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Africa's largest oil producer, Angola is striving to rebuild itself after a 30 year-long civil war, at the same time as tackling a major economic crisis related to the international oil price shocks....
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Finance in Common Summit AFD is mobilizing €3 million to strengthen the structure and development of the Cais...
During the Finance in Common Summit, Agence Française de Développement announced support for the structuring of the Caisses des Dépôts et Consignations in Africa. It is entrusting a €3 million grant t...
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AFD and AADFI sign a first agreement to promote the key role of African development banks in achieving the SD...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) have just signed a first partnership agreement for the achievement of the Sustainable De...
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Climate finance, post-Covid19 recovery: AFD and BOAD strengthen their strategic cooperation
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) have decided to strengthen their operational partnership by signing a new framework agreement. A new stage in their...
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Finance in Common Summit – $150 million for family farming in Angola
On the sidelines of the Finance in Common Summit, IFAD and AFD have signed a co-financing agreement to mobilize $150 million to help family farms in Angola cope with climate change.
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AFD, DBSA and Proparco renew their partnership through the Memorandum of Understanding for 2020 to 2025 to sup...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited (DBSA), and the Agence Francaise de Développement Group (AFD and Proparco), will sign a renewed Memorandum of Understanding, during the Finance in Commo...
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€300 million loan from AFD to IFAD to support millions of small-scale farmers
In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, the French development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), today signed a €300 million loan to...
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Looking Back on 2023 and Reflecting on What Development Means
From war and the worldwide difficulties to which it has given rise, to tensions between the global north and south, 2023 has been a dramatic year. What are some of the highlights, and what can we expe...
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Fighting for Female Farmers in West Africa
In Côte d’Ivoire, two-thirds of rural women work in agriculture, but as many as 75% of them live below the poverty line. They also face physical and other forms of violence. For the past three years,...
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"Atlas" of Latin America and the Caribbean: 17 Sustainable Development Initiatives
Latin America is considered a champion of sustainable development, with pioneering initiatives that have been replicated not only across the region, but around the world. Some of the most innovative p...
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Increasing Access to Essential Services in Burundi
An estimated 15% of Burundi’s population is food insecure and many lack reliable access to essential services. AFD is backing the improvement of services in a variety of sectors, from health and educa...
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Soccer: A Playmaker in Africa's Development
A new collection of wide-ranging analyses of Africa’s economies and social issues is out now. In the 2024 edition of L’Économie Africaine (“African Economies”), one chapter is even devoted to soccer,...
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Pakistan: Harnessing Hydropower to make Energy Sustainable
Faced with growing demand for energy and a reliance on imported fossil fuels, Pakistan is beginning to tap its immense hydropower potential. In the approach to the International Day of Renewable Energ...
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African Economies 2024: Light at the end of the Tunnel?
Over the past year, economic growth across the African continent remained higher than global growth rates, but it was slower than in 2022. What explains the slowdown of some, and the advance of others...
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Beyond the Olympics: Vanquishing Inequality through Sports
Arnaud Assoumani, a Paralympian who will be competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is at the starting blocks. The long jump and triple jump athlete from the French overseas territor...
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France's Half Billion euro Boost to Rwanda's Health, Training and Climate
During his historic visit to Rwanda in 2021, President Emmanuel Macron made the commitment that “Team France” would mobilize €500 million by the end of 2023 to support Rwanda's development strategy. T...
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Slam Poetry and Self-Fulfillment
Changing Lives, Part 1 Who are the men and women who carry out the projects supported by AFD Group and work for sustainable development? We’ve been finding out, in a new series we’re calling “Changi...
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The Commons: Unleashing its Potential Across Africa
“The Commons” are shared resources managed independently by a community. To what extent do they contribute to objectives of general interest? How can public bodies safeguard these resources? The co-au...
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Finding Innovative Development Solutions in North Africa
Some entrepreneurs sought to fight pollution; for others the goal was to promote inclusion. In their own ways, they have all taken action. The four winners of North Africa’s first call for proposals i...
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AFD to Open Office in Ukraine
In July 2024, Agence Française de Développement plans to open a representative office in Kiev. Following two support loans in 2022, AFD will now provide financing for sustainable development actions i...
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