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Improve the rural roads sustainably to support economic growth
Rural transport, especially road transport, is a catalyst for economic development. Through this project, 1,130 km of rural roads will be renewed to improve access to basic services for the rural popu...
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The Digital Energy Facility
The Digital Energy Facility (DEF) is a programme funded by the European Union and implemented by AFD. It aims to finance digital innovation projects and products in the energy sector. DEF offers a var...
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Construction of the new National Load Dispatch Center
Facing network instability, high consumption and generation growth, the national electricity utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) decided to build a new load dispatch center in order to better manag...
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Modernizing vocational training in tourism and IT
AFD is addressing the needs of the economy by supporting a project to modernize vocational training. It will involve creating two establishments: a hotel school and IT school, with a focus on sandwich...
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Improving qualifications for the human resources required for Madagascar’s development
With this project, AFD aims to contribute to strengthening the technical education system in order to qualify human resources in a structural sector: building and public works.
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Helping the most vulnerable by supporting the health sector in Madagascar
Since 2010, AFD has been addressing numerous health problems in Madagascar by helping improve the system, with priority given to the most vulnerable populations: women and children, but also residents...
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Supporting agricultural development in Madagascar
The increase in agricultural imports and rise in poverty in rural areas have prompted AFD to support the implementation of national agricultural development policies, with the aim of making this secto...
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Developing mobile banking in Madagascar
In Madagascar, disadvantaged populations or people living in remote areas are often excluded from the traditional financial system. This project aims to develop access to appropriate financial service...
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Refurbishment of the largest social housing residence in Nouméa
The Magenta residence, which comprises 844 housing units, has been home to 2,500 people since 1974, i.e. the size of a medium-sized city in New Caledonia. The refurbishment program started in 2008 aim...
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Improving maternal and child health in Madagascar
AFD has set out to address the dramatic maternal and child mortality and malnutrition rates by supporting an NGO group led by Médecins du Monde, as well as the running of the central medical store in...
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Improving education quality in Madagascar
Improving teacher training and their supervision, building human resources management capacities, and providing establishments with teaching materials are the three main objectives of this project to...
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IBOR Benchmark Reform
The end of the USD LIBOR publication by 2023 implies the introduction of fallback clauses in the contracts and the use of new reference rates.
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Photovoltaic power plant to support renewable energies
In November 2014, AFD allocated a EUR 40m sovereign loan to finance the construction of the first photovoltaic power plant connected to Egypt’s grid. The project feasibility study was conducted thanks...
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Reinforcing Egypt’s high-voltage power grid
AFD has allocated a EUR 50m loan to the Egyptian State to cofinance a project, in partnership with European donors, to reinforce the power grid, including substations, power lines and communication sy...
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Research on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Economic Sectors
Within the frame of the ECOPRONAT research program (Encouraging the Development of a Pro-Nature Economy), AFD is launching a call for expressions of interest (AMI) for research on the "Mainstreaming b...
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Create vocational training programmes for the tourism professions to enhance the competitiveness of the sector
This project will finance the creation of two national vocational training institutes for tourism and a capacity-building programme for public and private actors in the sector.
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A project to support vocational training
This project is for five years (2016–2021) and is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The aim is to improve access to vocational training, as well as to ensure high quality and relevance...
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Contributing to creating job opportunities for youth and economic recovery in the Far North region
Since 2015, AFD has been working alongside Cameroon to allow populations to rebuild their region and return to employment. This project, which is also supported by the European Union via its Emergency...
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Combating corruption
As a stakeholder in the French government’s public policy on solidarity and sustainable investment for developing and emerging countries and France’s Overseas Territories, AFD Group pays particular at...
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Promoting gender equality at work in Turkey
By providing financial support to companies committed to gender equality within their structures based on a thorough diagnosis, this project encourages greater integration of Turkish women into the la...
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