After the implementation of three contracts (Nigeria I, Rwanda I and Ethiopia), The World Bank made an open public call early in 2004 to carry out a number of projects in Africa. Many organisations presented their proposals. ICDE was chosen to implement all the projects.
Therefore in 2004, ICDE worked on implementation of the following projects regarding Distance Education and ICTs and capacity building in:
- Democratic Republic of Congo phase I
- Democratic Republic of Congo phase II
- Nigeria Phase (I and II)
- Rwanda
- Ethiopia

