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Developing Solar Energy Production and Modernizing the Electricity Operator's IT System
By helping to finance a photovoltaic power plant, AFD supports Benin in the development and diversification of its electricity production. The modernization of the national electricity operator's IT s...
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Digital Tools to Attract Rural Youth to Agricultural Professions
The JINOV project enhances the appeal of the farming profession. It promotes information sharing and exchange between young rural people on social networks while facilitating access to training, infor...
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Connecting Polynesian archipelagos to broadband with Natitua submarine cable
Bridging digital divides is one of AFD’s priorities. In French Polynesia, the Natitua project is connecting 20 Marquesas and Tuamotu islands to broadband using submarine cables and radio beams. This c...
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Modernizing and harmonizing national digital identification policy
Establishing a single digital identity is a fundamental component of development policies. It affects all areas of citizens’ lives, including access to goods, services and rights. In supporting the im...
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Elife project: Training unemployed graduates for high-growth digital sectors
Many young graduates with training in new technologies from higher institutes of technology (ISET) remain unemployed. The paradox is that companies within the sector are struggling to hire employees....
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Reducing urban greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable urban mobility planning
AFD is working with three pilot cities in India to develop comprehensive urban mobility plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions via a grant delegated by the EU’s Asia Investment Facility.
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AFD Digital Challenge, the competition for innovation in Africa
The AFD Digital Challenge organized every year by AFD identifies and promotes innovative projects submitted by African start-ups. These solutions contribute to Africa’s development and to the achievem...
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The Comoros
The Union of the Comoros is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean and one of the 19 priority destinations for French aid. AFD's work in the Comoros covers five main areas: health, water, climate a...
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Rebalancing access to healthcare by implementing an e-health strategy in public hospitals
The Tunisian Ministry of Health is modernizing its health information system. It is doing so by exploiting the potential of telemedicine with the aim of contributing to rebalancing access to public he...
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PROLER : Large-scale renewables Mozambique
AFD and the European Union work together with the public utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) on the PROLER (Promotion of Renewable Energy Auctions) Program. Co-financed by AFD and the EU, this p...
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Appropriate funding to support African digital start-ups and their ecosystems
The Digital Africa seed fund supports the development of innovative entrepreneurship. It offers African start-ups technical and financial support. It also helps to strengthen the capacities of the hub...
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Developing sustainable transport infrastructure in Surat
AFD is supporting the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation develop a metro in the rapidly growing city of Surat. The project seeks to decrease carbon emissions, reduce dependence on motorized transport and...
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ASToN: Financing an african smart towns network making the digital transition
In Africa, making the digital transition is one of the challenges facing emerging and developing cities. To achieve this objective, AFD is supporting 12 African cities with technical assistance. In th...
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INEDIT project: Digital inclusion, digital savings and technological innovations
INEDIT is helping 13,000 Senegalese rural dwellers use mobile financial services tailored to their needs. It is implemented by the NGO Oxfam and its partner La Lumière and is contributing to the digit...
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Promoting renewable energy and climate investments through a green credit line to PT SMI, a key public financi...
AFD has partnered with PT SMI, the Indonesian state-owned Infrastructure Finance Company, to support credits dedicated to renewable energy, water and sanitation, public transport and any other climate...
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Monitoring and modelling the circulation of marine debris in Indonesia
AFD has partnered with the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) to support the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in better monitoring and modeling the...
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Support the development of e-government in Vietnam
E-government has been a priority of the Vietnamese government since the early 2000s. However, since 2015, the government has increased its efforts to modernize and digitize its administration. AFD, al...
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Churches of Lalibela: Supporting the conservation of a heritage site
AFD is supporting the coordination of the feasibility study led by the SCAC and financing the CNRS in the project to carry out emergency restoration work on certain churches and create a digital exhib...
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Supporting training in cultural heritage professions in Morocco and West Africa
AFD funding is helping to structure a pan-African training program on professions in cultural heritage. The project is being run by the Fondation Nationale des Musées (National Museums Foundation - FN...
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Abomey Museum: Promoting historical and cultural heritage in Benin
AFD is financing the construction of a museum and the development of the Royal Palaces of Abomey site.
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