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Decoding

African Mines: how to avoid the extractive trap?

Tag Biodiversity Climate Energy Infrastructure Africa
Secteur minier Afrique
Against the backdrop of the worldwide rush to acquire critical minerals, what are the challenges and opportunities for the mining sector in Africa? Agence Française de Développement organized a webinar to round out the publication of the “Africa’s Mining Potential” report in August 2024. The key topic addressed was “How to transform the continent’s resources into a lever for sovereignty and development rather than into a new episode in a long history of dispossession?”
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Impacts

Lebanon: working for more reliable water supply

Tag Water and Sanitation Eurasia and Beyond Lebanon
Eau Liban
In Lebanon, more than 1.5 million people enjoy improved access to drinking water thanks to Project SEPAL (“Services d’eau potable améliorés au Liban,” or “Improved potable water services in Lebanon”). Here we report on three initiatives that have rehabilitated vital infrastructure and strengthened the resilience of the water distribution system. Thanks to these actions, the people most affected by the country’s crises have enjoyed continued water service.
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AFD News

A survey on the perception of development policy in four African countries

Tag Africa Côte d'Ivoire Kenya Democratic Republic of the Congo Senegal
Une étude de perception de l'APD cible quatre pays.
How is France's development policy perceived in Africa? How is its concrete impact assessed, and how can we better meet people’s expectations? To get key insights, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) commissioned Ipsos to conduct a perception survey of 4,099 people in October and November 2024 across four AFD partner countries (Kenya, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Côte d'Ivoire). This listening-focused approach revealed strong support as well as expectations for close relationships.
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Decoding

5 questions on AFD Group’s operations

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reforestation agriculture durable securite alimentaire
Where does the money used by AFD Group actually come from? Does AFD grant financing to emerging countries? Does this financing really reach the final beneficiaries? We provide answers to five key questions below.
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Decoding

How does AFD measure the impact of the projects it supports?

Tag Climate Health and Social Protection
L'AFD évalue les projets qu'elle finance
Public development banks have both a duty and obligation to invest in high-quality projects. For this reason, every year, AFD conducts and outsources assessments to evaluate the deliverables of a large number of its projects, against the expectations of political, administrative and operational decision-makers. Evaluation is an essential tool for guiding decision-making and increasing the impact of projects.
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Decoding

Reshaping European and African partnerships to advance the agroecological transition

Tag Agriculture and Rural Development Biodiversity Climate Africa Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire
Agriculture Tanzanie
As part of the 2025 Paris International Agricultural Show, and a month prior to the Nutrition for Growth summit, AFD and the Académie d'agriculture de France organized a roundtable and strategic brainstorming session on transforming African and European food systems, and redefining current partnerships. Given that current production and consumption models can no longer feed populations without harming the planet, a shift toward more sustainable food systems is imperative.
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On the Ground

Driving the transition to sustainable agriculture in Ghassate, Morocco

Tag Agriculture and Rural Development Africa Morocco
agriculture Ghassate
At the 2025 edition of the Paris International Agricultural Show, Morocco will take center stage. In the south-east of the country, where agriculture is often critical to survival, the sector is facing many challenges due to fragile soil, limited water resources and changing climate conditions. In response to this, in Ghassate, the Agricultural Sector Policy Support Program (PAPSA) has been sowing the seeds for a sustainable transition since 2014. We spoke to some beneficiaries of the program...
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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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On the Ground

Escaping child labor in Tanzania

Tag Education and Training Health and Social Protection Africa Tanzania
Children in Tanzania
Child labor remains a global scourge, affecting 160 million children worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, where one in four children – approximately 86.6 million – are forced to work. In northern Tanzania’s Geita mining region, the NGO Plan International France is helping children escape forced labor and return to school.
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Interview

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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Impacts

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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On the Ground

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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On the Ground

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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The first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program: a unique collaboration

Tag Education and Training PeA programme « Academia partnerships Africa-France» Africa
Séminaire Cotonou
From December 10-12, 2024, the Institut Français in Cotonou hosted the first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program. Organized by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Campus France, the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the French Embassy in Benin, the event brought together nearly 180 attendees, including the leaders of PeA-supported projects, as well as key players from the academic and research ecosystems in Africa and Europe.
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