General- tvlanager and having 9dircctoretcs end onG accountingr ag€ncy, all of which are directly under theGcncral Mânegcr of OPT. The General Manager is appoinÈed by decree uponproposal by the Mlnister in charge under whorn are the following:
Dcpartmcnt of Telecomnunications of the National Network- with:
Switching and networks Directorate.
TcLeconrnunications operation anddl"rectorate.
cornnercial affairs
DcperÈm€nt of Telecorununications of the fnternational Network.
DâDârtrrrârrt of Postal and Financial Services, with:
Pogtal Scrvices Directoratefinancial Services Direct,orate
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4. Directorates directly atttaehed:
Personnel and General Affairs DirectorateTraining Directorate
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5. Accounts Àgency
5.2.3 The present General Manager was appointed in 1976. I i is funct ions andÈhose of hLs imnediate collaborators are given in Annex 8. The neïtorganizatJ-on chart of OPT has changed the appraisal of the Èwo projects as aresult of the ggowth of OPT (staff nrlnber has doubled, budget has increased)and in order to better tackle the social, technicaL and financial. problems andnew products.
5.3 Personncl and. Training
5.3.1 l {hen the pro ject l ras appraised in L9 '78t OPT had 11015 employees wi th133 for telecorununications. In the J,ight of projects progranuned for thefuture, part,icularly in telecornnrunications, OPT has relat.ively increased Èhenurnbcr of the technical st.aff; out of Lr502 employees at the end of 1983, i.eonly 5 yêars laterr 40t of t lre employees are wit,h teleconmunications, i.e 641l-ncludtng 13 engineers (annexes 9 and 10). As the t,able below shows, the 408rat€ rcrnai.ned up to 1987. In 'fuly 1988, out of a total of 2t036 employyes,romen aceounted for 30t 1.e. 531 women and a sust,ained effort is being made toappoint women to positJ.ons of responsibil i ty.
Trend of Productivitv Index at OPT
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Nurnber inTe]-ecqununications
Productiivityfndex
1 9 7 81 983L9841 9 8 51 9 8 61 9 8 7
1 , 0 1 5L r 602L , 6 3 9L r 7 2 81 , 9 3 52t 022
1 3 364L6486 9 17 7 48 1 0
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5.3.2 The training programmes considered at the time of the appraisal. werewe.ll exccuted. Thirt,een telecormnunications technicians and L4 eletro-nechanical Lnstallations technicians (ÀIEM) have been trained. Because of thefact that this sector is highly technical, OPT benefits from the experience of,technical agsis tants (1t of the staf f ) who t ra in nat ional .s on the job. OPTalso has the rEcole Nat,ionaler where work inspectors and engineers aret ra ined. Since i t was establ ished in L977, 29 Inspeetors of Posts, 9engineera (TeJ.ecofiEnunicatione technicians) and 9 middle leve].telecoûrnunLcations nanagem€nt personnel have passed out of it. At the end ofL987, the ENPT (annex 11) had a student populat.ion of 235 including 52 forrefresher courses and specialization and 4 from some French-speakingcountrLes. ' Scnior s taf f are gt iJ .J- t ra ined abroad, in France.
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5 .3 .3 I n 1978 , t he p roduc t i v i t y i adex was 20 emp loyees fo r 11000 l i nes ; iÈwent uP to 55 in 1983 as a resulÈ of the new volume of work and the hi-tec OpThae to face. The index went down Èo 40 on the average in the subseguentyears. This is satisfactory but it is possible that wit,h the pre-senLcapacities of the installations (quite low occupation ra.te: 60t instead of thenormally 90t) and somg pendlng economic development activity, the index wil1be 30 employees for 1,000 l ines.
5.11 Accounts and Audit
5; t1.1 Sl .nce thc appraisal of the pro ject , Opl 's account ingr eystem has notchanged. AÈ the end of each financial year, operating acconn{s, baLance sheetand annual r€port are prepared. Accounting is norv computerized but costaccount:Lng niII not be introduced until in about a minimum of two years tfune.The iGabonaigo d'Audit et Expertisen (GÀE) a Franco-Gabonese consulting firmis currGntly carrying out studies for the reorganization and gLneralcomputerizatLon of OPÎ.
5.A.2 The accounts of OPT can be audi ted per iodical ly by the t rCour desComptclt, an egcncy which was set up onJ-y four years ago and which audits theaccounts of the State, public and semi-public enÈerprises. It is directlyunder the Ministry of rlustice. On the reconunendations of, the rCaisse Centralede Cooperation Economict (CCCE) two yeara àgar the accounts of OPT are nowaudited yearly. The firm selected is HEÏ"IOS.
5 .5 l a rL f f s
5.5.1 Tariffg arê regrulated by the conrnercial telecommunications servicegcode. This code nas amended by decree No. 254/PR/MIN-INF-PT of 18 February1984. I t is reproduced as annex 13 wiÈh the new tar i f f f ix ing pr inc ip le.
