On Tuesday, July 29, 2025, the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering 2iE in Burkina Faso hosted a significant ceremony: the signing of a Collaboration Framework Agreement with the Agency for Information and Communication Technologies Development ADETIC from Chad. The event was presided over by M. Roger Baro, the Burkinabe Minister of Environment, Water and Sanitation, and brought together key diplomatic and ministerial figures, including Dr. Boukar Michel, Chadian Minister of Telecommunications, Digital Economy and Digitalization of the Administration, and H.E.M. Mahamat Saleh Adoum, Ambassador of Chad to Burkina Faso. The agreement was signed by M. Adoum Djimet Saboun, General Manager of ADETIC, and Professor El Hadji Bamba Diaw, General Manager of 2iE, symbolizing a shared political commitment to accelerate technological skills development in Africa through inter-institutional cooperation.
This strategic partnership is built on three main pillars. The first involves 2iE, a recognized center of excellence, providing training to Chadian executives in strategic areas such as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Secondly, the agreement facilitates the professional immersion of 2iE trainees in Chads digital ecosystem through internships at ADETIC. Finally, the partnership will launch joint applied research projects focused on sustainable development, digital governance, and local innovation. This initiative is part of a broader push for ambitious and concrete South-South cooperation, prioritizing the mutualization of knowledge and the interconnection of African institutions.
In addition to this primary agreement, a separate collaborative agreement was also signed between the Higher National School of Information and Communication Technologies ENASTIC of Chad and 2iE, which will pave the way for academic synergies, pedagogical exchanges, and the co-development of training programs. A further notable moment of the day was the selection of Dr. Boukar Michel to sponsor 2iEs 17th engineering promotion. This honor is seen as a message of recognition for his leadership in youth, education, and inclusive digital transformation, and reflects the confidence in the Chadian state's commitment to leveraging human capital as a strategic development tool. The document states that the agreement between ADETIC and 2iE lays the foundation for a new, forward-looking African partnership model, aimed at training professionals who can both adapt to global digitalization and, more importantly, create African solutions to African challenges. July 29, 2025, is cited as a landmark date in the history of African technological cooperation, as Chad and Burkina Faso demonstrated that digital is not a luxury, but a strategic necessity.
