GYDA and Chad’s ADPV Sign MOU to Launch Digital Innovation and AI Lab Project, Empowering African Youth for a Digital Future

The Global Youth Development Alliance (GYDA), headquartered in Paris, France, officially announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Association pour la Défense des Personnes Vulnérables (ADPV) of Chad to jointly launch the "Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Lab Project". This initiative aims to empower youth and communities in remote areas of Chad to embrace digital technology, enhance AI application capabilities, and establish a benchmark model for digital innovation across Africa.

As GYDA’s core partner and on-the-ground implementing organization in N’Djamena, Chad, ADPV fully collaborated with GYDA in the first quarter of 2026 to complete pre-project research, community needs assessments, and implementation planning. Following comprehensive reviews and unanimous resolutions by GYDA’s project evaluation expert team and Secretariat, the two parties formally established a strategic deep cooperation partnership to advance the construction of the Digital Innovation and AI Lab with high standards.

Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Lab Project: Empowering Youth, Driving Local Innovation

This project focuses on young people, women, and marginalized groups in Chad, centering on digital skills enhancement and AI application practices to create a local innovation platform integrating training, R&D, and incubation. GYDA will leverage its global network, international expert resources, and curriculum systems, while ADPV contributes its local implementation capabilities, providing:

• Development of AI and digital innovation curricula
• Access to international resources and technical experts
• Support for innovative training equipment and lab construction
• Incubation of youth innovation projects and international exposure opportunities

DLEV Project：Digitally Empowering Vulnerable Populations for a Sustainable Future

“We are truly honored to establish formal cooperation with GYDA. GYDA is the international partner Chad has long sought in digital empowerment and youth development—professional, pragmatic, and with genuine global vision. ADPV looks forward to working with GYDA to make the DLEV Project a benchmark case for digital empowerment in Africa.”

About ADPV：The Most Internationally Influential Local Social Organization in Chad

The Association for the Protection of Vulnerable Populations (ADPV), headquartered in N’Djamena, is dedicated to protecting and empowering vulnerable groups in Chad (women, youth, people with disabilities, etc.). Its areas of work include digital education, climate resilience building, community health promotion, and peace dialogue. ADPV has participated multiple times in the UNIDO AIM Global Congress and is the most internationally influential local social organization in Chad.

The partnership between GYDA and ADPV represents a deep synergy between two multilateral organizations with highly aligned missions—GYDA’s experience in global network operations and youth empowerment complements ADPV’s frontline expertise gained from years of deep engagement in Chad.

Significance of the Partnership

This collaboration marks a major milestone for GYDA in deepening its presence in Francophone Africa and strengthening multilateral cooperation under the UN framework. Leveraging ADPV’s profound local roots and international qualifications in Chad, the two parties will achieve two-way empowerment between global experience and local practice, promoting digital technology and AI to benefit more vulnerable groups. It will contribute to Chad’s digital economic development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing a replicable and scalable cooperation model for youth development and digital transformation in Africa.