5.5.2 For local conrnunications, wit.hin the same group of exchanges (t,hereere 9 in Gabon), tarlffs are lumpsum with a basic chargre of FCFA 65 perconntunicati.on irrespcctLvc of the duration. Trunk and internationalcomnunications âr€ chargred by duration depending on t.he distances. For t.hefornrcr, thc tarLff is based on a basic charge every 15.45 seconds and for thelatter .vary 1.333 ssconds to 6 seconds depending on the distance between thecountry and Gabon: 6 scconds for some African countries, 3 secondg for France,2.4 seconds for Spain, 1.333 second for the USA etc. For the automat icnctworks the chargc is by impulse. Since the appraisal of the two projects,the bac.lc charge has bcen increased three times, t.he first in .fuJ.y 1983 (fCfA50 ro 52 ' , t ,be second in 1984 ( rcrA 62) and r ,he rh i rd in May 1988 ( rcFA 65) .
5.6 Btl l ingr and Rec,overy
5 .6 .1 T ro BUI ,L M l "n i 5 co rnpu te rs a re used fo r b i l l i ng , ' t he re i s anintegrated set vLth five sub-applications:
l lne rcguest processing ( te lephones, te lex, specia l ized l ines) ;adnrl-nigÈrative and technical management of the conrnercial file;bl-11ing;rêcovGry and disputes;gtatisÈical sÈatenents .
5.6.2 BiJ.l ing ig donc every month (around the 22nd of the following monÈh)for al.J- gubgcribers. It is done in three stages:
data collection,procescing of anomal ies iacÈual b i11in9.
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5.6.3 Af t€r thç anomal ies have been processed, the b i l l is ca lculated.
compr ises:
monthly subscrJ-Ptionsconrnercial fi le;
in accordance with data from the
consumPtions (meters, t ickets) ;
errears with surcharge if not paid on Èime'
Àfter thc audit stetGm€ntg have been checked, the bills go oûto the remote
consoles and the suîmàrized. and audit statements are editted' the Standing
orders aré tranem.Lttcd by cornputer invoices to the bands and by tape to the
posta l cheques.
Tt
5 . 6 . t tcheque.Gabon.
Therc are two modes of payment: by standing ordcr, Ln cagh or by
the table below gives ttr-e -places
ànd modes of payment of, biJ.ls in
LIBN.E\'ILLD AI{D SUBURES- HINTERLAIID
RecovGryCcntrcs
* Àt counÈcr- In cash- By cheque- or CCP* BY bank
Iearg
198s
1 9 8 6
L987
A. C. TEI ,OIIENDO
AccountingAgrency
* By chegue
* By serviceorder
A . C . TeLPort Gentil
OtherLocalit ies
: * At counter
posÈ vouchers
. * AII nByorBy
ATInByorBy
countêrcashchegue
bank
countercaghchegue.in cashbank
5.6.5 f f b i l ls are not paid, t tdo sanct ions are appl ied. the f i rs t i9
suspenalon which is appliea SO to 45 days after the last bil l ' Payment- after
i t ià- r ianct ion may be- i rade, depending on the case' at the p laces and by the
modes indicatsd âbonc. rf pat'ment i; still not rnade within 15 days the line
îr - " " t -à"a i - t " " is chargeâ tor re-establ ishnent . I f 30 days af ter the cut
payre"t ig not made the t-lne Ls automatically removed. Legal action is then
taken to rccovêr thê amounÈ due.
5. 6. 6 In 1985 tota l publ ic and pr ivate unpaid b i l - ls r \ têre 30t ' i ' e { 'çT}7 .g32 b i l l i on . ThLs wcnÈ down to f ]C ra 7 .61L
-b i l l i on i n L986 and f . cPA 4 -085
bi l t lon in Lg81, which represent respect ive ly 30t ' ?8? "n9 L7* of - the
rccoverable arnountc, Th€ dècrease in \987 w?s due- to the siSnllÏ:: _?_:-,?iâgffêËnrnt bctwÉèn the State and oPT on reduction of. arr.eats
