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Release following the Digital Africa Board
Digital Africa announces today the nomination of Jean-Pierre Barral for AFD as President. He replaces Kizito Okechukwu, who held the position of acting President since June 2020.
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AFD’s 80th Anniversary: Making Development More Sustainable and More Pertinent – to More People
How did it all begin? To mark AFD’s 80th anniversary – which we'll celebrate in December 2021 – François Pacquement, History and Strategic Thinking Officer at AFD, takes a look back at the Group’s his...
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Sustainable Transport on Track in Peru
An initiative in Peru, in which old, public vehicles are being sent to the junkyard to make room for new, less polluting buses and vans, is getting a boost. AFD, KfW and the European Union are provid...
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Morocco: Equality and Gender Responsive Budgeting
How to implement gender-equitable public policies? In Morocco, an innovative approach – gender-responsive budgeting – is making issues of equality concrete and quantifiable.
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Improving the Effectiveness of our Operations through Evaluations
To mark the publication of the Africa edition of AFD’s evaluation report, Karen Rot-Münstermann, from the Independent Development Evaluation Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Thom...
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2019-2020 evaluation report: focus on Africa
This second part of the 2019-2020 evaluation report, devoted to Africa, explains how evaluation helps better identify, share and probe the results of AFD's work on the continent.
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Innovative financing platform to enhance cooperation between European public development banks
AECID, AFD, CDP and KfW are announcing their ambition for the creation of a “Team Europe Finance Platform” with the purpose of further enhancing the efficient cooperation between the various actors of...
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Economic transition Strategy: "Centring the Economy on People and the Planet"
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals also means transforming the economy. AFD Group’s Strategy for the economic and financial transition is supporting this change of approach. We speak to Emman...
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Summit on the Financing of African Economies: “The needs are enormous”
France is holding a summit on May 18 on the financing of African economies, most of which have suffered from the health crisis. In this interview, Cécile Valadier, AFD's Deputy Head of the Economic As...
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Peace-building, to Prevent and Cope with Crises
Launched in 2017, the Minka Peace and Resilience Fund is now in its fifth year of existence. Everywhere from the Sahel to the Middle East, via the Central African Republic and the Lake Chad Basin, Min...
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Managing Mekong Water Resources: AFD and MRC at work
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and AFD signed a new financing agreement on May 17, for a grant of €1.5 million. Its aim is to provide for balanced development of the Mekong River Basin to help deal...
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Protected Areas: Nurturing Biodiversity for Present and Future Generations
Tree loss and wildfires in Latin America have become so extreme that the Amazon is contributing to carbon emissions, rather than absorbing them, according to a July report in the journal Nature. AFD...
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Interactive Online Exhibition Features Projects that Protect Biodiversity
On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, we take you to the heart of five ecosystem preservation projects financed by AFD in Southern Africa, via a virtual exhibition, which will be accessible for a...
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Unlikely Allies: Artificial Intelligence and Biodiversity
It’s a potentially groundbreaking combination: AI and biodiversity. And it’s being explored by the major players in their respective fields. Agence Française de Développement and the French National R...
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For AFD, Social Cohesion means Fighting Inequality and Promoting Inclusion
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 al...
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Niger's Common Health Sector Fund, Evaluated by AFD
Set up in 2006, the health sector fund has mobilized €91 million for health policies in Niger. An evaluation of its impacts is available in the Africa edition of Agence Française de Développement’s re...
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AFD, the NBA and Basketball in Africa: Four Points on Sports and Development
As legendary NBA teams the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons face off at Accor Arena in Paris on Thursday, it's a chance to recall the crucial role that sports can play as a veritable motor of sustain...
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Training in Africa’s Cultural and Creative Industries
It was all finalized during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to South Africa. AFD, Senghor University and the Trace platform signed a protocol of intent to train stakeholders in Africa’s cultu...
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Colombia: First Loan in Local Currency to Support Responsible Development
Agence Française de Développement and the Municipality of Barranquilla have signed a loan agreement amounting to €120 million, paid in the local currency. A first for AFD in Latin America.
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PASAS: A Platform for Analysis of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
The PASAS platform supports contextual analysis and thematic research for a better understanding and improved monitoring of the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin.
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