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Research on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Economic Sectors
Within the frame of the ECOPRONAT research program (Encouraging the Development of a Pro-Nature Economy), AFD is launching a call for expressions of interest (AMI) for research on the "Mainstreaming b...
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Create vocational training programmes for the tourism professions to enhance the competitiveness of the sector
This project will finance the creation of two national vocational training institutes for tourism and a capacity-building programme for public and private actors in the sector.
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A project to support vocational training
This project is for five years (2016–2021) and is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The aim is to improve access to vocational training, as well as to ensure high quality and relevance...
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Intensifying last-mile connectivity in rural Uganda
The aim of this project is to extend the supply of electricity from the national grid to local communities currently not accessing clean energy in order to spur sustainable economic and social develop...
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Supporting energy efficiency through an innovative financial model
AFD supports the implementation of large-scale energy saving measures by public entities assisted by EESL, an energy services company.
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Supporting Senegal's skills for jobs and competitiveness program
AFD and the World Bank are supporting the implementation of the Senegalese authorities’ new national vocational training strategy.
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Supporting Aberdares' small coffee farmers
By strengthening the Union of Small-scale Coffee Producers in Muranga, the project aims to increase the quantity and quality of the coffee produced, thus increasing the producers’ income.
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From setting up training centers to supporting the sector reform
Since 1996, AFD has been supporting the creation/refurbishment of 28 training centers managed via a dialogue with the private sector. This new program focuses on industry activities and supports the i...
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Sunref: An AFD Group Green Finance Label
Sunref, an AFD Group green finance label, helps economic actors in developing and emerging countries seize the opportunities offered by energy and environmental transitions and encourages local financ...
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South Africa
South Africa is one of the leading economic powers in Africa. Yet the country continues to be marked by high levels of socioeconomic inequalities. AFD’s support has historically focused on the upliftm...
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Supporting urban mobility policies in the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
The very rapid urbanization of the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo poses a challenge for transport networks. AFD is supporting the urban mobility policies of these two States and is establishin...
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Improving the living conditions of slum residents in Kenya
With the growing urban populations, especially in slums, the sustainable development of major Kenyan cities and their basic facilities have become a priority for the country.
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Heart and Cancer Centre at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi
Faced with increased chronic diseases in East Africa, the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi opens a Heart and Cancer Centre, making treatments and medical interventions available to the poorest...
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Increase Access to Safe Water in Two States
On average, only half the urban population of Nigeria benefits from safe water supply networks. AFD contributes to the rehabilitation and the expansion of these networks in Cross River and Lagos State...
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Supporting employment and improving living conditions in deprived neighborhoods
With over 85 million inhabitants on 6% of the territory and population growth at some 2% a year, Egypt is faced with an urbanization of poverty: informal neighborhoods are home to 60% of Cairo’s popul...
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Improving water and sanitation services in Upper Egypt
This project involves a program to improve water and sanitation services in four Upper Egypt Governorates. It comprises several projects and is a replication of a similar ongoing project in the Nile D...
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Improving access to water and sanitation in the Nile Delta
This project is the first operation in the water and sanitation sector in Egypt and involves a program to improve water and sanitation services in four Nile Delta governorates.
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Preservation, development and promotion of the archaeological site of Saqqara
AFD is meeting the management and long-term development needs of Egypt’s cultural heritage sites by supporting the Supreme Council of Antiquities for a pilot and priority site: the Saqqara site.
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Modernizing plot irrigation in the Nile Delta
The project aims to improve the standard of living for 140,000 smallholders located in three northern sectors of the Delta by modernizing the irrigation and management system for crops on plots.
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Improving the transport system in Cebu
In Cebu, the second largest city in the Philippines, the Bus Rapid Transit project running on priority, financed by AFD, lanes will provide the city with an efficient and affordable urban transport sy...
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