-?11.1--1{_1":1i:e l tablLst t f tc t t t t (59.59* ând 42t) - The measures in t roduced in. th ie-1:qÎ rc l were
follored by restrlctions on certain ministerial comPutèriz.ea. uf]| i ly- :Î9
cànscqucntl-y recôvery, and strictness on the Part o! gPT "qal11t-1111::oT-1i:have Ërougfrt ttre siÈiration under eonÈrol and particularly reduced arrears owed
by indiviàuata (23*, 204, 11t) " The table betow gives the trend of arrears:
RECOVER,ABLI! A}TOUNTED AÀ{OUNTS RECOVERED
I
Official PrivateSub- Sub-scr ibere scr ibers
2 t 0 9 4 . 2 6 1 6 , 3 7 L . 6 4
2 , 2 5 L . 6 2 t 7 , 2 5 7 . 9 5
2 , 8 7 0 . 0 8 1 7 , 0 5 6 . 5 5
lotal
2 6 , 2 9 7 . 5 0
2 7 , 1 2 O . 5 1
2 4 t 0 L 2 . 4 8
Off ic ial Pr ivateSub- Sub-scr ibers scr ibers . lotal
5 , 0 5 2 . 2 5 2 L , 2 4 5 . 2 5 1 8 , 4 6 5 . 9 0
5 , 5 0 9 . ? 5 2 ! , 6 ] - 0 . 8 2 1 9 , 5 0 9 . 6 0
4 , 9 7 5 . 5 5 1 9 , 0 3 6 . 9 3 t 9 . 9 2 6 . 6 3
7 0
7 2
8 3
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1 . Pog ta lRevenuê
2. Telceom.Revenuel.ncluding:TelexTelephone
3. other Rcvenue
t!. Total Revênue
5 OperatlngExpcnditurcincludJ.ngPersonnclAmortLzation
6. OperatlngResult
? . Sc l f -f inancing
Total *7 , 8 3 1 . 6 0 3 01 . 6 t 0 . 9 7 2 84 , 0 8 5 . 8 5 L 7
1 5 9 8 5 . 5 0 1 9 8 ? 8 . 9 0
L 7 2 4 . L 3 2 0 3 5 . 8 01 3 1 8 4 . 4 0 1 6 0 8 6 . 4 0
3 2 1 . 5 0 7 9 4 . 3 0
1 7 5 3 4 . 9 0 2 L 9 7 5 . 4 0
Yearg1985x9861 9 8 7
Off ic ia l*
5 95 94 2
Private*
2 32 01 1
5.7 Operat ion Ànalys is
5.7.1 Tho analys is dealg wi th th€ operat . ing accounta for 1981-1987 whichare sunmârizcd in the table below:
Sunmarv of Operating AccounÈs( i n F .CFÀ)
t982 1983 L984 198s
97L.20
1 2 1 1 5 9 . 2 0
1 6 0 9 . 0 49 8 8 9 . 3 0
4 8 7 . 6 0
1 3 9 1 8 . 0 0
L 2 2 1 . 8 0 L L 3 0 2 . 2 0 1 5 1 4 . 0 0 1 4 4 6 . 0 0 1 2 9 0 . 0 0 1 3 0 6 . 0 0
2 3 9 l ' 4 . 0 0 2 7 5 1 1 1 . 0 0 2 9 9 2 6 . 0 0 2 7 1 0 4 . 0 0
2 6 L 9 . 2 2 3 0 0 7 . 1 9 2 8 8 L . 5 7 2 5 1 0 . 8 4t 9 t 4 7 . 6 9 2 0 8 4 r . 2 3 2 4 0 0 6 . 6 9 1 9 0 1 6 . 0 2
1 1 0 9 . 0 0 1 0 3 7 . 0 0 9 5 9 . 0 0 2 1 3 5 . 0 0
2 6 5 3 7 . 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 . 0 0 3 2 1 ? 5 . 0 0 3 0 5 4 6 . 0 0
1 2 s d O . 6 0 1 6 3 2 6 . 9 0 2 0 1 3 s . 9 0 2 6 0 0 0 . 0 0 2 9 7 8 6 . 0 0 3 1 9 9 6 . 0 0 3 0 1 7 8 . 0 0
. 2 6 4 8 . 4 0 3 9 7 L . 7 0 4 2 8 0 . 1 - 0 5 7 1 1 . 0 0 6 2 2 8 . 0 0 7 0 6 0 . 0 0 8 3 8 0 - 0 03 9 1 4 . 6 0 3 8 3 0 . 3 0 5 4 8 ? . ' � 8 0 8 8 2 8 . 0 0 9 s 4 8 . 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 . 0 0 7 1 6 0 . 0 0
1 3 3 ? . 4 0 1 2 0 8 . 0 0 1 8 3 9 . 5 s 3 7 . 0 0 2 3 8 . 0 0 1 7 9 . 0 0 3 6 8 . 0 0
5 2 5 2 , O 0 5 0 3 8 . 3 0 6 3 2 7 . 3 0 9 3 6 5 . 0 0 9 7 8 6 . 0 0 t L 2 9 1 . 0 0 7 5 2 8 . 0 0
9.1.2 Thc analysLs of the operating accounts strows the dominance of
teleconmunlcations- in OPT's activit ies. Between 1981 and L981 Teleconnruni-catl-ons revenue accounted for nearly 90t of the totaf revenue, whil-e Postsfetched rn averagê of only 68. Throughout that period, the av€rage anngl]grorth tâte of îsleeortunuaications doubted compared to thaÈ^ of Posts (14t
i ta inst 7*1. Revênue increased f rom FCFA 12.5 b i l l ion in 1981 to ECîA 27-L0
Ui t t ton Ln Lg81| i .e over a lOOt increase. Tf te Ealne appl ied_Èo- tota l
opcratJ.ng re.rcnui. f,rom 1995 postal revenue sÈarted decreasing following the
siow dori in thc operations of some enterprises due to economic receggion. In
7987t therg was a slight increase due to the normal- growth.
