The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the following: Study on Broadband Missing Links and a Regional Market Enabling Environment for the Southern Africa Region. The objective of this study is two-fold: (i) identify infrastructure investment and demand gaps (primarily fiber optic routes) to increase access to and transmission of international capacity and expand national backbone networks in countries within the Southern Africa region; (ii) Identify data infrastructure (data centers/IXPs) needs, including in the future. The findings from the study will aid in developing recommendations on an ideal regional infrastructure configuration and other regulatory levers to advance regional broadband market development along with furthering national broadband adoption. Assignment Country: • Botswana; • Comoros; • Lesotho; • Madagascar; • Swaziland; • Malawi; • Mozambique; • Namibia; • South Africa; • Tanzania; • Zimbabwe. (Tender №76386227)