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Palestinian Territories: a Model Hospital for Healthcare and Sustainability
AFD is supporting an ambitious project to renovate and expand Saint Joseph's Hospital in the Palestinian Territories. With additional financing from the PEEB Med program, in partnership with the Europ...
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One Water Summit: laying the groundwork for action ahead of the UN Water Conference in 2026
On December 3, France, Kazakhstan and the World Bank Group co-organized the One Water Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the margins of the COP16 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Having...
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EBRD and AFD finance Serbia’s regional landfills
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are supporting Serbia’s efforts to improve its waste management infrastructure with a joint €150...
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AFD and RENATER have signed a partnership agreement in Southern and Eastern Africa
On Monday, January 3rd, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and RENATER have signed a partnership agreement to work together on the structuring and development of National Research and Education N...
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13 FINAL RECIPIENTS SELECTED FOR THE "SPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL COHESION" (SMHSC) PROGRAMME
The Agence française de développement (AFD), the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the German Development Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) have joined forces to implement the "Sport fo...
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AFD and African Export-Import Bank to Support Vaccination Against Covid-19 and Inclusive and Sustainable Devel...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed on 9 December 2021 a 150-million-euro framework of intent to support the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (...
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AFD issues its first ever off-shore Dominican Peso (DOP) Bond
On January 13th, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) issued its first ever offshore Dominican Peso linked bond.
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AFD Launches USD 1.5 Billion 1.375% Regs Benchmark Transaction Due 21 January 2025
On Wednesday 12th January 2022, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P)/AA (Fitch) priced a new USD 1.5 billion fixed rate 3-year transaction due 21st January 2025.
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AFD Issues an Inaugural Bond of 500 Million British Pounds Maturing in June 2025
On Tuesday 18 January 2022, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P)/AA (Fitch) launched a new GBP 500 million fixed-rate 3.5-year bond issue due 18 June 2025.
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AFD’s 2022 Funding Program set at €9 Billion
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2022 funding program on January 25, setting the target at EUR 9 billion. In an effort to reach the French government’s target of dedicating 0.55% of France’s GNP...
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Namibia
Present in Namibia since 1998, AFD offers diverse financing solutions and technical assistance to support the Namibian government with its development policy. AFD works with government partners, publi...
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Georgia Energy and Green Sector Reform Agenda Continues with Support of KfW, AFD and EU
Georgia (represented by the Ministry of Finance of Georgia), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Delegation of the European Union to Georgia (EUD) have co...
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Georgia: Signing of a Policy-Based Loan co-financing Water Supply and Sanitation Reform
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have signed a €30 million Policy-Based Loan to support the Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Development Pro...
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The Clean Oceans Initiative doubles its commitment to provide €4 billion by 2025 to protect the Oceans and wel...
11 February 2022 – Today at the One Ocean Summit in Brest, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and KfW acting on behalf of the German Federal Government com...
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France and Tanzania strengthen their cooperation for more inclusion and sustainability in the agricultural and...
On the sidelines of this year's One Ocean Summit in Brest, H.E. Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr Franck Riester, Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Tra...
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Investing Together, For a New Alliance Between Africa and Europe
European development and finance institutions have published a new joint statement to reinforce their commitment for an improved European offer on the eve of the EU-AU Summit.
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AFD Group and Rwanda to improve the teaching and learning of French across the educational system
On Friday 18th February, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Economic Planning and Finance, Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, Minister of Education, Ambassador of France to Rwanda Antoine Anfré and Mr. Arthur...
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France and Rwanda’s Public Development Banks to Partner for Sustainable Growth
On Friday February 18th, Ms. Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO of the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) and Mr. Arthur Germond, country Director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Rwanda, signed tw...
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Sustainable Finance in the Indopacific: Final Communiqué
AFD and the India Exim Bank (EXIM) have co-organized in Paris on February 21st, 2022, on the eve of the EU ministerial Forum for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, an important gathering of public devel...
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Artificial intelligence in support of marine biodiversity: introducing an unprecedented international scient...
Even as the One Ocean Summit has drawn fresh attention to the urgent need to protect oceans, the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche–ANR), with joint funding from Agence...
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