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5.7.3 with regard to teleconununications, the growth between 1985 and X986was only 8.7* insÈead of 20* in annual average and there was a drop of abouË10t in 1987. This is due to a slight, decrease in t.elephone traffic and theextrernely diff icult economic situation prevail ing in all developing countries.Consequently, the State took measures not only to settle itg debt to OPT butalso to reduce its Èelecormnunications bilL. The ant.icipated revenue of FCFA28.5 bil l ion in 1988 is from the already existing normal growth and also fromthe reactivation of public booths (120 in al. l) which are expected to fetchneaar ly FCFA 2 b i l l ion a year .
5.7.4 Operating expenditure is composed mainly of rePaJrments (27* annualaverage) to TIF (Telecormnunication International du Gabon, a Franco-GaboneseCompany), personnel expenaes (238) and annort izat ions and reselvee (308) . In1986 and 1987 OPT strengÊ,hened the technical levef and particularly the nurnberof its staff so ae to cope wit,h new installations under various project,s andthe considerable volurne of work. In 1988, the wage bilJ- rdas expected to godown substantially as a resuft of lMF-imposed measures which involved thcstoppage of palzment of bonuses and allowances to employees of Statecorporations, governmênt departrnents and parastat.als. The repayments to TIGconstitute the share of revenue of t,hat company in accordance wittr a sharingtagreement between it and OPT which is in charge o.f recovery of bil].s.
5.7.5 Àmort izat ions, on the average 30t of to ta l expend. i ture, are a lso h igrhas a reËrult of the self-f inancing of procurements for t,he consÈruction of thenew hcadquarters, various projects and repayment of old and new loans. Theconsidcrable volume of expenditure has an inevitable impact on the operatingl-ncorne. This is evl-denced by the fact income went down frorn FCFA 1.839biJ- l ion j -n 1984 to FCFÀ 537 mi t l ion in 1987 due to the gui te h igh wage b i l l 'self-f inancing and repayments to TIG. l{ ith the stoppage of al. lowances, thedecrease of gel f - f inancing in 1987, and the expected decrease in 1988, thêtotal stoppage of investments, the reduction or mainÈenance of the presentproducti-vity rate and increase of the oecupation rate from 60t Èo 90t OPT wil-Ibe able to come back to its 1982 profit margin.
5.8 Ànalys is of Balanc,e Sheets
5.8.1 The capltal structure of OPT is analysed from the balance sheets of1981 to 1987 which are suûnar ized below (page 35) .
5.8.2 I t is noted f rom thc table on page 35 that there was a sharp increaee(average of 29* a year) of f ixed assets f,rom l-981 to L981 resulting front
various projects implemented, including the two ADB ones which are oPerational.
5.8.3 Thc apprecLable level of the l iquidity ratio due to the volurne of,current assetg compared to short,-term debts reflects the existence of aworking capital enough to meet various operating expenses. The lowdebt/equJ-ty raÈio for the seven financial years highlights the size of OPT'sdebts, i .e . over 50t of a l -J . expenaes and par t icu lar ly of shor t - term debts.The management has Èaken a nurnber of measures Èo improve OPT' g capitalstructure. These include the stoppage of. investments, agreement with theState to bring its arrears to a reasonable leveJ-, application of theGovernmènttg decision on the caneellation of personnel allowances and bonuseg(nearly 30t of the ?'rage bil- l) , maintenance or decrease of the productivityindex and increase of the occupation rate. The return on fixed aseets wil lthus irnprove.
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6. ECONOMIC APPRÀISAL
6.0.1 The aim of, the project r"as to improve the quality of telephonegervice in Libroville by
-rnodernizing and extending the telophone -nctwork.
With thic operationr the yeild per main l ine is higher. From FCfA 191773 and
1lg1lÀ 1Sr3?9- respectinely for Port-Gentil and the seven c€ntrQs in 1978' it
w€nt up to trCl|A 5SrZ6f and fcfe 44,925 on t,he average i.n 1978.
6.0.2 1hc bencf,lts derlvlng from the project as detegil ined at the ti.me of
in" eppràisat were re l lab iÉty and e i f ic iency of l ines . ? lq. . tneet ing.-?fiequirË;cnts of econqnic operalors. The improvement of reliability of- lines
:!g -now
vcry signifLcant and there is a remarkable increase in revenue fo_r thc
operatLng iccount (see chapter 5.71, whjch test i fy to the implct " i , !1"pioject. fn Librevil le, PorÈ-Gentil and the seven centres, the nurnber of main
i i t tés increased f rom 61600 in 1978 to 201695 in 1987
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1. CONCLUSTONS
?.1 Àtta: lnnÊnt of the Obiect ives,of thê Project
?.1.1 Thc torcLgn crchangÊ coct of the project, wag financcd by thc EenkrhLlc oPT contaLbuÈcd thc local cusrency component. The proJcct concltutct .al.gmlfLcenÈ contrLbution to the efforts to extend, modernize and rnahc rcllablcGrbonte tclccmunlcations nctwork. lhe outcomg of the project heg bccn rnlnncdl.etc Lncrcacc Ln tclcphonc and telcx revenue as mgre PaoPlc hlvc bccnprovJ,dcd rLth tclcphonc llncs. lhe project j-s certainLy going to- cnablc thcâconml,c opcrâtors (Banks, hospitalsT traders etc) to incrcass thcLr outPutand cfflclency.
