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AFD and EU support Uzbekistan sustainable development through two projects in sanitation and livestock sectors
The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed two agreements to work together on the development of sanitation infrastructure in Navoi, Kitob and Shah...
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Rwanda: AFD Group Opens its Doors in Kigali
On March 31st and April 1st 2022, Rémy Rioux, the CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will visit Rwanda for the 4th time since June 2019. On this occasion, AFD Group will officially unveil...
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Ghana Receives a Grant of €44.7M from the European Union and France to Build Irrigation Infrastructure in Nort...
The Government of Ghana, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have signed the Agriculture Water Management Project (€44.7 million) to build and rehabilitate a total of 3...
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South Africa: Infrastructure Fund Partners with AFD
The Infrastructure Fund (IF), a ring-fenced division at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched a new partnership on Tuesday 12 April 2022 a...
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AFD, FFEM and CBF Making Big Moves to Support Caribbean Biodiversity
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) have committed €4M to provide support to the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and its 12 affiliated Natio...
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AFD Supports Uzbekistan Green Economy Transition
On April 19th 2022, the Uzbek Ministry of Finance and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed an agreement to foster the country’s green economy transition.
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AFD, EIB, the EU and Kenya Join Forces to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation in Kisumu
On the sidelines of the visit to France of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta on October 2, financing agreements for the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project (LVWATS...
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Mozambique: Government Speeds Up Electrification of Country with Emphasis on Renewable Energies
Public Calls for Tender to improve transparency and competitiveness in the renewable energy sector.
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AFD group grants a US$100 million loan to Equity Bank to support Kenyan SMEs
This major operation illustrates Proparco’s firm commitment to the African private sector amid current Covid-19 crisis and economic turmoil, with a particular focus on job-creating SMEs, as part of th...
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The Clean Oceans Initiative reaches two thirds of its 5-year financing target and expands with CDP and ICO as...
Today at the IMF/World Bank Group meetings, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and KfW acting on behalf of the German Federal Government reported significa...
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Fak’ugesi Festival 2020: A virtual feast of Africa’s best creative digital workshops, talks, pitches and digit...
Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg will run their Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme live and online for one month fro...
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South Africa: International infrastructure partnership formalised
The Department of Local Government in the Western Cape and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at addressing the backlog in the investment in infrastructure...
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Signing of the “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and AFD
On the 24th of August 2020, The Republic of Uzbekistan and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed an “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan in co-financing with the Asian Development Bank (AD...
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Sustainable finance: Success of AFD's first SDG Bond issue for a total of 2 billion euros
After issuing climate bonds in 2014, AFD announced on 21 October that it had issued the first bond under its new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, ahead of the "Finance in...
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France releases 25 million euros to help the housing and health sectors and aid economic recovery after the Au...
The Ambassador of France to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, chaired, on 5 November 2020, a signing ceremony for projects funded by France in response to the August 4 blast.
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Water stress in North Africa: The French Development Agency and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory sign a new pa...
Signature of a new partnership between the French Development Agency and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory for the establishment of a regional initiative: “Water Stress and Climate Change in North Afri...
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France grants €4 million towards key health projects in Sudan, through the Agence Française de Développement
On November 8, H.E. Mrs. Emmanuelle Blatmann, French Ambassador to Sudan, added her signature to two financing agreements between the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Save the Children Fund (Un...
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Finance in Common Summit: The development and sport worlds join forces for the “Sport for Development Coalitio...
Today Public Development Banks are launching a “Sport for Development Coalition” in close collaboration with the world of sport. Members are committed to mobilizing their financial resources, investme...
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Finance in Common Summit: Official launch of Sport en Commun”, the first digital platform in Africa for fundin...
Within the framework of the "Finance in Common" Summit, the African Sport en Commun platform was officially launched today in the presence of development and sport stakeholders mobilized to achieve th...
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Angola
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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