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Integrating Vulnerable People into Congo Society via Entrepreneurship
Almost half of Congolese people live below the poverty line and most do not benefit from social protection services because they work in the informal sector. Recently though, the Government has launch...
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50 Years in Djibouti, and Seeing Results from Fight against HIV
To mark the 50 years that AFD has been active in the East African country of Djibouti, an exhibition featuring people involved in or benefiting from the decades of AFD activity has been unveiled. Amon...
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Sports and Development: the Key to Success
Since 2012, AFD Group has financed nearly 200 sports projects, supporting more than 80 athletes and reaching around 10 million young people. Recent evaluations of such initiatives confirm that, under...
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Foreign Direct Investment: Scarce for some, Abundant for others
Foreign direct investment (FDI) can indicate the relative attractiveness of emerging and developing countries' economies and their economic trajectories. Given the shocks that have struck economies ar...
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Swordplay for Sport, and to Deal with Delinquency in Senegal
It may seem counterintuitive to fight crime and delinquency by placing swords in the hands of convicted criminals. But an ambitious NGO has launched a program that allows young inmates to join fencing...
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Paris 2024: A Groundbreaking Summit for Sport, Youth and Sustainable Development
In a high-level summit on sports and development of a scale scarcely seen before, more than 500 participants from around the world, from Heads of State and Government to public banks and representativ...
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How Traditional Trades are helping Rebuild Communities in Morocco
Last year’s earthquake damaged not only infrastructure in Morocco, but also impacted the economy, notably in the rural Rhamna province between Casablanca and Marrakesh. Locals however, are using tradi...
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Protecting Nature and Biodiversity: "Living Things Deserve Rights"
Nature has long been regarded more as an object for use and exploitation than as a living entity worthy of protection. Advocates say we can best protect biodiversity by granting nature rights. Unlike...
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From Banking to Basketball, Moroccan Referee’s Mission to Make Sports Accessible
Thirty-four year-old French-Moroccan Najib Chajiddine was the youngest person to referee the basketball matches at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris. He’s also involved, with backing from AFD, in mak...
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Agence Française de Développement successfully prices a new 3.750% 500 million euros Sustainable benchmark due...
On Tuesday 12th September, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its third euro benchmark of the year, a 500 million euros 15-year sustainable benchmark due on t...
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The Social & Inclusive Business Camp 2023: An exceptional edition dedicated to the challenges faced by women e...
For its 7th edition, the SIBC is reinventing itself. The programme will be welcoming a cohort of 25 African women entrepreneurs in 2023, selected amongst 250 recommendations provided by 100+ partners...
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French expertise to boost serbia’s railway modernization
A partnership Agreement was signed today between Infrastruktura Železnice Srbije (IZS), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and SNCF (the French national railways).
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Reporting of bond issues: €22.48bn Sustainable and Climate loans for €13.35bn in SDG bond issuances as of 31 D...
On September 22nd , the Agence Française de Développement Group published the 2022 reporting for its Sustainable Development Goals bond issues, in line with the pillars of the Green and Social Bond Pr...
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Albania: EU and France Launch EUR 19 Million Project to Support Circular Economy in Municipalities
The European Union and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched today the “EU for Circular Economy and Green Growth – Waste Infrastructure in Albania” project. Funded by the EU with a EUR 19 m...
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AFD Successfully Prices a New 5.375% US$1.5 Billion Sustainable Benchmark Due 24th October 2025
On Tuesday 17th October, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its second US dollar benchmark of the year, a US$1.5 billion 2-year sustainable benchmark due on t...
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Imagined battambang: art to build tomorrow
The city of Battambang hosted an urban art festival with the goal of engaging residents in a dialogue on the province’s sustainable development trajectory through the prism of art. The festival was a...
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AFD and Rugby Africa are joining forces for the development of women's rugby in Africa
On the final of the Rugby World Cup France 2023, the French Development Agency (AFD) and Rugby Africa, with the support of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), are operationalizing their partnership t...
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AFD Group Ready to Support Kazakhstan’s Green and Inclusive Growth
The signing of the intergovernmental agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the activities of AFD Group in the country lays the fou...
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France announces 100 million euros loan for India’s CITIIS 2.0 programme
French Development Agency will support Innovative Solutions for India's Solid Waste Challenge, furthering Team Europe participation in sustainable urbanisation in India.
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AFD Group Accelerates its Support for Uzbekistan During the Visit of French President Emmanuel Macron
Two operational agreements have been signed to intensify relations between the AFD Group and the Uzbek authorities in the fields of green economy and women’s entrepreneurship, as well as an agreement...
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