Caribbean Digital Transformation Project: Closing the Connectivity and Skills Gap in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
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Digital São Tomé and Príncipe Project (STP Digital)
Sao Tome and Principe · São Tomé · See the Sao Tome and Principe profile
A US$23.9M World Bank programme building submarine fibre to Príncipe, school connectivity, a data-interoperability platform, a national cyber-emergency team and a digital ID for São Tomé and Príncipe. Approved 2022, closing 2027; about a third disbursed by 2025.
23.9 US$ million
Total programme financing
36 %
IDA grant disbursed (Sep 2025)
7.71 US$ million
IDA grant disbursed (amount) (Sep 2025)
35 %
GIF grant disbursed (Sep 2025)
61.5 %
National internet users (country baseline, not a project outcome) (2025)
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- World Bank (IDA) with Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment, AGER and INIC
- Period
- 2022-2027 (ongoing, ~36% disbursed as of 2025)
- Keywords
- digital infrastructure, e-government, connectivity, cybersecurity, digital ID
Context
Digital São Tomé and Príncipe (STP Digital) is a US$23.9 million World Bank-financed programme (IDA grant plus Global Infrastructure Facility co-financing), approved June 2022 and effective February 2023 through a June 2027 close, implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, AGER and INIC with ITU support, building submarine fibre to Príncipe, school connectivity, a data-interoperability platform, a national CERT and a digital ID.
Results
By the September 2025 World Bank review, 36% of the IDA grant (US$7.71 million) and 35% of the GIF grant had been disbursed; the data-interoperability platform and national CERT were reported operational and a UNICEF GIGA school-connectivity assessment was completed, though procurement for the Príncipe submarine cable was running behind schedule and no beneficiary-level figures (schools connected, digital-ID enrolments) had yet been published.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-15
- World Bank (IDA) with Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment, AGER and INIC — accessed 2026-07-15
- World Bank Project Appraisal Document — accessed 2026-07-15
- World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report — accessed 2026-07-15
- World Bank Project Portal — accessed 2026-07-15
- Téla Nón (São Tomé news) — accessed 2026-07-15
- Digital Watch Observatory country profile — accessed 2026-07-15
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