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Microfinance: a Boon for Entrepreneurs Excluded from Conventional Banking
Small businesses and entrepreneurs with few resources can find it extremely difficult to obtain loans and get off the ground. Microfinance however, can be a source of invaluable support. AFD Group ha...
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Confronting Coastal Erosion in the Caribbean
With rising sea levels and the chipping away of their coastlines, islands like Martinique are already bearing the brunt of climate change. Thirteen municipalities are on the list of regions vulnerable...
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A Digital Response to the Health Crisis
Launched in Dakar, the DIRECCT program is supporting the connectivity and digitization of operators in the health, education and small business sectors. It’s a program that is helping people and polic...
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The Untapped Potential of an invasive Antilles Seaweed
Sargassum is a large brown seaweed that constitutes an important habitat for fish and wildlife. But it can proliferate for miles, and become invasive. AFD is a partner of the Sarg'Coop project led by...
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