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Business Boot Camp to Maximize Ethical Entrepreneurship in Africa
For the next four weeks, until June 26, some 40 entrepreneurs in Africa will be chosen to take part in a business camp that will help launch their company, build their capacities and provide an opport...
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COP15 to Combat Desertification and Restore Land for Food Security
“Land, life and legacy: from scarcity to prosperity”: this is the call to action for next week’s international conference to combat desertification. Held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from May 9 to 20, mu...
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Radio Ndarason in the Sahel: Urgent Issues, Practical News and Dialogue
With worsening food shortages, continuing conflict and the displacement of millions, the Sahel is mired in multiple crises. The relaying of reliable information has never been more important. With sup...
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Winners of AFD’s Digital Challenge: 2021 Edition
Since 2016, AFD Digital Challenge has rewarded the most innovative African start-ups and research teams working with digital technology and the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. After five year...
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AFD-Aga Khan Partnership for Improved Healthcare in East Africa
AFD and Khan continue to carry out joint operations in East Africa, which expand and improve access to quality healthcare, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania. This partnership is opening doors to high...
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Chiefdoms’ Roads Lead to Paris in Major Exhibit of Cameroonian Art
It’s a visual tour of a religious and cultural universe still very much alive in Cameroon. Until July 17, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris is hosting the exhibition "On the road to the chiefdoms of Cam...
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Pioneering Treatment for Sexual Violence in the Congo - and Applying the lessons Worldwide
Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been treating victims of sexual violence under the direction of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Denis Mukwege since 1999. Some 55,000 peopl...
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AFD's New Office in Rwanda: “Symbolic of France’s Return”
Days after the inauguration of AFD Group’s new offices Kigali, its director examines the significance of France’s momentous return to Rwanda. The office opening comes ahead of the commemorations of Rw...
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A Program for Champions: Soccer tackles gender inequality in West Africa
Agence Française de Développement and FIFA are sponsoring the "Championness program" implemented by the NGO Plan International in Benin, Guinea, and Togo. It aims to reduce gender inequalities through...
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Protecting Green Oases for Food Security in Niger
Located in a semi-arid zone in Niger, the oasis basins of Gouré are threatened by dessertification. And yet, these tiny islands of crops are essential to the life of local residents. In response to th...
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Making Water More Accessible in Niger
In Abalak in western Niger, less than two-thirds of the town of 30,000 have access to regularly running water. That is set to change. FICOL (the French local authorities financing facility), AFD and t...
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Sahel Alliance: A Data Snapshot of the International Response to the Region’s Challenges
For deeper engagement in the Sahel in West and Central Africa, France, Germany and the European Union launched the Sahel Alliance. Backed by the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the United...
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AFD's Wide-Ranging Work in the Sahel
Security threats in the Sahel require a response that is not only military but also political and humanitarian, addressing a wide range of development issues in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania an...
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Building the Africa of Tomorrow: 16 Stories from Engaged Youth
On the youngest continent in the world where more than half of the population is under 25, African youth are key players in sectors ranging from sports and creative industries to entrepreneurship and...
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Protecting the Biodiversity of Morocco's National Forests and Parks
Forest protection is one of the main means of combating climate change and protecting biodiversity. On the heels of the International Day of Forests this week, we examine Morocco’s Ghabati program, Ha...
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Access to Water remains a Major Global Problem
Senegal will host the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar from March 21 to 26. For Céline Robert, head of AFD's Water and Sanitation Division, this event should help re-mobilize the international community...
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Mauritania: A Pre and Postnatal Plan for Pregnant Women
In healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa, the stakes are high when it comes to the welfare of pregnant women and mothers before and after delivery. To tackle soaring maternal mortality rates, Mauritania i...
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Digital Energy Challenge: a call for projects to support innovation in the energy sector in Africa
On March 1st 2022, the Digital Energy Facility (DEF) opens its second call for projects for start-ups and public power providers developing innovative digital solutions in Africa. With a budget of 2 m...
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For a New Alliance between Africa and Europe
The EU-African Union summit on 17 and 18 February in Brussels is the culmination of intense reflection and dialog that will shape a new alliance between Africa and Europe. It’s a chance to review sus...
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“In Africa, the most diversified economies have weathered the crisis best”
AFD played an important role in publishing the French-language book L’Économie africaine 2022 (“African Economies 2022”), which appeared in bookstores on February 17. The book sheds light on the macro...
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