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How evaluations inform the debate on solidarity-based investments
Evaluations are not only essential for determining the effectiveness of AFD Group’s actions, but also for identifying lessons that can inform future projects. The Group’s 2025 evaluation report explor...
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Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project
The project supports Rwanda’s national objective of achieving universal electricity access, through investments in grid expansion, improved service reliability, and institutional strengthening. The AF...
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Strengthening healthcare system resilience for all
AFD supports Rwanda’s health reforms with results-based financing to strengthen primary care, expand the health workforce, and develop climate-resilient facilities, ensuring quality care and access fo...
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Scientific Expertise and Pilot Mangrove Restoration
This project is part of AFD’s Blue Carbon Facility, which aims to accelerate the protection and restauration of coastal ecosystems with high carbon sequestration potential, such as mangroves and seagr...
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Pilot Project on Blue Carbon Ecosystems
This project is part of AFD’s Blue Carbon Facility, which aims to accelerate the protection and restauration of coastal ecosystems with high carbon sequestration potential, such as mangroves and seagr...
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Strengthening Youth Skills and Opportunities through Vocational Training
Building on the success of the pilot project AFTER I, AFTER II aims to improve the quality of technical and vocational education in Rwanda to make it more attractive to young people. Its objective is...
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Seagrass Conservation and Blue Carbon Finance
This project, supported by the Blue Carbon Facility, aims to position Tunisia as a pioneer in the protection of Posidonia seagrass meadows and blue carbon finance in the Mediterranean.
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Upgrading informal settlements in Kigali
The Kigali Informal Settlement Upgrading Project (KISUP) is a project financed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union to improve the living conditions of vulnerable comm...
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National Plan for the Teaching and Learning of French
This project supports the implementation of Rwanda’s national plan to strengthen French language education, aiming to improve the quality of teaching, increase attractivity, and boost youth employabil...
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Climate-resilient local development through the Basket Fund for Pro-Poor Development
Rwanda has achieved some of the highest rates of access to public services in sub‑Saharan Africa. However, rural areas still lag behind urban centers. In many districts, residents face longer travel t...
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PROLER: Large-scale renewable energy in Mozambique
AFD and the European Union work together with the public utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) on the PROLER (Promotion of Renewable Energy Auctions) Program. Co-financed by AFD and the EU, this p...
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Financing the transition to a low-carbon economy in Brazil
In Brazil, AFD is collaborating with BNDES to finance public policies for sustainable development. This partnership has enabled the financing of major infrastructure projects in the energy and transpo...
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Private green mini-grids for Kenya's rural communities
The objective of the Green Mini-Grid project is to improve the economic development and well-being of populations in rural areas by supporting the development of mini-grids supplied by renewable energ...
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Supporting the modernization of Ruhengeri referral hospital
The project, implemented by the Government of Rwanda and supported by AFD Group, aims to enhance healthcare access in the North of Rwanda through the modernization of the Ruhengeri Referral Hospital.
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Promoting the financing of sustainable infrastructure in north-eastern Brazil
By strengthening its financing offer for sustainable infrastructure, Banco do Nordeste contributes to increasing investments with positive impacts on the climate and on reducing social inequalities in...
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KENYA: KISIP 2 slum improvement program
The aim of this project is to improve access to basic services, the tenure security of residents in urban informal settlements and strengthen institutional capacity for slum upgrading in Kenya.
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GBM restores Kenya's Aberdares & Mau Forests
In Kenya, the Aberdares and Mau forests, Nairobi's main water sources were heavily threatened before being rehabilitated by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangarai Mathai's Green Belt Movement.
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KENYA - Resilient rural roads for ASAL regions
This project will build basic, all season roads in Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) areas in order to reduce vulnerability to drought by increasing access to markets and basic services.
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KENYA: Seven Forks solar power plant
This project aims to finance construction of a 42.5 MWp photovoltaic power plant with a pilot storage solution, near the Kamburu dam, one of the dams on the Seven Forks Cascade.
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Digitization of administration and innovations for development
AFD is supporting Rwanda’s digital transformation through the modernization of IT networks in government institutions across the country, the creation of a national GeoHub, and the building of a Drone...
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