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Chad launches call for independent power producers to expand electricity access in several cities

November 14, 2025

The Government of Chad has launched a call for expressions of interest for companies wishing to produce and distribute electricity in several provincial cities. The initiative falls under the Chad Connection 2030 strategy and aims to expand access to reliable power.

The Ministry of Water and Energy and the Ministry of Finance lead the process with support from the World Bank. They want private operators to help build, operate, and manage stand-alone solar systems and decentralized networks such as mini-grids and metro-grids.

The government plans to structure the future project as a public-private partnership (PPP). It will choose a private partner through a competitive bidding process. Ongoing technical, financial, and legal studies will confirm whether the project is feasible.

Authorities invite companies that specialize in solar power systems and decentralized energy networks to express their interest. They must send their documents electronically before January 12, 2026 to the contacts listed in the official note.

The government clarifies that this call does not launch a bidding process. It only helps assess the market and prepare future project phases under the national PPP legal framework.

Djinodji SOLMENGAR

Djinodji Solmengar

Djinodji Solmengar

Djinodji Solmengar Rodrigue is a journalist with MRTV English, Chad’s first English-language media outlet, where he led English-language news coverage at its launch. Based in N’Djamena, his reporting explores political, economic, and social developments, with particular attention to everyday realities, informal sectors, and cultural life. His work also extends to football and broader societal issues, approached through field reporting and in-depth storytelling. Beyond reporting, Djinodji regularly conducts interviews focused on education, including the teaching of English in Chad, as well as conversations (with AFROTRONIX, to name a few) on culture and music. He is also active as an English–French interpreter, working alongside international media professionals. In this capacity, he recently supported and interpreted for a delegation of foreign journalists, including BBC representatives, during the PND Chad Connexion 2030 mission. Alongside his professional practice, Djinodji is pursuing a PhD, with research centered on the presence of China and Russia in Africa as portrayed in selected Commonwealth online media. His academic interests lie at the intersection of media, geopolitics, and discourse analysis. Earlier in his career, he taught English and authored a Master’s thesis examining the contextualization of English language teaching in Chad, reflecting a sustained engagement with educational challenges and policy.

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