Chad
Official Name: The Republic of Chad
Capital: N’Djamena
Independence Day: 11 August 1960
Currency: CFA franc (XAF)
Key Result
Chad is expected to benefit from the Solar-Desertec Sahara Solar Project, which promotes the generation of electricity in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe using renewable sources, such as solar power plants and wind parks. In addition, a Euro-Mediterranean electricity network, primarily made up of high-voltage direct current transmission cables, is under development. The energy generation and transmission project is designed to serve Algeria, Niger, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Chad.
The Missing Links on the Trans-Sahara Highway Project entails the construction of 225 km of road between Assamakka and Arlit, Niger.
The Optic fibre Link between Algeria and Nigeria via Niger entails the installation of 4 500 km of terrestrial optic fibre cable, costed at USD 80 million.
The Dakar-Ndjamena-Djbouti Road/Rail Project stretches 8,715 km of road and rail from Senegal to Djibouti. A total cost of USD2.21 billion is estimated for the road link and USD5.95 for the rail section.
The Central African Interconnection is a 3,800 km line from the DRC to South Africa through Angola,Gabon, Namibia and as well connecting to Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Chad.
The Douala-Bangui Douala-Ndjamena Corridor aims to modernise the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor in Central Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic.
The Central Africa Hub Port and Rail Programme responds to the future capacity problems in Central African ports by developing a regional hub port and rail linkage master plan and port expansion.
Africa has a target of committing 100 Million hectares of land for restoration through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology. To-date, Chad has committed 1.4 million ha.
Chad signed the CAADP Compact in 2013, committing to prioritise agricultural transformation and development. Subsequently, the country’s National Agriculture Investment Plan was drafted in 2014. A methodology for integrating Agriculture Public Expenditure processes into Agriculture Joint Sector Review processes was developed. According to the CAADP Biennial Review Report, this resulted in better coordination of agricultural interventions through increased collaboration between governments, technical and financial partners, increased development and implementation of evidence-based policies. Chad has exponentially increased the size of irrigated areas from its value of the year 2000.
A Strategic Investment Programme (SIP) was established to upscale sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices. The Programme saw the set-up of an Emergency Agriculture Production Support Project with the aim to address drought related crop failures and loss of livestock through emergency food support, restoration of vulnerable ecosystems and capacity building. It specifically supports communities and producer organisations in increasing the production of selected crops and livestock species.
The country is also currently receiving support of USD34.26 million from the Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP), specifically aimed at addressing land degradation and desertification, boosting food security, and supporting communities to adapt to climate change.
Projects
African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH)
A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Chad.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Chad is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
CAADP Compact: Chad signed the CAADP Compact on 16 December 2013, with the aim of transforming agriculture through food and nutrition security, wealth creation, and economic growth to ensure prosperity for all..
Capacity Building: Technical experts were deployed to Chad to undertake independent technical reviews of its National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP).
Results:
- The government of Chad has engaged with CAADP so it can act as a unifying framework for the country’s policies and interventions to boost agricultural productivity.
- The country’s NAIP was drawn up in 2014 and is currently going through the process of validation. Chad has many resources that are good for farming including arable land and groundwater supplies.
- Currently there are some 30 projects and programmes under way to improve the situation in the sector.
- The ministries associated with rural development are considered priority and have benefited from substantial budget allocations.
- There has also been an increase in funding for the agricultural sector, capacity building of stakeholders and rural development institutions, as well as improved collaboration between all actors involved in rural development.
- Chad has also seen better coordination of agricultural interventions through quarterly meetings between government, technical and financial partners.
Projects that have had a positive impact in Chad include:
- Increasing the amount of arable land
- Strengthening the capacities of producers,
- Infrastructure development (rural roads and access to markets opened up)
- The establishment of 213 micro financing institutions offering products and services to more than 50,000 people
- Strengthening land governance and increasing agricultural production.
