Tanzania

Despite significant progress, only 55% of the Tanzanian population has access to basic water services, 30% to sanitation services and 38% to electricity. AFD finances the development of these basic services (water, sanitation, energy, health) throughout the country, with a focus on the most vulnerable populations.

•  For more than 15 years, several water and sanitation projects in cities around Lake Victoria have provided 1 million people with better quality water and sanitation services. 
•  In the energy sector, AFD's financing aims to extend access to electricity to 95,000 rural households. 
•  In the health sector and in partnership with the Aga Khan Health Service, AFD is supporting a cancer control project in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza to improve detection and treatment for 1.7 million people and more than 500 health staff.

Faced with the challenges of urbanization, climate change and ecosystem degradation, AFD supports the construction of ecological and resilient territories. The aim is to promote urban areas that foster sustainable economic development for populations, for example by improving transport infrastructure and access to productive markets while preserving the environment. 

• AFD is supporting phase 5 of the Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project which will improve access to jobs and services for 400 000 passengers every day, improve air quality and reduce the carbon footprint of transport (over 70 000 tCO2eq/year avoided). 
• AFD also supports rural areas to improve food security, resilience and the development of ecosystem services: its objective is to participate in a productive and ecological transition in agriculture and in the sustainable management and development of natural maritime and land resources.

AFD aims to support public investments and private sector participation in the development of infrastructure that is essential for industrialization and regional integration (in the areas of energy, digital technology, etc.). It also works with the banking sector to enable it to support entrepreneurship and improve the alignment of its business with the SDGs.

• In the energy sector, AFD finances projects to improve the transmission network, including the interconnection between Tanzania and Zambia, as well as renewable energy production infrastructure (solar and hydroelectric).
• Through an 80 million euro line of credit, AFD is helping the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) promote access to agricultural finance and the emergence of a sustainable agribusiness based on small farms.  
• Within the AFD Group, Proparco works with the main Tanzanian commercial banks: for example, NMB Bank has contracted a 50 million euro loan to support the local private sector and promote the financial inclusion of VSEs, particularly those owned by women.

AFD supports the projects of NGOs active in the country in the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, health, human rights and microfinance.
Among our partners in the field: Plan International; International Development Research Center (IDRC); Doctors of the World; FERT; International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT); ATD Fourth World.