7.1.2 Concrctcly, ttrc prôJsct hac attained its objcctlvco. À11 thcLnatalletlons rcré- medc tn conformity with the tcchnical tPsoi,fj'catloncptcprrcd by thc contulÈl,ng cngineer. With regard to pcrgonncl, thc tralnl,ngôfvàn ln c}nncrlon rith the pioject has enhanced the tEchnj.cal abllity of thcnatlonalg Ln thc nGtrork ma:lnÈcnance Prograrme.
7.2 Lcegong fri l thrr Projcct
7.2.1 Scvcral laggon can be drawn from the project but only thc egccntialones ttG rcntLoncd hcrc.
7 .2.2 Th. port-GcntLl and cight inland centreg telecæunlcatlonadevclotrxncnt projcct ras nccGsrary for OPT. -ftl implementation hac beGn full
of tis-conc. 'ot?ftculticc
hl.ndcrêd the smooth implementation of thc proJcct,
cspeclally aftcr thc cmcnccnent when ERATET rent bankrupt. ThG sltuation
sôrcqoctt-tly improvcd but all the sane the project got abo_ut.2{ monthc bchlndgehcddlc. Thc- diffLculticg could have bèen avoided if in cclcctlngr -thccontracÈing fLrn cpccial attsntion had been paid to its finaaclal erPacl'ty.-
In futurG, thcref,àic, in €valuating tenders, greater emphasio ghould bc laid
on thc fl.r:artg fLnanclal capacity.
7.2.3 In ordcr to cnhancG thê output and cfficLcncy of proJaat naoagænt
units, Lt la f,fghfy deslrablc thal the nrnber of cupervlclon mlcgiong'
àspeci.atty rhcn-iÉc 'projcct
starts, ia increased. It ig alco ncccstery thât
th; Bank congldcr inèrcising the number of technic:lans :lnthegc unitg rho arc
selected for thc a@inar on ]'oan adminigtration organized eacb yG^â3 by - thc
Bank. lfLth rcgira- to diaburaanents, the problem of addregsce of vouclrcra
regulrc arcatGr attGntLon. In reality' Èhe vouchers are sent Eegrul'arly !o lhcboirorcr-rho should nomally forrard thenr the executing agêncy. thc lâttêr
conrpleins of ncver rccsivcr them.
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ÎE,LËCOMTIUNIC"ATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TN PORÎ-GENÎIIJÀND ETGflT OÎHER TN&AT.TD CENTRES
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PROVTNCE
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lch ibanga CP400M 1985 400 2000Onboue
- CP100Y 1985 150 1200
Maynmba CP100Y 1985 ' 300 L20Oeamba cP100Y 1985 300 L200
To:IAL PROVTNCE 7600TOTAL GAAON 26092
(a) Cepao:lty on comolscionLng of the extengions under vtay at end 1984cxlresséd in instal.lcd subscribed equipmenÈ; in brackets number ofconnectcd units (CU).
(b) Rcplacca: Exchangcs installcd in L987.
REPI'BLTC OF GABON
Tf,LECOI|û{T'NICÀ,TIONS DEVELOPMENÎ PRÔJECT IN PORT-GENITIAtiID EIGlll OTHER INI/AI.ID CEI{TRAS
DECREE ESIÀBLISIIING THE FUNCÎIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OT TBE O.P.T
AI'INEX 8
establishing the
CONSIDERING the CongtitutLoni
CoNSIDERING Dôcr€€ No. 388/PR of L7 April 1975composl-tion of the Governnent and subsequent amendmentst
ARÎTCLE 1 -
ÀRTICLE 2 -
DECREE:
tha present dccree establishes theDepartmcnts of the nOffice des Postesthe Gabonese Republic.
functions of the variouset Teleconrnunicationsn of
PosTÀI ANDM*! sERvIcES
the operation and natragement of the Post,al and FinanciaLServices sball be entrusted Èo a Deputy Managing Director,assisted by a Director of Postal Services and a Director offinancial Services.
He shall havc a secretariat.
He shall supervise the operating expenses of thc Postal andFinancial Serviees.
tlo shall spccifically carry out the foJ.J.owing functLons:
- Superv:lgl-on and coordination of the operationc of tbeD€partmênt of Postal Services and of tbê DepartmenÈ ofFinancial Services.
Organization, Regulation - Studies Complaints and Claims.
Cornpil.ation and uti l ization of statistl 'cs.
