Research

Jérémy Gasc, Energy Task Team Leader for Eastern Africa at AFD, details the potential of regional integration for the development of green energy in the region, but also AFD's actions to support this approach.

Present in the East Africa region for more than 20 years, AFD has been working with the cities bordering Lake Victoria to improve access to clean water and sanitations for the population. A long term partnership that raised concerns about the preservation of this Ecosystem, sustaining more than...

On the Zanzibar Archipelago, an ambitious pilot project aims to help coastal communities preserve natural resources while they make a living. Among them are aquaculture farmers specializing in seaweed production. It’s all part of the AquaCoCo project – Aquaculture, Coastal Communities and...

The Tanzanian government and AFD Group have just signed an agreement for the construction of a hydropower plant and dam in the Kagera region that will provide electricity to 3 to 4 million people and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In the light of Africa’s prolonged period of intense urbanization, specialists tackled the question of how to make cities more sustainable at the daylong conference in Tanzania’s capital on October 9.

AFD supports the securing of Tanzania’s electricity supply by supporting the construction of the country’s first solar photovoltaic power plant connected to the grid. This support will help prepare Tanesco for the introduction of intermittent energy on its network while modernizing it.

This AFD-financed project provides access to electricity and strengthens the grid, with the aim of connecting 95,000 rural households to the power grid and installing 3MW of renewable solar capacity in the isolated thermal centers operated by Tanesco.

AFD is providing its financial support for the rehabilitation and upgrading of 10 of the substations of Tanesco, the national electricity operator. The aim is to improve the energy efficiency of Tanzania’s power transmission grid.

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Inadequate financing of the agricultural sector remains a major constraint in developing countries. Despite the existence of genuine financial needs of large magnitude, financial institutions face difficulties in serving the clientele in the agricultural sector. As a result, the financing...

This project aims to improve the quality of cancer care in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza through technical support, research, infrastructure improvements, access to screening and detection services, and the integration of digital platforms.

AFD is supporting the development of the power line between Geita and Nyakanazi, a line which will facilitate the extension of the power grid in Northwest Tanzania and the grid connection to the Rusumo hydro power plant.

Lake Victoria in East Africa is in danger of “dying from the bottom,” as one Kenyan official puts it. The world’s second-largest freshwater lake is being polluted by everything from plastic and litter to chemical fertilizers. An imaginative initiative however, has been launched to combat plastic...

In 2012, AFD launched a call for NGO projects on “Biodiversity and Development: sharing biodiversity benefits to help village communities”. Funded by the Sectoral Innovation Facility for Non-governmental Organisations (FISONG), the call for projects aimed to promote specific know-how and NGO...

In Tanzania, the Small towns water supply and sanitation project (STWSSP) was subject to an evaluation in December 2014. The project was implemented to help fulfill the need for further decentralization in the water sector and...

Tanzania has embarked on an ambitious Water Sector Development Program (WSDP) for the period 2006-2025. To meet its objectives, AFD operates according to 3 strategic lines of action: Access to water and sanitation...

Based in Nairobi, the Eastern Africa Regional Office covers eleven countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ...

AFD and Khan continue to carry out joint operations in East Africa, which expand and improve access to quality healthcare, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania. This partnership is opening doors to high quality care at a time when the global pandemic is putting unprecedented pressure on healthcare...

Kakono comprises an 88MW plant with fish pass and an associated transmission line. It will be a major power generation asset in the highly productive northwest of Tanzania. Kakono plant will increase the energy injected into the interconnected grid and will have a stabilizing impact on the grid...