23 August 2019

The Chadian government has launched its first digital forum “Chad digital” themed “20 years after restructuring of the postal and telecommunications sectors: assessment, challenges and prospects”.

Launched July 11th, telecom minister Idriss Saleh Bachar, said: “Remarkable progress has been made in reducing Chad’s digital gap and consequently setting a new era for the sector.”

Following the restructuring of the Chadian telecommunications sector by the law of August 17th, 1998, the government opened the markets to private investments and Chad welcomed two major private mobile operators  as well 18 Internet service providers (ISPs). Between 2014 and 2015, a total of nine laws relating to the postal and electronic communications sector were adopted.

Furthermore, the government implemented a programme to set up community multimedia centres in the country’s 23 provinces. The first three have already been built in Mongo, Abéché and Amdjarass.

As a result, the Chadian telecom sector recorded growth in the mobile phone penetration rate, which is now 48%. However, access to the internet - the foundation of the digital transformation in which Chad has invested so much – has been disrupted for more than a year.