Chad Innovation Hub

🌟For the 2nd year in a row, we’re Best Incubator in Central Africa by the @GlobalStartupAwards Africa! 🎉🏆This showcases our commitment to innovation, supporting startups & #tech progress in #Chad.🚀🌍Stay tuned for public voting as we compete for the African title!🌟 #GSAwards

🎯Today we were supposed to host our roundtable on biometric IDs in fragile states at #RightsCon2026 in Lusaka. It was cancelled. But @AccessNow you are not alone. What you built is irreplaceable. The community is still here. The questions are still the right ones. #DigitalRights

🌍 Honored to host Andrew Saberton, Assistant Secretary-General of the @UN & Deputy ED of @UNFPA! He highlighted how local tech drives national development through better data management 📊✨ Thank you @unfpachief @SennenHounton @osarhieme for supporting 🇹🇩 entrepreneurs ! #Chad

🧵2/2 Our young innovator supported by @UNFPATCHAD showcased Data Health System an MVP integrated national digital platform designed to improve healthcare delivery. Contributing to driving data-powered health transformation in Chad #DigitalHealth #Innovation #Chad @josdelahaye

🧵1/2 We had the privilege of welcoming a high-level delegation from @UNFPA, led by @SabertonUNFPA & Dr. @SennenHounton. This visit reaffirmed a strong commitment to youth, with focus on: 👉 #MaternalHealth 👉 the dignity of #Women & #Girls #UNFPA #Chad #Innovation @unfpachief

2/2 🌍 We also presented the Digital Democracy Initiative Sub-Saharan Africa call for proposals, highlighting funding opportunities for #digitaldemocracy projects. An inspiring exchange reinforcing the key role of young girls in driving digital transformation in 🇹🇩 #GirlsinICT

1/2 Delighted to host @UNICEFChad’s Super Banat on #GirlsinICT Day to: 🎬 Explore #CivicTech through classic films & spark civic engagement 🤖 Discover generative #AI for learning, creativity & entrepreneurship #Tchad🇹🇩 @josdelahaye @NTikum @osarhieme @PNUD_Tchad @FionaBlythUK

Honored to meet H.E. @HelenaOwenUK🇬🇧🇹🇩. We presented @ChadInnov's work in entrepreneurship, digital transformation & ICT & our participation in the @RAEngNews #Greenskills symposium @timbuktooafrica training by @500GlobalVC @kicghana & our upcoming #GreenTech Incubation Program🌍

Day 7 | #AIinHealthcare 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 @YALINetwork Failing isn’t losing. It’s learning faster. Innovating isn’t the miracle cure. It’s making care more human. Best ideas? At the intersection of disciplines. Resources are scarce. Mindset costs nothing. Let's build it🩺 @josdelahaye #SDGS

Day 6 | #AIinHealthcare 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 @WashFellowship 1 doctor/100,000 people. Students trained abroad couldn’t come back. Patients at pharmacies because hospitals cost too much. These aren’t statistics. They’re lives. The fix: make talent want to stay. #HealthEquity #BrainDrain @NTikum

What does digital democracy look like in action? 🌍🎙️ From Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa, initiatives like DemocráTICa are supporting communities to tackle disinformation & strengthen participation. Hear the stories: 🎧 lnkd.in/dnwQf3sY 🔗 lnkd.in/dKrtjCiv

Day 5 | #AIinHealthcare 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 1⃣ Metformin for a colleague ≠ for a patient 2⃣ Visual diagrams patients photograph & take home 3⃣ Citations + verified PDFs to prevent hallucinations Prompt engineering = data meets empathy. For 🇹🇩 not innovation. Survival ! @NTikum #HealthTech

📡Day 4| #AIinHealthcare 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 @WashFellowship reciprocal💱2026 #AI as a clinical co-pilot 1⃣Charts in seconds 2⃣Drug interactions flagged 3⃣Patient milestones remembered 4⃣Advice tailored to local culture Doctor’s focus: 100% on the patient. 🩺 For🇹🇩 A necessity ! @osarhieme

@HelenaOwenUK Bienvenue au pays de Toumaï, bienvenue à la source🙏

Bienvenue au nouvel Ambassadeur de l’UE, Amador !  👋Très enthousiaste à l’idée de renforcer encore davantage la collaboration 🇬🇧🤝🇪🇺 au Tchad!

AI toxicity profile health: 💀Hallucinations: 80% error in sparse data 🔳Bias: skewed data, skewed outcomes ⚫️Black boxes: no explainability 🥸Degradation: drifts without oversight ⚙️ Fix: prompt engineering + human-in-the-loop. For Chad an opportunity 💻⚙️🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 @josdelahaye

1/2 📡 Day 3 #AIinHealthcare AI is not a tool. It’s a clinical intervention. Treat it like one. Dr. Chris Gibbons MD & Dr. Yahya Shaikh MD reframed how 🇹🇩ian youth innovators think about AI in healthcare. Every AI model has a toxicity profile. 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 #MWF2026 #HealthTech @NTikum

2/2 Session highlights | #AIinHealthcare 🔹 1905: first long-distance EKG 🔹 1950: Turing: "Machines can think" 🔹 2000s: ML, Deep Neural Networks, NLU 🔹 2014–2024: RAG, Frontier Models, Agentic AI 🔹 Today: 350K+ health apps worldwide Deterministic→Probabilistic→Generative.

1/2📡Day 2 | #AIinHealthcare 🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸 As part of the @WashFellowship 2026 Reciprocal Exchange, Dr. Chris Gibbons MD, MPH & Dr. Yahya Shaikh MD, MPH walked 🇹🇩 youth innovators through the full history of AI in healthcare from Turing (1950) to Agentic AI today. @NTikum @josdelahaye

2/2 Over the next 2 weeks,🇹🇩 youth innovators will explore #AItools, map local health priorities & present solutions to a panel of local & international experts. Goal: co-design AI-powered solutions tailored to Chad's real health challenges. 💡🏥 #AIinHealthcare #MWF2026 @NTikum

1/2 🚀We just kicked off #AI in #Healthcare! A unique exchange between🇺🇸experts & 🇹🇩 youth innovators under the @WashFellowship 2026 Reciprocal Exchange. @mcgibbons MD, MPH, Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur-in-Residence @JohnsHopkins & Yahya Shaikh MD, MPH CTO, Greystone Group🇹🇩🤝🇺🇸

2/2 We’re shifting from theory→ execution. We’re applying tools like VIRAL @villagecapital to assess real startup readiness & designing adapted programs. 📍Next: building scalable #Agritech incubation program. #StartupAfrica #Impact @NTikum @SGordonGibson

1/2🌍 Fixing our #Agritech incubation program We joined the @timbuktooafrica #Agritech Bootcamp in by @UNDPGhana & @kicghana with incubators across Africa. Key takeaway 👉Most incubation models don’t work for agriculture. it's slower, capital-intensive, deeply local @josdelahaye