{"name":"Applied AI in Chad — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Chad, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/chad","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Chad","slug":"chad","iso2":"TD","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":9,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":4,"regulation":3,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":9},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Economy and Digitalisation (Chad)","text":"Chad's Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Economy and Digitalisation began pre-validating the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for 2026–2030 on 8 October, joined by state bodies, experts and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. The Chad AI policy roadmap, unadopted so far, follows technical sign-off of the National Data Governance Strategy.","date":"2026-10-12","source":"https://www.osiris.sn/tchad-la-strategie-de-gouvernance-des-donnees-validee-celle-de-l-ia-en.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"Centre National des Curricula (CNC)","text":"Chad's Centre National des Curricula delivered AI training for education to roughly 60 curriculum designers, backed by UNESCO's International Bureau of Education. Held in N'Djamena, French sessions ran 10-12 August and Arabic sessions 13-15 August, covering summarising, curriculum review, assessment-grid design, translation and fact-checking. The work supports the 2025-2029 Projet de refondation de l'école tchadienne, building capacity for responsible AI use in curriculum design among national teaching-resource teams.","date":"2026-08","source":"https://www.wakatsera.com/tchad-60-cadres-des-programmes-scolaires-se-forment-a-lia/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"École nationale supérieure des travaux publics (ENSTP)","text":"ENSTP (École nationale supérieure des travaux publics) ran generative AI training administrative staff sessions from 15 to 17 April 2026, focused on practical uses to lift productivity and efficiency. Its deputy director general said more rounds would follow, aiming to embed AI tools in administrative services long-term.","date":"2026-04","source":"https://tchadinfos.com/2026/04/18/des-cadres-de-lenstp-formes-a-lia-generative/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Chad","role":"Vaccination programme manager / Community health worker","org":"Chad Ministry of Public Health and Prevention","text":"Health authorities in N'Djamena are piloting Vacci360, an AI vaccination system that extends immunisation to remote corners of Chad. Built atop DHIS2, it flags where terrain limits clinic reach, auto-generates mobile team routes, tracks shifting human and livestock populations, and guides staff through dense data via chat. Lac, Kanem and Hadjer Lamis provinces run the scheme, funded by the Gates Foundation, WHO and UNICEF.","date":"2026-04-02","source":"https://tchadvision.com/vacci360-elargit-son-action-pour-ameliorer-la-couverture-vaccinale/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"Parliament of Chad (National Assembly and Senate)","text":"Chad places artificial intelligence under ANSICE's formal AI oversight through Law No. 003/AN-SENAT/2026, promulgated by Decree No. 148/PR/2026, ratifying Ordinance No. 001/PR/2026. The reform extends the national agency beyond information security and electronic certification into an expanded AI regulatory field, folding in digital platforms, social media and AI systems, while sharpening its powers over cybercrime, data protection and cybersecurity.","date":"2026-03-18","source":"https://www.alwihdainfo.com/tchad-promulgation-de-la-reforme-de-l-ansice-a148767/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Chad","org":"Microsoft AI Economy Institute","text":"AI adoption in Chad stands at 8.7% of the working-age population for the opening quarter of 2026, a gain of 0.9 points on 7.8% across late 2025 and 7.0% earlier that year. The world average climbed 16.3% to 17.8%, the Global South 14.1% to 15.4%. Microsoft's AI Economy Institute derives generative AI use among 15- to 64-year-olds from pooled, anonymised telemetry, corrected for handset and operating-system mix, connectivity and headcount.","date":"2026-03","source":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Microsoft-AI-Diffusion-Report-2026-Q1.pdf"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Chad","role":"Radiology technician / Community health worker","org":"Chad National Tuberculosis Control Program (PNT)","text":"Chad's National Tuberculosis Control Program (PNT) used AI-powered X-ray screening to find 112 TB cases among nomads, prisoners and refugees. The CAD4TB tool, mounted on a mobile truck, examined 7,116 people across 12 detention sites and 9 refugee camps, flagging 589 abnormal scans. This AI tuberculosis screening effort also trained 220 health staff, 90 volunteers and 120 prison cell leaders.","date":"2026-02-10","source":"https://delftimaging.com/resources/webinars/reaching-the-unreached-how-chad-is-using-ai-to-detect-tb-among-vulnerable-populations/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"Government of Chad","text":"Chad's Government has created an AI policy directorate, the Directorate General for Artificial Intelligence (DG IA), under the Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Economy and Digitalization of the Administration, by presidential decree. Zara Ahmed Sidick heads the body, the country's first of its kind, tasked with drafting national strategy, flagging priority sectors, gauging AI's impact and scouting automation across public services. Chad AI governance had no comparable unit before.","date":"2025-10-21","source":"https://tchadinfos.com/2025/10/21/tchad-creation-dune-direction-generale-de-lintelligence-artificielle-au-ministere-du-numerique/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Chad","org":"Government of Chad","text":"Chad's government enrolled 2,000 young citizens aged 15 to 35 in a nationwide AI training programme, run jointly by the Ministry of Telecommunications, the Ministry of Higher Education and the UNESCO ACCES-TIC Chair. Sessions spanned 4 to 14 August 2025 and mixed foundational machine learning ideas with hands-on uses spanning farming, healthcare, schooling and broader economic sectors. Organisers closed the effort at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by handing certificates to graduates, naming 41 standout participants for distinction as part of this AI skills training push.","date":"2025-08-04","source":"https://www.alwihdainfo.com/Tchad-2000-jeunes-formes-a-l-intelligence-artificielle-pour-batir-un-avenir-numerique_a143146.html"}]}