Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Chad

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Southern and eastern regions of Chad

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Nov 21, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Chad - Ministère des Infrastructures et du Désenclavementet de l’Entretien Routier

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Transport

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 45.93 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 21, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the overall project objective is to help open up the southern and eastern regions of Chad, as well as build resilience and reduce poverty in the project area. Specifically, the project aims to: (i) improve transport conditions for goods and people between Kyabe and Singako by constructing an all-season road; (ii) facilitate the flow of agricultural and agro-pastoral produce from the rich areas of Moyen Chari and Salamat to the consumption centres of Sarh, Moundou, Ndjamena and Abeche; and (iii) mitigate the vulnerability and build the resilience of target populations, especially women and young people in the project area.

The Moyen Chari and Salamat regions make up the wider area of this project. The route to be developed is in the department of Lac Iro, one of the three departments that make up the Moyen-Chari region in Chad. Its capital is Kyabe. This department crosses 16 localities belonging to three cantons (Kyabe, Koskobo and Singako), which thus constitute the immediate area of influence of this project. The axis to be developed is part of the Sarh-Hellibongo-Kyabe-Singako road linking Sarh to Abeche. It is a dirt road that is difficult to drive on during the rainy season. Some sections are barely passable and even impassable in the rainy season. The population of the Lac Iro Department was estimated at 173,822 in 2020. Women and young people under the age of 15 remain in the majority, accounting for 50.6% of the population.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental Category: [1] High Risk

Investment Description

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African Development Bank (AFDB)

Finance Type: Standard grant
Commitments (UA): 34,500,000
Conversion Rate USD (2024-11-21): 1,33136

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Jean Fredy MANFOUMBI
Transport Engineer, PICU6
African Development Bank
www.afdb.org