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Sahel Alliance: Ari
Preventing youth exclusion in the Diffa region - Niger Because of the insecurity in Niger, many young people like Ari have lost their jobs. To face this problem, we support a project of professiona...
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Sahel Alliance: Hassane
Support for justice and security in Niger (AJUSEN) In a difficult security context in Niger, it is essential to help the judicial system function effectively. That’s why with European Union, we sup...
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Sahel Alliance: Moussa
Access to the electricity network for the populations of northern Burkina Faso (SONABEL) In Burkina Faso, a majority of the population doesn’t have access to electricity. For Moussa and his family,...
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Sahel Alliance: Arafa
Inclusive economic and social recovery around Lake Chad (RESILAC) Like Arafa, 3 million people had to flee their homes because of the security crisis in the Lake Chad region. As part of the Sahel A...
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AFD and access to energy for all
Over a billion people live without access to electricity. Almost a third of humanity depends on biomass energy on a daily basis. Access to quality energy services while safeguarding the environment is...
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AFD and solar energy
Levier essentiel de la transition énergétique et de la lutte contre le changement climatique, les énergies renouvelables – l’énergie solaire en particulier – sont aussi de formidables vecteurs de déve...
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AFD Group and Support to Energy Transition Policies
Energy transitions combine the multiple objectives of universal access to quality energy services, low-carbon development, and social justice. Achieving these objectives requires optimizing demand, re...
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Panorama 2018 - AFD Group Annual Report
AFD is the leading actor in France’s development policy. We commit to projects that genuinely improve the everyday lives of people, both in developing and emerging countries and in the French overseas...
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AFD Group's Corporate Social Responsibility Policy 2018-2022
The future of the planet – a prerequisite for the survival of humankind – implies a shared responsibility, as expressed by States in New York in 2015 with the adoption of the Sustainable Development G...
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AFD Group 2018-2023 Strategy
International development-policy goals have changed radically over the past two years with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change. In turn, France now aims...
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AFD Group 2018-2023 Strategy (summary)
International development-policy goals have changed radically over the past two years with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change. In turn, France now aims...
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Waste, how much does it cost?
The French Development Agency (AFD), along with Le Mans University, the Gevalor Association, Urbananalyse, and ALBWaste, conducted the ORVA2D (Organisation for Waste Recycling in Developing Cities) re...
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Climate Finance, reviving the spirit of COP 21
Three years after COP21, as we witness on a daily basis the devastating effects of climate change and the urgent need to increase ambition, climate finance issues come back strongly at the surface, wi...
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AFD and Southern Africa
The Johannesburg-based regional office for Southern Africa covers AFD’s activities in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. AFD’s par...
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Southern Africa: Energy transition
Southern Africa has access to a wealth of primary renewable energy sources, with enough geothermal, hydro, wind and solar resources to provide gigawatts of power. However, the adoption of low-carbon t...
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Burkina Faso: corporate citizens facing Covid-19
Like many countries, Burkina Faso is confronted with the Covid-19 pandemic. This health crisis has had a major impact on household income. In response, social support measures have been taken, such as...
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Urban Development and Support for Local Authorities - 2019 Activity Report
In 2030, 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities. This rapid urbanisation will have impacts that are social (growth in precarious settlements, increased risks of social fragmentation an...
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Preventing the Deterioration and Overexploitation of Groundwater
The deterioration and overexploitation of groundwater at the global scale is leading to a dramatic rise of local problems. Private pumping for irrigation purposes has become established in poorly reg...
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Transport and mobility - 2019 Activity Report
The mobility of people and goods is a prerequisite for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, it plays a fundamental role in providing people with access to employment an...
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Zambia: Resource-rich but vulnerable to shocks
Zambia, located in the north of Southern Africa and home to fewer than 18 million people, has built its development model on the abundance of natural, mainly mineral, resources. The country ranks as A...
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