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Finance in Common Summit: Development Banks Commit to Post-Pandemic Recovery and Sustainable Development
Over 500 Public Development Banks (PDBs) gathered in Rome to promote models capable of catalysing public and private resources towards sustainable agri-food systems and food security, the fight agains...
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AECID, AFD, CDP and KfW together for the creation of a new European Strategic Cooperation Framework
The joint declaration signed today is the first pillar of the European finance platform, which aims at improving aid effectiveness and leverage on collective resources to deliver on the SDGs, drawing...
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2021 Finance in Common Summit: Progress and New Directions for the Public Development Banks Coalition and its...
The second edition of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) was held in Rome on 19 and 20 October under the auspices of the 2021 Italian G20 Presidency. As an initiative of the World Federation of Devel...
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AFD Group and the ILO Join Hands to Provide Access to Inclusive Insurance for the Most Vulnerable
AFD and its subsidiary Proparco have recently signed two new projects in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), which is recognized for its expertise in inclusive insurance. AFD...
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Launch of the ESA Coding Lab at the French Institute in Lebanon – Nabatiyeh
Initiated in 2018 and launched in July 2020 during the signing of an agreement between the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), ESIEE IT (a large computer coding school in France depending on the...
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France and the University of Nairobi to support Engineering and Science Training in Kenya
On October 29, the Government of Kenya and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed two financing agreements to the tune of 35 million euros aiming to improve and open up available academic trai...
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The European Union and France, through AFD, support flood prevention in Dien Bien Phu city
On the occasion of the official visit of Viet Nam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to France from 3 to 5 November 2021, Mr. Bertrand Walckenaer, Deputy General Director of the Agence Française de Déve...
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COP26: AFD Group Strengthens its Commitment to Combat Climate Change and Protect Biodiversity
AFD Group is participating in COP26 from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow. The Group will be presenting the progress made in implementing its climate strategy, its commitment to align with the Par...
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COP26: Launch of AdaptAction Programme Phase 2 (2022-2025)
The second phase of the AFD AdaptAction programme was officially launched at COP26, with a 15 million euro budget for four years.
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Agence Française de Développement and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation : A collaboration to advance gender equi...
Announced in 2023, the collaboration between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Gates Foundation works to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and improve development outcomes and wo...
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AFD’s 2023 Funding Program Set at €9 billion
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2023 funding program on January 26, setting the target at EUR 9 billion.
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Iraq
Since 2017, AFD’s strategy in Iraq has been part of a new approach developed to optimize the impact of its actions in the context of a chronic crisis. Despite the destruction and the still difficult h...
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Uzbekistan: MIIT and AFD Review their Collaboration at Annual Consultations
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade (MIIT) and all the counterparts invested in projects with AFD held technical and institutional meetings to asse...
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France Supports the Development of Nigeria’s Agrifood Markets Strategy with the Support of French Company, Sem...
On February 2, 2023 the Government of Nigeria represented by the Federal Minister of Finance (FMoF), the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), the French Ambassador to Nigeria...
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AFD and Expertise France to support the Medical Research and Care Centre of the University of Mosul (MRCC) to ...
On February 7, the Agence française de développement (AFD, French Development Agency) and Expertise France, along with their partners, have launched a €10 million project to support the operationaliza...
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BoI and AFD Continue Joint Efforts to Fight Climate Change In Nigeria
On February 8th, 2023, Bank of Industry (BOI) and the French Development Agency (AFD) met again to sign a grant agreement for €2.5m delegated by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) which will further their p...
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AFD priced its first dollar transaction in 2023 with a USD 1.75bn 3-year issue
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) launched a new bond issue of USD1.75 billion with 3-years tenor. This is AFD's third benchmark tran...
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Strengthening financing and cooperation for sustainable infrastructure: Rémy Rioux visits Vietnam ahead of the...
Hanoi - 17 February 2023 - As part of the preparations for the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact scheduled for June 2023 in Paris, Rémy Rioux, AFD Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of th...
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AFD Group Chief Executive officer visits Vietnam
February 17 and 18, 2023. Mr. Rémy Rioux, Director General of AFD Group, Chairman of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and of the Finance in Common Summit (FICS) initiative, visited Vi...
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Cambodia’s future largest water treatment plant is now 90% completed
Phnom Penh, February 20 2023 - Construction works on Cambodia's largest water treatment plant are now 90% completed, announced PPWSA during the groundbreaking ceremony of Tonle Sap Crossing Micro-tunn...
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