Research

VivaTech, the largest European fair for innovation and digital technologies, of which AFD is a partner, will be held in Paris from 24 to 26 May. The opportunity for Jean-Marc Kadjo, head of the Digital Project team at AFD, to tell us about our involvement in these essential sectors for...

The French government has charted a new, more ambitious course for its development assistance. Just before the end of the year, France pledged to increase the share of its GDP devoted to overseas aid and to consolidate a fund dedicated to project innovation.

The French-African Foundation is an association set up to promote the most promising talent on the Franco-African scene, and has revealed its list of Young Leaders for 2021. An initial list of 3,000 was whittled down to just 100 men and women between the ages of 28 and 40. Selected at the end of...

The New Africa-France Summit will be held on October 8, 2021 in Montpellier, France. This year the format is radically different: no heads of state will attend – with the exception of French President Emmanuel Macron – and it will be devoted exclusively to the youth of Africa and France. Their...

This study provides an analysis of the French usage of multi-bi aid in comparison to other large donors of development assistance. Using a diverse set of methods, including document analysis, interview evidence, and state-of-the-art statistical methods, it seeks to identify general trends in the...

From 9 to 11 February, France is hosting the One Ocean Summit, where heads of state and government representatives from all over the world will descend on Brest, Brittany, in northwestern France to discuss the crises affecting our oceans. As global temperatures rise and ocean plastics multiply,...

Supporting national research activities and institutions and structuring networks of researchers in developing countries is a recent focus of AFD's activities and is fully in line with its strategy. Thomas Melonio, AFD's Executive Director for Innovation, Research and Knowledge, explains the...

To better understand the challenges in providing access to decent work for everyone, Agence Française de Développement and the International Labour Organization (ILO) held a conference on Friday, May 24 in Paris entitled “Decent Work and Social Ties: A Global Democratic Challenge.”

The massive explosions at Beirut’s port on August 4, which killed more than 200 people and injured thousands, are the latest in a series of tragic events to strike a country mired in crisis. AFD has responded to the catastrophe with additional assistance as part of France’s effort to coordinate...

Development experts gathered at the International Agricultural Show in Paris to discuss the innovations and policies necessary – some of which are already underway – to help African countries improve food security. Organized by AFD at the International Agricultural Show in Paris, the conference...

The Choose Africa initiative, the realization of a commitment made by the French president to support the innovation and entrepreneurship revolution in Africa, has just been launched. It aims to spend €2.5 billion to fund and support nearly 10,000 African start-ups and small businesses by 2022...

The Diversity Partnership Project led by France's Southeast and Costa Rica, a pioneer country in biodiversity protection, was presented during the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which took place in Marseille from 3 to 11 September...

The Generation Equality Forum (FGE) opens today in Paris. 26 years after the Beijing Declaration, this event...

After meeting in France in 2017 and the United States in 2018, the One Planet coalition will meet for the third time in Kenya on 14 March. Here’s a review of some of the features of this summit to place Africa at the centre of climate change challenges and solutions.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the French government, and Agence Française de Développement enjoy close ties, as exemplified by the successive partnerships the two parties have undertaken since 2005. They will soon sign a new agreement for the 2021-2024 period.

For the past six years, Agence Française de Développement has sponsored the Public’s Choice Award, one of the prizes of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents. On October 12, photojournalist Patrick Chauvel won the prize for his striking images, taken during the siege of...

What can we do at our level to create a world that is more just and sustainable? This reflection was at the heart of the Night of Ideas organized by the Agence Française de Développement on 31 January at the Maison des Métallos in Paris. Here’s a look at this evening that combined artistic...

France and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are organizing the World Conservation Congress from 3 to 11 September in Marseille. It’s a key event for biodiversity specialists and major date in the development calendar in the run up to COP15 in Kunming.

This month's Generation Equality Forum organized in Paris highlighted the links between gender and climate change. A new study conducted by the French Economic Observatory (OFCE) and Sciences Po describes the connections between climate and gender as one of the central issues in development...