This project, which is part of a wider commitment by African countries to foster integration in all its forms on the continent, is being executed following an agreement reached recently between the Bank and the government of the central African nation, which will see the former. This project, which is part of a wider commitment by African countries to foster integration in all its forms on the continent, is being executed following an agreement reached recently between the Bank and the government of the central African nation, which will see the former. As a landlocked country, Chad is focusing on interconnections with coastal neighbors that have direct access to submarine cables. These connections are currently limited, as the country is only linked to Cameroon and Sudan. In Chad, the European Union (EU) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country that has submarine cable access. This project, which is part of a wider commitment. Major terrestrial broadband backbone designed to convey bandwidth capacity from coasts to hinterland and provide alternative gateway to Europe through Algiers. Serves the existing Trans-Sahara Highway and the proposed Trans-Sahara Gas pipeline. Additionally, this project aims to deploy a. Chad is moving to reduce its dependence on Cameroon for internet access by advancing a cross-border fiber optic link with Niger. From June 17 to 20, a delegation led by Chad's Minister of Telecommunications, Dr.