The Digital Economy for Africa Initiative

The Digital Economy Initiative for Africa (DE4A) aims to ensure that every individual, business, and government in Africa will be digitally enabled by 2030 in support of the African Union “Digital Transformation Strategy for Africa.”

DE4A Operations

The list represents active operations approved since July 1, 2020. Each operation is tagged by their contribution to respective DE4A key pillars or use cases. (last update: 3/25/2021)

FY	Qtr	Project ID	Project Name	Country	Approval Date	Infrastructure	Public Sector Platform	Financial Services	Businesses	Skills
FY21	Q1	P167543	Niger: Smart Villages for rural growth and digital inclusion	Niger	7/8/2020	X		X
FY21	Q1	P166570	Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project	Uganda	7/23/2020					X
FY21	Q1	P167054	Improvement of Skills Development in Mozambique	Mozambique	9/8/2020				X	X
FY21	Q1	P169921	Edo Basic Education Sector and Skills Transformation Operation	Nigeria	8/25/2020					X
FY21	Q1	P170452	Burkina Faso - Education Access and Quality Improvement Project Additional Financing	Burkina Faso	8/25/2020					x
FY21	Q1	P170561	Secondary Education and Skills Development Project	Cameroon	7/16/2020					X
FY21	Q1	P170664	Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment	Nigeria	7/28/2020					X
FY21	Q1	P173282	Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project Additional Financing	Ghana	7/8/2020					x
FY21	Q1	P174035	GAMBIA - Emergency Education COVID-19 Response	Gambia, The	7/10/2020	x				x
FY21	Q1	P174059	KENYA GPE COVID 19 LEARNING CONTINUITY IN BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT	Kenya	7/13/2020					x
FY21	Q1	P174166	Togo COVID-19 Education Response Project	Togo	8/18/2020					x
FY21	Q1	P174186	Benin COVID-19 Education Response GPE Project	Benin	9/9/2020					x
FY21	Q1	P164212	Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project	Sierra Leone	7/28/2020				X
FY21	Q1	P166193	Comoros Financial Inclusion Project	Comoros	7/9/2020			X
FY21	Q1	P168577	Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship Scaling Project	Malawi	8/25/2020			X
FY21	Q1	P169413	Digital Governance and Identification Management System Project- PRODIGY	Madagascar	9/29/2020		X
FY21	Q1	P172868	UGANDA INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL TRANSFERS - ADDITIONAL FINANCING	Uganda	9/14/2020		X
FY21	Q1	P169943	Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project	Ethiopia	9/30/2020		X
FY21	Q1	P172255	Additional Financing to Refugees and Host Communities Support Project	Chad	9/8/2020		x
FY21	Q2	P173521	Sudan Family Support Project	Sudan	10/8/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P170419	Morocco Green Generation Program-for-Results	Morocco	12/15/2020		X			X
FY21	Q1	P172654	AF - Liberia: Public Financial Management Reforms for Institutional Strengthening	Liberia	8/11/2020		X
FY21	Q1	P164271	Governance of Extractives for Local Development & COVID-19 response Project	Niger	8/3/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P171099	Digital Cabo Verde Project	Cabo Verde	11/12/2020	X	X			X
FY21	Q2	P172479	Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net	Ethiopia	11/25/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P174114	NIGERIA: COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Program	Nigeria	12/14/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P174547	AF for COVID-19 Response under the Service Delivery and Support to Communities Affected by Displacement Project	Central African Republic	12/4/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P174813	Third Additional Financing for the Sierra Leone Social Safety Net Project	Sierra Leone	12/17/2020		X
FY21	Q2	P172809	Morocco COVID-19 Social Protection Emergency Response Project	Morocco	12/3/2020		X	X
FY21	Q2	P174114	NIGERIA: COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Program	Nigeria	12/14/2020			X	X
FY21	Q2	P172479	Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net	Ethiopia	11/25/2020			X
FY21	Q2	P169222	Girls Empowerment and Quality Education for All Project	Sao Tome and Principe	12/11/2020					X
FY21	Q2	P169742	Ghana Development Finance Project	Ghana	10/29/2020			X
FY21	Q2	P170425	Benin Youth Inclusion Project	Benin	12/14/2020			X		X
FY21	Q2	P163143	MAURITANIA - Basic Education Sector Support Project - Phase 2	Mauritania	10/29/2020			X		X

DPFs
Project ID	Project Name	Country	Approval Date (as of board presentation)
P171080	Cabo Verde Second State-Owned Enterprises Reform and Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing	Cabo Verde	8/7/2020
P168474	Second Consolidation and Social Inclusion Development Program	Central African Republic	9/1/2020
P174447	Eswatini - Economic Recovery Development Policy Financing I	Eswatini	11/19/2020
P174315	Burkina Faso COVID-19 Crisis-Response Development Policy Financing	Burkina Faso	12/15/2020
P172749	Benin Second Fiscal Management and Structural Transformation DPF	Benin	12/16/2020