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Equipping the Kandadji Dam hydropower plant

By cofinancing the hydropower plant of the Kandadji Program, AFD is helping Niger accelerate its economic development. The plant will indeed reduce the recurrent electricity shortages and allow the ex...

A sport app to promote social inclusion

AFD is supporting a project that uses sport as a tool for social inclusion and the creation of income-generating activities through a digital solution.

Responding to water stress in Maputo

AFD is participating in FIPAG's emergency program to improve the drinking water supply in Greater Maputo by using groundwater.

Strengthen social cohesion through sport

A project that puts sport at the service of social inclusion and urban regeneration through the activation of parks in inner-city Johannesburg.

Supporting the creative economy in East Africa

AFD is supporting a Kenyan financing fund to support the craft and fashion sector via a facility that combines loans and capacity building.

Encourage the development of training courses for digital creative professions

AFD is implementing a multi-year Franco-Kenyan partnership between the Rubika school in Valenciennes and the Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) in Nairobi.

Afrique Créative – Promoting Creative Entrepreneurship in Africa

The Afrique Créative call for projects aims to demonstrate the economic potential of CCIs (Cultural and Creative Industries) by offering technical and financial support to eight African cultural entre...

Promoting historical and cultural heritage in Cameroon

AFD funding is helping to modernize the National Museum of Cameroon in Yaoundé.

Promoting Economic Revival for Microbusiness and Agriculture (PERMA) in Nineveh Governorate

The PERMA projects supports the restarting of rural and agricultural activities and, on the Nineveh Plain, the relocation of microenterprises and SMEs via the rehabilitation of water infrastructure an...

Modernisation of the electricity transmission and distribution network in Cambodia

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) finances the modernisation of communication and management tools undertaken by the national operator Electricity of Cambodia (EDC). It also includes the dis...

Assisting telecom operators with financing AAE1 and SMW5 submarine cables

AFD is supporting Djibouti Télécom’s participation in international consortiums for submarine telecom cables. Through its financing, AFD is contributing to the development and consolidation of the nat...

Jordan : Strengthening civil protection and relief capacities

As many public services, the Jordan Civil Defence of the Public Security Directorate (PSD-JCD) is facing sustained pressure and growing demands, in particular due to the long-term presence of Syrian r...

African Network of Centers of Excellence in Electricity (ANCEE)

Supported by the Agence Française de Développement and the African Development Fund of the African Development Bank Group, the ANCEE is a pan-african initiative launched in June 2015by the Association...

Just Energy Transition (JET)

The notion of a just transition stems from the realization that there is a link between crises that are environmental or social in nature. It takes into account the interests of workers and vulnerable...

Reconciliation and Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans

The project promotes the reconciliation of youth in the Western Balkans through the deployment of a regional social entrepreneurship coaching program.

Haiti

Haiti is vulnerable to climate change and is marked by natural disasters, but it is also a young country. The country needs to address several challenges in order to stem the massive emigration and fi...

Health and Social Protection

Documentation on climate

Climate and development are two, tightly bound emergencies and the fight against climate change is a priority for AFD. Our objective? That all our projects be 100% compatible with the Paris Agreement.

India

India: 1.4 billion inhabitants and a record economic performance. While focusing on improving the quality of life of the Indian people and on developing infrastructures, India is showing proactive cli...

Kenya

Since 1997, AFD has supported Kenya in financing low-carbon infrastructure, promoting access to essential services, particularly in urban areas, supporting public policies through the private sector,...