Relat ions wi th in ternat ional organj-zat ions (U. f .U) ,( u . À . M . P . 1 )
leehnical preparation of international conferences.
StaffLng:
Deterrulnationregrulations.
of the number of sÈaf,f according to
Recruitment and nanagement of day labourers.
- Rccorrpndationg of recruitmeot on the basig ofgualifications or competitive exarn:lnation of auxiliary staff,and civil gervantg.
Reconrrrendations of postinge and transfers.
Advice on postings and tranfers.
ÀRÎÎCLE 3 -
ÀNNEX I continued
Prcparation of leave roster.
Evaruation after direcÈly responsible head,s of service andbcforc the Managingr Director.
9taff, uniform.
organization of mLssions to the interior of thê eountry(prcparation of mission orders and way bl1J.s)
Handring of disciplinary matt€rs up to the issuee ofsanctions where these do not fall within the responsibtl ity"f -t lrc DiccJ.plinary Board in Èhe cage of ar:xil iaiy staff oivithin that of the Ministry of the civil service in t,he caseof Civil Servants.
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Detcrmination in conjunction with the pergonnel Dcparèmentand the Training Department, of the nurnber of staff to betrained in the various grades and speciatiÈies.
Proposals for the organization of training, advanced andrefresher courses at the ENPT.
Perticipâtion in courses organized at ENPT througrh t,eq)Oraryor part-time secondment of experts reguired to givétheorotl-cal or practical courses.
Advicc on requests for part,icipation Ln professional andprc-sclecÈion competit ive examinations.
- Search for prof,essional- training establishment,s Èhat canrecqive Gabonese studenÈs abroad, and for fellowshl_ps.
thc DcDartincnt of Postal services is specificalry responsiblcfor thc following
Opcration of Posta1 Services
Condl-tiong for acccptance of objects at letter posÈe - Ratcg ofpostagc - Dcpoait - Carriage - Dist,ribut,ion.
franking machLnesAirmailPosta l packetsPogtal establishrnents, creation, transformation, c]-oturG,Foctal ratcs and postal packetsExcmption frorn postageAgrccnrcnt on the carriage of postal desptaches and poatal packeÈsEquipmcnt of postal services - Postal materialOfficc cquipment - Data processingPrinted naterial and printing officeDcad-lcttcr officeEstablicbmont of international accounts (rep1y-coupons, airmaLl, 'posÈal packets, posta l orders request) .
Àl.fNEX I cqS?l-nued
ARTICLE 4 - Thc Pinancial Services DepartmenÈ ig spec5-fica1ly responsiblefor the following
Operation of the Financial ServicesPayment oÊ postal orders - CollectionPoctal cheguesPost gffice Savings BanhPosta1 Orders Verif ication CêntrePoctal Order Accounts and Money OrdersfixJ.ng of tariffsExchange rateReceipt bookgrssuing of postage starîPs - withdrawalsFreparation of records of debt balances
Chapter ItrIFLECOMT'{UNTCATIONS AND ENGINFfrRIN9
ARIICLË 5: - Thc operation and ûrânagement of the TeLecormnunicationc andEng:!.naaring Serviceg shal-l be entrusted Èo a DePuty U,ÊnagingfDiiector, àssistcd by a Director of National lransrnLssions and aDirector of lnternaÈional Transmissions.
tte sha].l have a secretariat.
He ehall supervise the running expenses of the Telecomunieatlonand Engineering Services
; ..He shall undertake the following specific funetionss
- Supervigion of ttre management, and eoordination of theopcrations of the National Transmission Depêttment and the
. InÈernaÈional Transmission Department.
- Regulations (ensure appliqation) ' :.,., l ' , i . ' :, .. l l , i :
Monopolics (see to', it, that telegraphd"e' and telephoniemonopolies are observed) "
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Studleg (execute, order or eorrnission projcct organLzationaland eongÈcuction studies etc).
&r Organization of, leleecÉttriitftiàtltÔi{S;
OrEanization of networks and etationsOrEanization of serviceg
Recownendation of rna jor gu.idelines for TeLecomunlcatl'onsand Engineering taking into account teehnolqgriaalàào"tt"O**-ttt, inc-rease in- traffic, nr:rtret of. cOnlrsCticrns,gtationg and anY oÈher cauee
Prcparation and uti l ization of statistics.
- - f i x i ng o f r a tes : . : : . . i . : . . a ; * ,
Àpproval of lclecomunication and Engineering Rewcaueg-
Supervioion of the establiéhment and agproval ef,international accounts {te}9phcn9", ,,. telegraph, telêx'srarit ime ratio et,c) .
ÀI{NEX 8 continued
Reconunendations of overseas training for staff.
Advice on requests for participation in professional andpre:selection cornpetit ive èxaminat,ions.
Search for professional training establishments that canrcceive Gabonese students abroad, and for feltowships.
ÀRTTCLE 6 - fhc DcDrrtment otr National Transmission is specificallyrcaponsible for the following
Opcration of the domestic t,eleconrnunicatione network.
