Sports and sustainable development – it’s a powerful combination taking flight in France and around the world. Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement and Tony Estanguet, President of the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,...
The day before the January 24 game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA and AFD held a press conference in Paris, marking the launch of a new league that will span the African continent: the Basketball Africa League. And with Agence française de développement, the...
In the run-up to the publication of AFD’s 2020 activity reports on cultural and creative industries and sports and development, AFD examines the importance of using these vital sectors to strengthen social cohesion and advance towards the fulfilment of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
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. Between 2012 and 2022, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) invested 130 million euros in...
AFD joins forces with FIFA and Plan International to promote women's football in schools in order to build the capacity of young girls to become agents of change in their communities in vulnerable areas of three countries – Benin, Guinea and Togo.
In honor of the International Day of Living Together in Peace in mid-May, AFD Group confirmed its aim to improve social cohesion through the projects it finances and supports. The goal is to reduce all forms of inequality and improve social inclusion to help societies become more resilient.
The NGO PLAY International uses sport to promote education and inter-ethnic reconciliation, which is of vital importance in a region once riven by ethnic conflict. PLAY is part of a multi-country project supported by AFD, which fosters inclusive education for some 80,000 children.
A new collection of wide-ranging analyses of Africa’s economies and social issues is out now. In the 2024 edition of L’Économie Africaine (“African Economies”), one chapter is even devoted to soccer, whose economic and social impact extends beyond the field, to affect everything from health and...
Kit Sport and Development: A Methodological Approach
AFD has launched a program to support the development of inclusive sports academies in Africa, with a focus on education and the promotion of gender equality. They include the Academy of Sport (AOS), Africa’s first mixed multisport Olympic academy.
Promoting active and inclusive education through sport
AFD and Play International are working closely together on the implementation of the EJO project, which aims to promote active and inclusive education for children.
A sport app to promote social inclusion
AFD is supporting a project that uses sport as a tool for social inclusion and the creation of income-generating activities through a digital solution.
Connecting the worlds of sport and development financing
AFD launches the new “Sport en Commun” digital platform to support and finance high-impact sports projects in Africa.
Sport to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities
Created in 1968, the Special Olympics promotes social inclusion through sport for people with intellectual disabilities. Through the Sport for Mental Health and Social Cohesion (SMHSC) program, the international organization benefits from co-financing from AFD, GIZ and FIFA, with support from...
AFD and Sport
On the heels of last week's New Africa-France Summit, whose aim was to reconstruct the relationship between Africa and France, AFD Group will be honoring the commitments made by the French President, by investing heavily in African youth. AFD Group will finance initiatives led by and for...
On the youngest continent in the world where more than half of the population is under 25, African youth are key players in sectors ranging from sports and creative industries to entrepreneurship and innovation. AFD Group has collected the stories of 16 young entrepreneurs it’s supporting, as...
A grueling regime of close to four hours of training per day. Coaching in sports ranging from judo to soccer, as well as in nutrition and leadership. It’s all part of a program to train youngsters for high-level competition at Africa’s first multisport Olympic Academy in Mauritius. Less than a...