Press releases
Team Europe unveils major water and sanitation project in Tanzania
The €150 million project was jointly financed by the European Union, France, European Investment Bank and the Government of Tanzania. It focused on expanding and upgrading water supply and sanitatio...
AFD Group reaffirms its commitment alongside Ukraine and, more broadly, in the European Neighborhood
From June 16 to 18, 2025, the CEO of AFD Group, Rémy Rioux, visited Ukraine and Moldova for a high-level mission, illustrating the Group's reinforced engagement alongside Ukraine in preparation for it...
France Supports Sustainable Mobility in Lviv: AFD Signs €5M Grant to Improve Access to Rehabilitation Center U...
In the presence of Rémy Rioux, CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the French Ambassador to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, a €5 million grant agreement was signed with the municipality of Lv...
Agence Française de Développement issues a €1.5 billion 2.750% RegS Sustainable benchmark due 30th September 2...
On Wednesday June 11th, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA- / AA- (S&P / Fitch) (Negative / Negative) issued a new €1.5 billion Sustainable benchmark bond maturing on September 30th, 20...
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Public development banks launch Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 after original initiative delivered on its target ...
• Public development banks launch Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 at the UN Ocean Conference, setting a new €3 billion financing target for 2026–2030 to tackle ocean plastic pollution. • The original Cle...
Supporting Smallholder Farmers in Egypt
Paris, France, June 2025 – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Essam and May Allam Foundation, Louis Dreyfus Foundation and Sawiris Foundation launched a pilot project « Innovative climate-sm...
Energy Efficiency: A New Milestone in the Implementation of PEEB ASEAN!
Selangor, 19 May 2025. The Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings in ASEAN (PEEB ASEAN) was officially launched! Financed by France through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), it is a 4...
Matthieu Discour becomes the new Director of the Three Oceans Department at the French Development Agency (AFD...
In his new role, he will steer AFD's regional strategy in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific basins, a unique geographical approach that the Three Oceans Department uses on to strengthen links between t...
OCP Group and AFD Group formalize their strategic partnership in support of Morocco’s low-carbon transition an...
OCP Group and AFD announce the signing of a €350 million financing agreement to support the implementation of OCP Group’s $13 billion green investment program for the 2023–2027 period.
AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT AND CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP TO MOBILIZE INNOVATIVE...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Conservation International have signed a historic agreement to protect, restore and mobilize finance for nature and biodiversity at scale.
Sheltering Egypt's Street Children: Carrefour Foundation joins forces with AFD and Sawiris Foundation and rene...
The Sawiris Foundation, AFD and the Carrefour Foundation have been partnering with Samusocial International in Egypt to support its actions for vulnerable children and youth in street situation in Cai...
AFD in Kazakhstan: Supporting transitions for more sustainable and inclusive development
Astana, 11 April 2025 — The French Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group are pleased to announce the official opening of AFD's office in Astana, marking a signifi...
Albanian-French Energy Partnership : KESH and AFD sign a MoU on Drin cascade management and advance energy sto...
In the framework of France Minister for Europe Benjamin Haddad’s visit to Tirana, Albania and France have solidified their action-oriented partnership in the energy sector, with the first AFD support...
In Beitunia, France supports a major water infrastructure project and unveils a community-centered mural
Beitunia, April 8, 2025: The French Consul General in Jerusalem, Mr Nicolas Kassianides, inaugurated on April 8, 2025, a major water infrastructure project as well as a new artistic mural in the Pales...
AFD becomes a strategic partner of WEN-Africa to promote inclusivity in Africas’s Energy sector
The Women in Energy Network-Africa (WEN-Africa) and Agence française de développement (AFD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking AFD’s entry into the pan-African network’s circle o...
The Agence française de développement commits a further 3 million euros to the Africa Digital Financial Inclus...
The Agence française de développement (AFD) has committed an additional 3 million euros to the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), housed and managed by the African Development Bank, t...
Agence Française de Développement successfully priced a new 4.500% £300 million benchmark due 22nd October 202...
On Tuesday 1st April, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA- /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £300 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd Oc...
AFD successfully issued a new 1 billion euros bond maturing on April 3rd, 2040
On Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, Agence française de développement (AFD), rated AA- (S&P)/AA-(Fitch), successfully issued a new 1 billion euros bond maturing on April 3rd, 2040.
Moldova and France strengthen cooperation for energy efficiency in public buildings
The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova and the French Development Agency (AFD) have deepened their collaboration by signing a €30 million financing agreement for the project “Initiative for...
EU and AFD Group boost the Energy Transition and support Private sector investment
Brussels, 5th March 2025 – The European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group agreed to invest into stronger involvement of European companies in the global energy transitio...
