Publications and media
Eastern Africa: inclusive urban growth
Eastern Africa's long-rural population is urbanizing at a remarkable pace, creating major challenges for cities in terms of services, housing, and equity.
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Africa Forward Summit: Event Recap
Organized in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May 2026, the Africa Forward Summit brought together political, economic and civil society.
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Africa at the heart of global dynamics
Demographics. Growth. Climate. Resources. Innovation. Africa is at the heart of major global dynamics
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The renewal of urban public transport in Africa
In response to rapid urbanization and booming demographics, African cities are reimagining their transport systems. After decades dominated by informal modes of transport – such as minibuses and motor...
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The Paris Agreement: 10 years of action by AFD Group
In 2015, at the heart of the COP21 negotiations, the Paris Agreement became our compass.
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Is Africa really against democracy? L’Éco du monde #9
Angola, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya… While social movements advocating social, economic, and political demands emerged in several African countries in 2025, Thomas Melonio hosts Ousmane Ndiaye, journalist...
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Finance: what is alignment?
In recent years, financial institutions and investors have increasingly questioned the impact of their activities, particularly since the Paris Agreement on climate change. As a result, these financia...
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Research Conversations replay: Identifying farming systems that contribute to food security, the fight against...
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Evaluating projects: a key issue for AFD
When a project ends, AFD's operational teams systematically assess the project's progress—resources, achievements, and results—by drafting a completion report. A project evaluation can then be conduct...
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Where does AFD's money come from, and where does it go?
For more than 80 years, the Agence Française de Développement has contributed to implementing France's policy on development, sustainable investment and international solidarity. Through its public se...
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Housing: A Key Sector for the SDGs
Housing is an essential human right. Yet 1.6 billion people don’t have access to decent housing. By 2030, this figure could reach 3 billion. Since 2010, AFD has invested more than €2 billion to suppo...
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How to build a pro-nature economy?
What are the effects of the degradation of nature on the financial system and the economy? How can they be assessed? AFD researchers and their partners have developed a methodology to identify the eco...
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The Academia Partnerships Africa-France programme - Video
Forging long-term academia partnerships between Africa and France, based on mutually beneficial relationships and knowledge- and experience-sharing, this is the ambition of the Academia Partnerships A...
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Research Conversations replay: What mechanisms can be envisaged to finance African social science research?
This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.
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Burundi: Quality Education For All
In Burundi, AFD supports the country's education system and its learning environment by creating computer rooms and equipping laboratories. This supports is part of the Twige Neza project, implemented...
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Webinar: AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities
Webinar : AFD & WBG Migrants, Markets & Mayors: Rising above Employment Challenge on Africa's Secondary Cities Research on migration and urban development in Africa has primarily focused on larger...
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Climate: taking action for a more sustainable financial system
Actors in the financial system play an essential role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in combating climate disruption. AFD Group works alongside financial institutions and re...
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Seeing the Light in rural Uganda
Some 43% of Uganda's population still lacked access to electricity in 2022. This prompted Agence Française de Développement and the European Union to launch a new project aiming to connect 40,000...
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Sport: an accelerator of sustainable development
Sport has the power to bring people together around common values and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially for health, education and gender equality....
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The Commons, vectors for development in East Africa
East Africa, like the rest of the continent, is currently facing increasingly complex social and environmental dilemmas. Faced with these challenges, the commons is an interesting approach, as it expe...
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Reducing inequality, a question of survival
In a world of limited planetary resources, the concentration of wealth is leading to growing division. Inequalities significantly hinder sustainable development. Since many different forms of inequal...
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