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Digital Energy Challenge: innovative projects paving the way for Africa’s energy transition

Kenya énergie
With 600 million Africans lacking access to electricity, the continent’s energy transition is a critical issue. To help tackle this problem, in 2020, AFD launched the Digital Energy Challenge in partnership with the European Commission and ADEME. Its goal is to support the energy sector’s digital transition and increase access to electricity in Africa, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7.
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Civil Society Organizations and AFD: an Evolving Partnership

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Young people in conflict with the law of the minor district of the Central House of Antanimora
At a geopolitically and environmentally unstable time with the eruption of countless crises, cooperation between AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) is more important than ever. CSOs have become fully-fledged partners, and AFD is now revamping its partnering processes as part of its effort to refine its practices and policies linked to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals.
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More Rwandan Public Services are going Digital with the support of AFD

Numérique Rwanda
Paper records and old computer networks in the health, education and environment sectors often make even the most basic transactions difficult and can prevent systems from operating efficiently. Digitizing records can allow access to important information at opposite ends of the country and facilitate access to crucial services. Rwanda's Minister of Finance and AFD's Director in Rwanda signed a 37-million-euro loan and a 1.2 million euro grant for a project that aims to improve Rwanda's public services through digitization, innovation and support.
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AFD Digital Energy Challenge: Boosting Energy Access across Africa through Innovation

Lauréats Digital challenge
The Digital Energy Challenge has awarded 10 start-ups and utility companies for coming up with some of the most innovative approaches to providing electricity in Africa. From “mini-grids” connecting off-grid rural and island communities in Kenya, to consumer apps that track electricity consumption in real time in Niger, the awards highlighted for the second year cutting-edge technological advances emerging across the continent.
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