As part of our project in Chad, Project to Support Parliament and Electoral Processes (PAPPE), funded by the European Union, we have assisted the High Authority for Media and Audiovisual Affairs (HAMA) in strengthening its media monitoring capabilities through the establishment of a new, modern unit for monitoring audiovisual content.
This new unit now enables HAMA to continuously record and store up to 32 terabytes of content from 24 radio stations and 8 television stations broadcasting from N’Djamena. This capacity can be expanded to cover 36 radio stations and 16 television stations and, eventually, extended to the provinces. As part of this support, we provided, among other things, 52 computers, professional software, and specialized equipment for capturing and monitoring radio and television content, as well as a server, a storage system, external hard drives, and networking equipment. Six Starlink systems were also provided to enhance connectivity, along with an inverter, a high-capacity battery, and a power backup system to ensure uninterrupted monitoring in the event of a power outage.
This support comes amid profound changes in Chad’s media landscape, which has grown from fewer than ten media outlets in 1994 to more than 200 today. The rise of electronic media, digital content, and new technologies—particularly artificial intelligence—is making HAMA’s regulatory mission increasingly complex. Established in 2011, the old monitoring unit was no longer fully meeting current needs. The new infrastructure will thus strengthen HAMA’s capacity to record, analyze, and archive content, as well as to produce monitoring reports that contribute to the professional regulation of the media sector.
Our support under the PAPPE program, however, goes beyond the mere provision of equipment. The project also made it possible to train media professionals and technical teams in monitoring, ethics, professional conduct, and nonviolent communication; to assist HAMA in developing its 2026–2028 three-year strategic plan and its 2026 operational plan; and to conduct a mission to map and assess private radio stations in the interior of the country.
Through this support, we are encouraging HAMA to sustainably adopt these new tools, particularly through their maintenance and the continued strengthening of its teams’ skills. This new unit thus serves as an additional tool for modernizing HAMA and strengthening its capacity to carry out its regulatory mission professionally and independently.
Through our project in Chad (PAPPE), the European Union and ECES are continuing their commitment to the sustainable strengthening of Chadian institutions by contributing to the development of technical and institutional capacities adapted to changes in the media landscape and for the benefit of the entire media sector in Chad.
25 September 2026
