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Emerging Use of Technologies for Development
With only 10 years left in the 2030 Agenda, development practitioners need to innovate how they make decisions and solve problems. Such innovations can be enabled by intelligences, born from innovativ...
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Open Data for Resilient Agriculture - Hackathon Accra 2019
AFD supports open data in order to share knowledge enriched by the multitude of contributors and to create digital commons that benefit everyone. The Internet and browsers constitute the most advanced...
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Incubating innovative Audio-visual content
The Digital Content Hub is AFD’s first investment in the area of digital innovation in South Africa and reflects a new focus on financing cultural, creative and tech industries as key players in local...
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Seed fund for African digital start-ups
It’s a big boost for small businesses and entrepreneurs. To help support and finance African start-ups, AFD is launching a new €15 million seed fund. It’s part of a growing commitment to expanding the...
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Kenya: healthcare within reach of a cellphone
In Kenya, where 93% of the population did not have access to health coverage until recently, patients can now subscribe to health insurance and pay for their care at a large network of hospitals using...
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A coach for the children of Bredasdorp
The South African town of Bredsdorp, in the southern tip of the country, is rife with unemployment and drug use among young people. After graduating from high school, 22-year-old Bianca has been unabl...
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Building smart sustainable cities with CITIIS
In July 2018, AFD launched one of its largest national level projects – CITIIS (City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain). 100 cities have been shortlisted by the government of India to bec...
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Southern Africa: Research and development
Research is a fundamental first step toward designing successful development projects, as it gives important insights into the political, socio-economic and environmental context in which projects wil...
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Fintech helps African entrepreneurs grow
Once simply a communication tool, the mobile phone is driving the digital and financial revolution in Africa. Despite only 20% of people living on the continent having a bank account, 80% are connecte...
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Mobisan : Mobiles phone for healthcare services
Since January 2015, the MobiSan project in Burkina Faso has been improving the use of good health and nutritional practices and mother and child health services by populations in Gourma Province, via...
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Understanding the Relationship between Short and Long Term Mobility
Populations are highly mobile, both in terms of long term movements of individuals relocating their place of residence as well as shorter term mobility such as commuting, seasonal travel and recreatio...
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