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.

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Addressing shortages of nursing staff and equipment for blood transfusions, are increasingly urgent priorities for the Burundian government. To tackle this challenge, AFD is allocating a €10 million grant to provide a comprehensive solution in collaboration with the French and Burundian Red...

The current development of African education systems focuses on the perspective of universal completion of six years of schooling. This perspective, targeted by the international community for the year 2015 (Dakar declaration, Millennium Development Goals), will no doubt be reached by a number of...

The first global meeting of the School Meals Coalition took place this week, as part of an urgent effort to improve school canteens and expand children’s access to regular, healthy meals. And as we find out in this interview with AFD experts in education, agriculture and development, the...

In Burundi, about 2.9% of the population is HIV-positive, more than four times the global average. Help for those living with the virus can range from providing medical treatment to education and the raising of awareness at a time when stigmas and prejudice are still widespread – and harmful. We...

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

In 2012 a call for proposals for FISONG projects was launched in the field of "Sanitation, hygiene and waste: long-term mechanisms and local capabilities” aiming at improving sanitation services in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs...

AFD has been active in Burundi since 1978 and currently finances the education sector to meet the needs of a young and growing population. Our objective: to strengthen social cohesion and human capital.

The lack of school canteens can have serious repercussions for children, their education and their lives, from undernourishment and fatigue at school, to dropping out altogether. In Burundi's province of Muyinga, the Twige Neza project will create school canteens serving some 50,000...

This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral and written language performance in African languages (one language per country) and in French. A...