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Digital Africa: Seed Funds for Start-ups
As part of its "shared innovation" series, AFD highlights innovative programs that have been created, developed or encouraged in its partner countries. Six partners with expertise in supporting inn...
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Innovating for the Climate and Biodiversity: 5th Edition of the AFD Digital Challenge
The AFD Digital Challenge starts today. For its fifth edition, the competition is devoted to startups and digital innovations that promote climate protection and biodiversity in Africa. Applicants hav...
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Niger: Using Dialogue to restore the Land
The degradation of agricultural land, which has intensified in Niger in recent years, has become both a problem for the climate, and a social issue. In response, the RESILAC project proposes targeted...
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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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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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A new hospital for Sofala Province
The AFD ( Agence française de développement) is financing this project to provide physical access to healthcare services in Beira, in Mozambique's Sofala Province.
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AFD funds 2nd solar power plant in Mozambique
AFD, alongside Proparco, finances the construction of the Metoro solar power plant in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. With a total financing of $40 million, the AFD group is supporting Mo...
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Supporting grid loss reduction in Mozambique
AFD and the European Union work together with the public utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) on this project. Co-financed by AFD and the EU, it aims to reduce non-technical losses on the distrib...
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Our major research programs
AFD Group research focuses on inequalities, the ecological transition, a “commons” approach to sustainable development, and economic analysis of the countries where we operate. Our research is multidi...
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Projet OLOH : One Limpopo One Health
AFD and FFEM (Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial) are continuing their partner-ship with Limpopo National Park (LNP) and the NGO Peace Parks Foundation (PPF), co-manager of the park, through...
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Participation to the pool fund of Education Sector Support Fund
AFD join efforts to support the implementation of the Education Sector Plan (ESP) 2020-2029 via a financial and technical participation to the pool fund Education Sector Support Fund (ESSF).
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BIOPAISAGEM Project - Chimanimani Park Conservation Area
AFD, in partnership with the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF), is supporting a biodiversity conservation and community development project in the Chimanimani National Park Conservation Area,...
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Projet ECO-DRR : Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction
Improving ecosystem, community and financial resilience to the effects of climate change in Mozambique.
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CAPEX Vital Program for the Cahora Bassa Hydro Power Plant
AFD and the European Union work together with the Mozambican company Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa’s (HCB) on the Capex Vital Program. Co-financed by AFD and the EU, this program is dedicated to incr...
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Mozambique : ACAMOZ II - Cashew & macadamia sectors
Improve the competitiveness of cashew and macadamia value chains in Zambézie province (Gilé, Gurué and Pebane districts) and Niassa by combining support for sector govern-ance, economic and social dev...
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