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The Meriem Project: Driving Business Innovation in the Fight Against Malnutrition in the Sahel
With its “Shared Innovation” series, AFD highlights novel programs created or developed in our partner countries. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, seven local food producers receive support from Agenc...
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In Côte d'Ivoire, a Fund to Boost Start-Ups in the Cultural and Creative Industries
Even in bustling African countries, young and growing populations can find it difficult to find employment. But while some conventional sectors struggle to keep afloat, enterprising entrepreneurs are...
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Niger's Common Health Sector Fund, Evaluated by AFD
Set up in 2006, the health sector fund has mobilized €91 million for health policies in Niger. An evaluation of its impacts is available in the Africa edition of Agence Française de Développement’s re...
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PASAS: A Platform for Analysis of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
The PASAS platform supports contextual analysis and thematic research for a better understanding and improved monitoring of the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin.
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Training in Africa’s Cultural and Creative Industries
It was all finalized during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to South Africa. AFD, Senghor University and the Trace platform signed a protocol of intent to train stakeholders in Africa’s cultu...
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Improving the Effectiveness of our Operations through Evaluations
To mark the publication of the Africa edition of AFD’s evaluation report, Karen Rot-Münstermann, from the Independent Development Evaluation Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Thom...
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Peace-building, to Prevent and Cope with Crises
Launched in 2017, the Minka Peace and Resilience Fund is now in its fifth year of existence. Everywhere from the Sahel to the Middle East, via the Central African Republic and the Lake Chad Basin, Min...
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Summit on the Financing of African Economies: “The needs are enormous”
France is holding a summit on May 18 on the financing of African economies, most of which have suffered from the health crisis. In this interview, Cécile Valadier, AFD's Deputy Head of the Economic As...
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Morocco: Equality and Gender Responsive Budgeting
How to implement gender-equitable public policies? In Morocco, an innovative approach – gender-responsive budgeting – is making issues of equality concrete and quantifiable.
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Niger: Using Dialogue to restore the Land
The degradation of agricultural land, which has intensified in Niger in recent years, has become both a problem for the climate, and a social issue. In response, the RESILAC project proposes targeted...
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Innovating for the Climate and Biodiversity: 5th Edition of the AFD Digital Challenge
The AFD Digital Challenge starts today. For its fifth edition, the competition is devoted to startups and digital innovations that promote climate protection and biodiversity in Africa. Applicants hav...
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7 Innovative Projects using Data to Combat Covid-19
AFD's “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. AFD, Expertise France and The GovLab have launched call for projects that will use dat...
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Biodiversity Partners Program (BIPP): supporting pro-nature initiatives in Southern Africa
Agence Française de Développement is launching a pilot project to accelerate pro-nature projects led by 30 entrepreneurs and "intrapreneurs" - i.e. those working on innovative approaches - from eight...
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Northern Congo: Protecting Forests with the Help of Local Residents
AFD is joining a whole new venture aimed at reconciling biodiversity conservation and local socioeconomic development in the Northern Congo forest basin. Through dialogue and partnerships, local peopl...
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Mobile Film Festival 2021: Africa on Set
Imagine making a movie on a mobile phone – and telling the entire story in just one minute. Celebrating African filmmaking talent, this year’s awards ceremony for the Mobile Film Festival was held in...
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Combating Pollution in Africa’s Largest Lake
Lake Victoria in East Africa is in danger of “dying from the bottom,” as one Kenyan official puts it. The world’s second-largest freshwater lake is being polluted by everything from plastic and litter...
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Gabon: Using DNA to Hunt Poachers
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. Poaching poses a major threat to the survival of numerous species – many of...
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Gabon: A Classroom in the Trees
Nestled in the forests near Libreville, it’s a unique way to raise awareness. The treetop classroom in the Raponda Walker Arboretum focuses on – and embodies - the protection of rainforests. A tool fo...
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Call for Projects to boost digital innovation in the energy sector
Financed by the European Union and implemented by AFD, the Digital Energy Facility program is launching a call for projects on April 6, 2021. It is aimed at public energy operators and start-ups that...
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Niger: Restoring an Education System Hit Hard by Covid
To slow the spread of the Coronavirus in the spring of 2020, Niger closed its schools. That decision has not been without consequences. The education of many children ground to a halt. Now, swift acti...
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