
Infrastructure
Safe, efficient and sustainable infrastructure meets the needs of populations, companies and territories. AFD is supporting a number of projects in the sectors of transport, energy and new technologies. Promoting sustainable industrialization and encouraging innovation are key priorities for us.

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AFD AND INFRASTRUCTURE: PROMOTING INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION

- Building sustainable transport networks
- Improving energy infrastructure
- Strengthening access to water and sanitation
- Deploying digital infrastructure and supporting innovators
Building sustainable transport networks
Improving energy infrastructure
Strengthening access to water and sanitation
Deploying digital infrastructure and supporting innovators
38%
of financing in 2016 concerned infrastructure
In 2016, the “infrastructure and urban development” sector remained AFD’s main sector of operation in foreign countries with EUR 2.9bn committed.
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In Douala, the economic center of Cameroon, the government has launched large-scale construction projects to rehabilitate National Route 3 (NR3), a vital axis that is the backbone of the country’s life. Behind this colossal program are the men and women who, for months and even years, have worked to change the city. An exhibition inaugurated on April 18 in Yaounde recounts their singular pathways.
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