Food and Nutrition Security
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis;
Project : Central African Interconnection
Description : 3,800 km line from the DRC to South Africa through Angola,Gabon, Namibia and to the north to Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Chad
Project : Douala-Bangui Douala-Ndjamena Corridor
Description : This programme would modernize the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor in Central Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic
Project : Central African Inter-Capital Connectivity
Description : This programme is specially designed for Central Africa, where one of the key issues for regional integration is the missing links in several intercapital connectors
Project : Central Africa Hub Port and Rail Programme
Description : This programme aims at responding to the future capacity problems in Central African ports. This programme has two components : (a) a regional hub port and rail linkage master plan and (b) port expansion
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components : secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis;
Project : Inga III Hydro
Description : 4,200 MW capacity run of river hydropower station on the Congo river with eight turbines
Project : Ruzizi III (DFS)
Description : Hydroelectric plant with a capacity of 145 MW to share power among Rwanda, Burundi and DRC promoted by CEPGL
Project : Northern Multimodal Corridor
Description : This programme is designed to modernize the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor on modern standards (climbing lanes and urban bypasses) in East Africa. This programme aims to facilitate travel by people and goods across the borders between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Project : North-South Multimodal Corridor
Description : This programme is designed to modernize the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor
in Southern Africa on modern standards and facilitate travel of people and goods across the borders between South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and DRC
Project : Central Corridor
Description : This programme would modernize the third priority ARTIN corridor in East Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC
Project : Pointe Noire, Brazzaville/ Kinshasa, Bangui, N’djamena Multimodal Corridor
Description : This multimodal programme would resuscitate he river transport in the Congo-Ubangi River Basin and modernize road transport along the corridor
Project : Kinshasa-Brazzaville Bridge Road and Project & Rail to Ilebo (DFS)
Description : This programme would provide infrastructure to improve the regional transportation and
trade systems through the construction of a fixed crossing linking Kinshasa and Brazzaville, ensuring continuity in railway traffic from Matadi and Pointe-Noire to the eastern border of the DRC and, beyond that towards the eastern and southern parts of Africa
Project : Central Africa Hub Port and Rail Programme
Description : This programme aims at responding to the future capacity problems in Central African ports. This programme has two components : (a) a regional hub port and rail linkage master plan and (b) port expansion
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components : secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
Capacity Development
Advocacy and Strengthening of Negotiation Capacities on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP)
Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC)
The Global Partnership is an inclusive political forum bringing together governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations, civil society and representatives from parliaments and the private sector, committed to strengthening the effectiveness of development co-operation to produce maximum impact for development. Through its multi-stakeholder platform, the Global Partnership provides support, guidance and shares knowledge to boost development impact with a strong country focus, and to ensure a degree of coherence and collaboration among all development stakeholders on co-operation flows and policies. It offers a global mechanism to ensure co-operation is based on Busan principles of ownership, results, inclusiveness; and transparency and accountability to deliver tangible results on the new SDGs. NEPAD Agency is the Africa’s Secretariat for the Global Partnership.
Africa Power Vision
Project : Solar – Desertec Sahara Solar Project
Countries/Region : Algeria, Niger, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Chad | Northern Africa
Project Location : North-Western Sahara
Sector/Subsector : Energy/Generation and Transmission
Project Description : The Desertec organisations promote the generation of electricity in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe using renewable sources, such as solar power plants and wind parks. In addition, they are developing a Euro-Mediterranean electricity network, primarily made up of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission cables.
Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
Project : Missing Links on the Trans-Sahara Highway
Description : Construction of 225 km of road between Assamakka and Arlit, Niger
Estimated total cost : USD102 million
Project : Optic fibre Link between Algeria and Nigeria via Niger
Description : Installation of 4 500 km of terrestrial optic fibre cable
Estimated total cost : USD80 million
Project : Dakar-Ndjamena-Djbouti Road/Rail Project
Description : An 8 715 km road/rail project which entails combining TAH 5 (Dakar to N’djamena) and TAH 6 (N’djamena to Djibouti)
Estimated total cost : USD2.21 billion for the road link and USD5.95 for the rail section
Description : The use of political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent
Description : The use of political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent
Africa UN Food Systems Summit Knowledge Hub
TerrAfrica
- Chad established a Strategic Investment Program (SIP), through the support of the TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund. The SIP is an umbrella investment vehicle that purposes to scale up SLWM practices in line with the TerrAfrica approach. Subsequent to establishment of the SIP, the Emergency Agriculture Production Support Project was established to address drought related crop failures and loss of livestock through emergency food support, restoration of vulnerable ecosystems and capacity building. Specifically, it supports communities and producer organizations in two areas: i) in increasing the production of selected crops and livestock species; and ii) in intensifying the use of sustainable land and water management practices in climate vulnerable ecosystems.
- The country is also currently receiving support ($34.26M) from the Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP), specifically aimed at addressing land degradation and desertification, boosting food security, and supporting communities to adapt to climate change.
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
"At the beginning of 2014, 37 of the 42 opted-in African countries have completed a rapid assessment / gap analysis. The next step for countries is to develop a SE4LL Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus(es). To support this process, the SE4ALL Africa Hub partners have led the development of Africa Guidelines for SE4ALL national Action Agendas. The Africa Guidelines lay out principles and process for developing Action Agendas and put forward a balanced approach of centralized and decentralized solutions to achieve universal access to energy services.
Progress in Chad:
Joined SE4All initiative