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    Leveraging private sector investment in digital communications infrastructure in Eastern Africa
    (World Bank Group, 2024-07) Doyle, Chris; Kemp, Jack; Sutcliffe, Chris; Senaji, Thomas
    This study provides guidance on World Bank involvement in Digital Communications Infrastructure (DCI) projects in which finance has been extended to support build-out. In particular, the study provides guidance to three World Bank projects: the Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project; the Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project; and the Digital and Energy Connectivity for Inclusion in Madagascar Project. The report also provides a roadmap on what should be included in a Commercial Transaction Manual (CTM) in the case where the authors recommends that a borrower government pilots a multi-round reverse auction (MRRA). The report is organized is as follows. Section 1.1 introduces the concept of DCI and discusses policy within the context of digital gaps. Section 1.2 discusses the roles of the private sector, government and multilateral banks in Eastern Africa. Section 1.3 looks at the role expected to be played by private capital mobilization (PCM). Section 1.4 discusses in brief the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs), procurement and DCI. Section 1.5 discusses risks in DCI projects and their mitigation, focusing in particular on the role of government agencies as anchor tenants and in overseeing MRRAs. The conclusions and section 1.6 highlights the remainder of this report.