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On the Ground

Using AI to improve language learning in Senegal

Tag Digital and Innovation Africa Senegal
Senegal application langue français intelligence articificielle BSF AFD
While French is the official language in the Senegalese school system, only a minority of teachers and pupils speak it as their first language. With support from AFD, the NGO Libraries Without Borders is trialing an AI-powered language learning app with teachers in Dakar and Thiès to help improve academic performance in schools.
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Armed conflicts in Africa: a continent “trapped in stereotypes”?

Tag Crises and conflicts Africa
conflits armes Afrique Angola
What impact do armed conflicts have on the development of African countries, and what lessons can be drawn from the many external interventions aimed at dealing with them? In this article, we interview the two authors of the chapter devoted to these issues in "L’Économie africaine 2025" (“African Economies 2025”), Niagalé Bagayoko, President of the African Security Sector Network, and Élodie Riche, Research Officer at AFD.
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Accelerating electrification and supporting the clean energy transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tag Climate Energy Africa Guinea Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania
Electricité Afrique
With close to 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still living without electricity, the Mission 300 program, an initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, aims to connect 300 million people to the electricity grid by 2030, while also facilitating the transition to clean energy. AFD has committed €1 billion to support this program.
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Latin America invests in renewable energy to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels

Tag Climate Energy Infrastructure Latin AmericaArgentina
Parc solaire Argentine
Having marked the International Day of Clean Energy on January 26, we turn our attention to Latin America, where there is huge potential to ramp up renewable energy use. In Argentina, AFD has established a partnership with the Argentinian bank for investment and foreign trade (BICE), which has contributed to financing seven renewable energy projects in the country to support its clean energy transition.
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Artificial intelligence, a driving force for change in Africa

Tag Agriculture and Rural Development Education and Training Employment Governance Digital and Innovation Health and Social Protection Africa
ia afrique economie africaine 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only disrupting the technology sector, it is already reshaping the future of Africa. AI is providing solutions to Africa’s major social, economic and environmental challenges, from the health sector to education and agriculture. Its unique potential could prove to be a game-changer for the continent.
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