ÀRlrCtE 7 -
Supcrvl-sion of Èclephoneelcctronic stations.
status, radio-J.ink stations and radio-
is specLfJ.callyfor the following:
Qpcration of international telecommunLeatlon lirùts.Internat,lonal tel-egraph terminals posltions.International tcl.sphone and, t,eLex circuits.InÈcrnat ional c i rcu i ts for specia l ized I inks.
Chapter IIIcoÀ&toN sERvIcEs
Thc Conrnon Services of the OPT General Directorate comprisetbrec Departments.
The Budgct and Accounts Departmentthc Pcrsonnel and Gencral Àffairs DepartmentgThc Trainingr Department
Thê Bud.grct end Accounts Dêpartment has the fotlowing funct:ions.
Prcparation of the budgetEconornic and financial sÈudiesGencral and adninistrative accounts, vLz:
Ordcr to pay, galarieg and, wages, various allowancegRevenucg and income controlDcfi.cita, debit balance of accounts and non-accounting gtaffControl of the payment and encashment of intcrnationaleccountsOffice cash and accounts - regulations and uti l ization.Organization and operation of the Centre for the audit ofcolLectors' accountg
The Pergonncl and General Àffairs DepartmenÈ hag thê folJ-owJ-ngrfunct ions:
Staffing contro]: sÈat,utory nr:mber of
RuIcs governJ.ng civil ssrvants andgtâff Agroêment.
Physical organization of recruitment, on thc basis ofqualifLcation or thtough competitive examination.
Pêrgonnel Management: ruIes, advancement'g, postlngs, transfers,leave, pensions.
ÀRUCr.E I -
ÀRTICLE 9 -
ÀRTICLE 10 -
sÈaff, actual nurnbor..
auxLliaries CollecÈive
ANNEX I contLnued
Teleconununications equipment, procurement, Eep1ac€trrent,modarnization.
Relat iong wi th in ternat ional organizat i .ons ( I .1 .Uu . À . M . P . T )
Technical preparation of international conferencêg.
Construct:lon, fiÈting uF, management (physical andfLnancial), renting and fitt ing up of operat,ions buLldJ.ngs(all scrvices) and staff lodgings.
InductrLal Service and cornnon equipment of Central Scrviccgand extcrnaL serviceg.
-+ fnland $srvics and conunon equiprnent of Central ServLccs andcxternal serviceg.
Ç' 9Èaffing:
Detcrmination of the number of staff according toregulations.
Rccruitment and management of day labourers
Rceonuncndationc of recruitrnent on Èhe bagis ôf Qualifica-tions or competitive examinat:lon of auxiJ.iary staff andcivil gervants.
Rgconrrrendations of posÈings and transf,ers : ':"
Advice on postings and tranfcrg
PrGpâretion of leave roster.
Eval,uatLôn eftcr directly responoible headû .of gervLaë andbefore thc Managing Director.
Staff uniform.
Organization of miesione to the interior of the country(preparation of mission orderg and way biLJ-s).
thêsc do not fall within the responsibility of theDisclplinary Board in the case of auxil iary staff or wLthinthat of the l ' l inistry of the Civi]" Service l-n the ease ofCivil S€rvants
Tnining
and ths traJ.ning Departrnent, of the nurnber of staff to betrained in the varioug gradee and specialit ies.
Proposals fot the organization of training, Ëdvanëêd ândrefraghcr courses at the EI\TÎP.
Pâ l t l .e j .pà t ion incout9e9orEan izcdatENTPt ,hËoughtc r rqpo lâ ryor part-time secondment of sxperÈs requiËcil to givetheoretical or practj-cal coursee.
ANNEX 8 continued
Adminictrative organization of corq>etitive testgr c:ea$inationgand courseg.
Pcrconncl transport (urban transport, mlaeion, posting, lcavc).
Iticdicat. trsatmentT hospitalization.
9ocLal cqrvice: gocial assigtance, relief, loan assoeJ.aÈ:lon,cporta associations.
Dlcc ip l inc:
. Organization of Disciplinary Boards for auxil iary staff.
. Liaicon rith the Civil Service regarding dLscLplinarymceaurcg concerning civil servants.
' Prcparation of ov€rEêe! rnissions frorn the pol.nÈ of view ofcoordination, travelg and alLolranceg.
ÀRfICLl 11 - thc Trel,ning Dcpartnent has the following functions:
Prcparation and drawing up of teaching progranrnes and manuals.
Prcperatory eoursoa for the varioug competitl.vc têrts andcxaminationg.
OrgonLzat,ion and operation ofcourtGs.
ENPT and varioug profcsslonal
PhysLcal orgenLzatLon of cmpctLti-ve tasts and exasrinations.
gupcrvJ.aion of training coursec
Rolatlonr rLth natLonal organizations for pr€paleetory courserfor caEGGrg in Posts and Teleconrnunicatione - ProfGËcionalOrLcntation.
