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Improving maternal and child health in Madagascar
AFD has set out to address the dramatic maternal and child mortality and malnutrition rates by supporting an NGO group led by Médecins du Monde, as well as the running of the central medical store in...
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Improving education quality in Madagascar
Improving teacher training and their supervision, building human resources management capacities, and providing establishments with teaching materials are the three main objectives of this project to...
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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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Supporting rural development in the provinces of Binh Dinh and Hung Yen
AFD is contributing to increasing agricultural production in the two provinces of Binh Dinh and Hung Yen by financing the construction of water networks and building the water resources management cap...
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Supporting digital resilience in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Led by Agence Française de Développement and the Belgian development agency ENABEL and funded by the European Commission, the program supports the use of digital technologies to build more resilient s...
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Build a relationship of trust between banks and SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for most of Nigeria’s economy. But deprived of adapted loans, their investment capacity remains low. AFD favors their access to the formal banking system.
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UGANDA Optimizing distribution of drinking water in the Greater Kampala region
AFD is supporting Uganda’s investments in the water and sanitation sector. This project will improve access to drinking water for more than 3 million inhabitants in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Ar...
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IBOR Benchmark Reform
The end of the USD LIBOR publication by 2023 implies the introduction of fallback clauses in the contracts and the use of new reference rates.
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Photovoltaic power plant to support renewable energies
In November 2014, AFD allocated a EUR 40m sovereign loan to finance the construction of the first photovoltaic power plant connected to Egypt’s grid. The project feasibility study was conducted thanks...
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Reinforcing Egypt’s high-voltage power grid
AFD has allocated a EUR 50m loan to the Egyptian State to cofinance a project, in partnership with European donors, to reinforce the power grid, including substations, power lines and communication sy...
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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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