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China

Since 2004, AFD has been working in partnership with the Chinese authorities to develop cooperation activities for sustainable development and the fight against climate change. The projects financed b...

Digital and Innovation

Education and Training

Crisis and post-crisis calls for projects (APCC)

The crisis and post-crisis calls for projects (APCC) program is used to co-develop projects with French and international CSOs and nonprofit organizations based on specifications set by AFD to address...

Minka: a fund for peace and resilience

The Minka Peace and Resilience Fund is dedicated to peacebuilding in fragile, crisis and conflict areas. It finances projects in four crisis areas (Sahel, Lake Chad area, Central African Republic and...

FEXTE: a cooperation and project preparation instrument

The Fund for Technical Expertise and Experience Transfers (FEXTE) finances technical expertise in the form of feasibility and project preparation studies in countries that receive ODA.

The Fund for Innovation in Development: innovating against poverty and inequality

The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) finances solutions with high potential impact on tackling poverty and inequalities in low- and middle-income countries. The Fund is backed up with a rigoro...

Overseas France Fund: supporting public engineering in the French Overseas Territories

The Overseas France Fund (FOM) assists the French Overseas Territories with the implementation of structural projects and their public policies.

France through AFD Strengthens Partnership with Kenya Across Energy, Urban Development, and Water Sectors

Kenya September 8, 2025 – During her first mission to Kenya, Sandra Kassab, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Africa Director, engaged with key partners and visited flagship projects in Nairobi,...

France through AFD inaugurates urban fabric initiative project to upgrade informal settlements in Nairobi, Ken...

Nairobi, September 4 – Agence Française de Développement (AFD), together with the Government of Kenya and the Nairobi City County Government, officially launched the Urban Fabric Initiative (UFI) proj...

East Africa poised for renewable energy boost with Kenya-France Geothermal Agreement

Nairobi, September 4, 2025 – Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a major cooperation agreement to accelerate the development of geothermal e...

2050 Facility: supporting low-carbon and resilient development

The 2050 Facility offers technical assistance and capacity-building support to countries among the highest greenhouse gas emitters or the most vulnerable to climate change. Its purpose is to assist th...

AdaptAction: supporting climate change adaptation strategies

AdaptAction assists countries particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change with the implementation of their adaptation strategies. This AFD Group program offers technical assistance and ca...

Private Sector Study and Aid Fund: support for exports and development

The Private Sector Study and Aid Fund (FASEP) finances feasibility studies and demonstrator projects for green and innovative technologies implemented by French companies for foreign public authoritie...

SOGEFOM: A guarantee fund that facilitates MSME access to bank loans

The SOGEFOM guarantee fund for the French Overseas Territories facilitates access for micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to bank loans. Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is the...

Lebanon

AFD Group has become a key stakeholder in the Lebanese landscape through the historical relationship between France and Lebanon. Over the years, AFD has established itself as a recognized partner for...

European Union, France and Ethiopia Sign €120 Million Flagship Agreement to Modernise Power and Digital Infra...

Today, in the margins of the Africa Climate Summit 2025 in Addis Ababa, the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), in true Team Europe fashion, joined the G...

Team Europe strengthens partnership with Kenya to advance water and sanitation sector

Kisumu, September 5 – The groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation and extension of Kisumu’s water pipelines network under Work Package 2, Lot 1 of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Program...

ESTEEM: Measuring macroeconomic risks in low-carbon transitions

The macroeconomic modeling tool ESTEEM (Exposure to Structural Transition in an Ecological-Economic Model) identifies the external, fiscal and socio-economic risks faced by developing countries in the...

Biodiversity Partners Program: acting together for nature

The Biodiversity Partners Program (BIPP), led by the AFD Campus, assists public, private and non-profit entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with the implementation of their projects for nature and biodive...