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Response to the Covid-19 crisis: France supports the resilience of the most vulnerable households and youth in...
On December 4, Mrs Anna Getaneh, Founder and President Ethiopian Children Fund (ECF) and Mrs. Valérie Tehio, Ethiopia country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), signed a financing agreem...
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A 20 Million Euros grant to support the expansion and rehabilitation of municipal wastewater collection and tr...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) signed two grant agreements in Amman for a total amount of 20.3 million euros.
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Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation and AFD launch Film on Egypt-France Partnership
Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation (MoiC), in collaboration with the French Development Agency, released a 60 seconds short visual film celebrating Fourteen years of AFD-Egypt partnership...
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AFD signs a 500k€ grant agreement with the National Planning Commission to support the Ministry of Public Ente...
National Planning Commission (NPC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed today an agreement for the implementation of a project benefiting to the Namibian Ministry of Public Enterprises (...
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The UN economic commission for Africa (UNECA) and AFD join forces to support African governments implement the...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) signed today a partnership agreement aiming at supporting African governments with the implementation of the Debt S...
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European Union and French Development Agency support the construction of the Tanzania – Zambia Interconnector ...
The Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mrs. Stephanie Mouen, has today signed a grant agreement of EUR 26 million (approximately TZS 73/- billion) with the Ministry of Finance an...
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A 5-million euro grant to the ICRC to help the Rafik Hariri University Hospital cope with COVID-19 in a post-...
Beirut, 17 December 2020: The French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed today a grant agreement of 5 million euros, to serve as additional funding...
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AFD provides EUR 100 million callable funding facility to GuarantCo to further develop its climate change port...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the development arm of the French Government, is providing GuarantCo, a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, with a EUR 100 million callabl...
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Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT) - The EU funds delegated to AFD increased to EUR 214.8 million for muni...
In the framework of the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT 2), AFD signed an agreement with the European Union Delegation to Turkey on December 18, increasing the amount of de...
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One Planet Summit: AFD undertakes to allocate at least 30% of its climate funding to biodiversity
To mark the One Planet Summit dedicated to biodiversity, Agence Française de Développement has set the goal of devoting 30% of its climate funding to efforts to foster biodiversity in 2025 by doubling...
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AFD launches US$ 2 billion 0.625% RegS Benchmark due 22 January 2026
On Thursday 14th January 2021, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) priced a new US$ 2 billion 5-year Reg S Benchmark transaction due 22nd January 2026. This transa...
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What record for the Alliance Sahel after 3 years at the service of the Sahelian populations?
The first results report on the action of the Sahel Alliance, at the end of its 3 years of existence, was officially published on Tuesday 19 January during a digital conference. The conference panel b...
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FAO and AFD will support development of community conservancies in Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation ...
FAO and AFD today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world's largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area.
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AFD and Paris 2024 have opened an innovative incubator designed to harness sport as a way of achieving the Sus...
Global Sports Week 2021 marked the one year anniversary of the partnership between AFD and Paris 2024. At this occasion, Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of the AFD, and Tony Estanguet, President o...
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Ministry of finance assesses public finance management with support from cooperation partners
The Angolan Ministry of Finance, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union Delegation (EUD) in Angola, the Swiss Embassy in Angola and other development partners laun...
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Passing Traditional Knowledge from Mother to Child, to Protect the Environment
Traditional knowledge passed on from mother to daughter can help future generations tackle the consequences of global warming, but such knowledge is in danger of being lost. On International Women's D...
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Confronting Gender-based Violence in Rwanda and Reigniting hope for the Future
More than a third of young women have been victims of some form of violence. How can we prevent violence based on gender, age, and disability and help survivors to rebuild their lives? In Rwanda, the...
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Closing the $2.5 trillion Climate Gap in Africa
The sheer scale of financing needed to cope with climate change is coming to light, and in Africa, it is an eye-watering $2.5 trillion. To help countries put in motion climate strategies, development...
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On the Environment and Governance, AFD Group is in the World's Top 10
Compared with more than 4600 other companies and institutions assessed worldwide, AFD was ranked in the top 10 by Moody's Analytics, using environmental, social and governance criteria. It’s a sign th...
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Bangladesh: Sorting sanitation to protect the ecosystem
On the southeast coast of Bangladesh, Chattogram is one of the world’s oldest ports with a natural harbor. But the bustling port city struggles to deal with sewage management, which is taking its toll...
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