Rclatlont with P & T trainees abroad.
lcchnl.cal intcrnational relations.
.lRllcLE 12 - Ahc l'lanaging Dj.rector of OPT shall be responoible for tholnqrlementation of ths prosent decree
HG shall arratrgG rithin ttle framework of his functLonsr tlrê detailedorganlzatl.on of the Departm€nts of OPÎ.
Itc shâlJ. dct,ermine, in accordance with the provislons of Law No.14164 of 29 Octobcr ].964 rcfcrred to above, the restrictivc 1i3t. of mattersfor rhich hc shall delegate hia sJ,gmaÈure t,o the Deputy Managing DireeÈors andD{rcctors.
ttG n y Ln addltlon, and according to the legislative and etatutoryprov:lciont, cntEurt to varioug officials any additional functiong he may deernappropriatc for the smooth running of the gervice.
ÀRIICLI 13 - x:hc pEGrGnt dccrce shaLl be registeredr publishcd and'
transnrl.ttcd rhcrevcr it rnay be necessary.
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OVIRAI.L SÎÀFT DISTRIBUTION BY GRADE GROUPS
1983 1984 1985 1986 198?
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equipmentaEngineersInlpoctortControllersôpcrational staffClcrksTypistTlorkmcnPoctm€nDay labourcrs
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SlAtrT DISTRIBUTION AY CATEGORIES AI{D GRÀDE GROUPS
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CAICUTATION OF IRR
t. rM/DsIîENÎg
Por this calculation, we consider the real investnentg of thsproJeet, i.c. the different dlsbursements made from 1980 to 1988 based on thedj,ffergnt annual avereg€ valueg of the UA in FCI.A duringr the period.
2. 9PER;AIING COSTS
Thc opcrating cost are considered egual to 2t of in\restmentg thofLrst 5 yearg and 4t Èhe following years.
3. RDVENUES
(a) Gronth of Mt
1 9 7 8
1 , 8 0 0
1 9 8 9
1 9 8 3
3 ,002
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1 9 8 4
3 r 9 9 3
1 9 9 1
1 9 8 5
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4 t 884
1 9 9 3
1 9 8 7 1 9 8 8
PG and 7 ccntrcs 5 , 4 0 2 5 t 9 ? 4
1 9 9 4 1 9 9 5
PG ênd 7 cËntrcs 6 , 6 0 8 7 t 3 3 0 7 . 7 7 0 8 , 2 3 6 8 , 7 3 0 9 . 2 5 4 1 0 , 6 4 0
On thc baslc of the key for revenue distributlon (?5t in Librevil le,15t at Port-GcntLl, 10t in other centres) r rê arrived at the followingrrcvenutt (fCfA) pcr ML.
' 1 9 8 3
Librevil j lc I 'L17 '096Port Gcntit (ToÈal) 235,4197 csntrcs (Totâ l ) L56,946Port cqntt]. gwltch (30t) 1Ot6267 centros nctrork (35t) 541931
t984 1 9 8 5 1 9 8 6 L981
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(e) (frlcrulrttàn crf Rarranrraef|tfi- far the Protcct {F'efÀ}
In thc digtribution of rev€nues in oPT, we wiLl. use the differentrates g;cneralJ.y used in developing countries depending on whether it iscrLtchlng (30t), traagnigcion (25*1, network (35t), others (5*) . Inootne tâbleper l"tL at Port Gentil wil l be 551761 FCFA and in the 7 centtesz 44,925 fCrÀ.
On tbe bagis of the nurnber of Mt in the different centres covered byt.he project (55* and 45t in the 7 centres), we obtain the followingr:
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Year
1 9831 9 8 41 9 8 51 9 8 61 9 8 71 9 8 I1 9 8 91 9 9 01 9 9 119921 9 9 3I 9 9 41 9 9 5
P . G
1 , 6 5 11 , 1 9 62 , 4292 , 6962 , 9 7 t3 , 2 8 63 , 6 3 44 , 0 3 14 t 2 1 44 , 5 3 04 , 8 0 15 , 0 9 05 , 8 5 2
? Centres
1 , 3 5 1L , 7 9 7L t 9 8 72 . L g g2 t 4 3 L2t 6gg2 , 9 7 43 , 2 9 93 , 4963 , ' 7 0 63 , 9 2 94 , 1 6 44 . 7 8 8
7 Centres
6 0 , 6 9 3 . 6 88 0 , ? 3 0 . 2 38 9 î 2 6 5 . 9 89 8 , 7 4 5 . L 5
L 0 9 , 2 1 2 . 6 7t _ 2 0 . 7 5 8 . 4 01 3 3 . 6 0 6 . 9 5t48 | 207 .5 ' l1 5 7 , 0 5 7 . 8 07 6 6 , 4 9 2 - 0 5t 7 6 , 5 r 0 - 3 21 8 7 , 0 6 ? . 7 02 1 5 , 1 0 0 . 9 0
Investment
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Cash l'low
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REVENUES
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P . G
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Opgratincr Cost
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