• Chad unveils  $30B "Chad Connection 2030" plan to cut poverty, boost growth
• Strategy includes 268 projects across infrastructure, social, and economic sectors
• Aims for 60% GDP growth, 80% internet coverage, and energy-water expansion by 2030
  

Chad unveiled its "Chad Connection 2030" development plan to international investors and financial institutions on November 10, 2025, during the Chad-United Arab Emirates Trade and Investment Forum held in Abu Dhabi. The event offered N’Djamena a platform to present its ambitious national strategy aimed at accelerating economic transformation and social progress.

Through this plan, Chad seeks to mobilize $30 billion (around 18,000 billion XAF) to lift 2.5 million people out of poverty. The investment roadmap includes 268 development projects and reforms, averaging about $112 million per project.

“Chad is not offering you an adventure, but a strategic and mutually beneficial partnership. We are not just offering resources, but a leading position in the economic transformation of a nation,” President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno told investors.

Chad Connection 2030 is built around four main pillars encompassing thirteen programs. The first focuses on infrastructure, with investments in water, energy, digital technology, and transport to drive growth. The second targets social development, strengthening health, education, and employment to build human capital. The third promotes economic and industrial diversification to reduce dependence on oil. The final pillar aims to improve the business climate through reforms that secure investments and modernize tax and labor regulations.

The plan’s macroeconomic framework projects a 60% rise in GDP by 2030, with annual real growth reaching 10%. Economic expansion over the 2025-2030 period is expected to come from both the oil and non-oil sectors. Chad intends to reduce its reliance on petroleum by doubling agricultural productivity and developing an export-oriented livestock industry.

N’Djamena also plans to increase the mining sector’s share of GDP to 5% by 2030. In energy and water, the country aims to provide drinking water to 11 million more people and raise the electrification rate to 60% nationwide and 90% in urban areas within five years, mainly by harnessing solar energy. Digitally, the government targets 80% internet coverage by 2030.

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