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Supporting African Small and Medium Business during the Covid Crisis: A Development Priority
As the pandemic takes hold and the economic ramifications intensify, a number of financial players, including partners of AFD and Proparco, are taking action to support African SMEs - small and medium...
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Agreement on the Development of the Electricity Sector in Egypt
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Government of Egypt have signed on 10Th June 2020, a new Development Program Financing (DPF) agreement for the development of Egypt’s Electricity sector...
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Civil Society, a Key Player in Managing the Health Crisis in Tunisia
Backed by AFD, Tunisian civil society has mobilized extensively to support the country's most fragile and marginalized communities. Below, an overview of the most successful initiatives, including the...
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Neglected Diseases and Covid-19: Innovative Research and Development Strategies
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The race for a coronavirus vaccine casts into sharp relief existing inequalities...
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Coronavirus in Africa: Private Health Providers and Innovators on the Front Line
While the coronavirus is destabilizing an already fragile African health system, several private health services and innovators supported by Proparco – the private sector arm of Agence Française Dével...
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Covid-19 in Rwanda: Delivering Drugs by Drone
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Imaginative modes of transport are being harnessed to transport vital medicin...
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The Social & Inclusive Business Camp Supports Entrepreneurs across Africa to address the Covid-19 Crisis
After being imagined and incubated by the AFD Campus du Développement, the SIBC will be piloted over the next three years by I&P Conseil and its partners - African Management Institute, ScaleChanger a...
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Covid-19: Preparing for the Pandemic in Africa
Agence Française de Développement has provided investment funding to help shore up and improve the infrastructure and capacity of institutions across East and West Africa. It’s part of a growing effor...
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Anti-Malaria Ointment Offers Protection from Deadly Disease
As part of our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Even before the coronavirus pandemic reached the continent, Afri...
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Covid-19 – Health in Common Initiative: Financing the First Projects in Africa
In keeping with the commitment made by French President Emmanuel Macron, AFD is taking action to respond to the global health crisis. As part of the "COVID-19 – Health in Common" initiative launched o...
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Covid-19: AFD is supporting energy operators in Africa and Asia
Agence Française de Développement has launched a series of web conferences for those involved in the electricity sector, to assist them during this global health crisis. Two sessions are planned every...
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Kenya: A Payment Platform for Healthcare Protection
In our series on "Shared Innovation", AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Cutting edge technologies and creative approaches in healthcare will help i...
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France Launches, via AFD, The “Covid-19 – Health in Common” Initiative to Support African Countries
As part of a new initiative launched by the French President and his African peers, Agence Française de Développement announces the launch of “COVID-19 – Health in Common” – a €1.2 billion initiative...
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Clarification on the APHRO-COV Project with INSERM
AFD is funding, along with INSERM, a system to improve health surveillance and care for suspected cases of Covid-19 in five African countries (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali and Sénégal). Th...
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Text Messages to Raise Awareness about Health and Hygiene
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs invented or developed in our partner countries. Diffusing good health practices to the general public is a big challenge whe...
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12 African Cities making the Digital Transition
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is supporting 12 African cities in their effort to make the transition to digital platforms. The municipalities’ aim is to collectively develop and share skills...
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In Ghana, a School That Trains a New Generation of Women
In Akuse, in eastern Ghana, Legacy Girls College provides high-quality education at reduced tuition fees for its 400 students. This represents a rare opportunity in a country where many young girls l...
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Aquaculture in Zanzibar: Providing Work and Protecting the Coastline
On the Zanzibar Archipelago, an ambitious pilot project aims to help coastal communities preserve natural resources while they make a living. Among them are aquaculture farmers specializing in seaweed...
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The NBA, AFD and a brand new BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE: Sports and Development
The day before the January 24 game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA and AFD held a press conference in Paris, marking the launch of a new league that will span the Africa...
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Improving healthcare systems, an interview with Christophe Paquet
A lack of medicine, water and electricity; shortages of doctors; prohibitive costs: they all stand in the way of providing good quality healthcare to all. The World Health Organization estimates that...
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