• Chad plans integrated digital platform for licenses, permits, and vehicle papers.
• Project seeks to cut costs, improve traceability, and reduce delays for users.
• Country ranks 189th out of 193 on UN’s 2024 E-Government Development Index.

Chad is preparing to modernize its transport-related administrative services through an integrated digital system. The initiative was discussed on September 9 during a meeting chaired by Transport Minister Fatima Goukouni Weddeye, focused on digitizing financial services within her department.

The project aims to centralize all services offered by the ministry into a single platform. These include the issuance of vehicle registration cards, driver’s licenses, technical inspection certificates, transport licenses and permits, and the mandatory consignment note (LVO). The goal is to make services more accessible, ensure traceability, and reduce both processing times and costs for users and businesses.

This plan aligns with a broader national push to modernize public administration and digitize government services. Chad has already taken steps such as partially digitizing administrative procedures and creating online platforms to track official documents.

However, the country still lags in digital governance. According to the United Nations, Chad scored 0.1785 out of 1 on the 2024 E-Government Development Index, ranking 189th out of 193 countries. This underlines the urgent need to accelerate digital transformation to make public services more effective, reliable, and accessible.

The rollout of an integrated digital system could address key challenges. It would simplify administrative processes, cut costs, reduce fraud and document loss, and strengthen efficiency in the transport sector. In the long term, it is expected to boost competitiveness, improve access to services for citizens, and reinforce transparency in public operations.