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More than 4 Million People will have Improved Access to Water thanks to AFD-Supported Projects
In the approach to its 77th session now underway in New York, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a univ...
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Maïtena Master’s Program in Cameroon: The Response to the Training Needs Of Development Professionals
Maïtena Master 2 is a two-year master’s degree program created through a partnership between Université Senghor (Université de la Francophonie) and Campus AFD. The program provides capacity building f...
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These 6 Winners of the Emerging Mediterranean Digital Talk to Drive Positive Innovation in the Mediterranean
The Emerging Mediterranean “Digital Talk” competition, a program that supports start-ups to develop positive innovation in Mediterranean countries, has just announced its list of winners. It is a driv...
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AFD Commits to Better Inclusion of LGBT+ People
AFD Group has signed an LGBT+ commitment charter, continuing its efforts to combat inequality. The aim of this charter is to improve the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peop...
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AFD Group Results for 2021: Prioritizing the Sustainable Development Goals
AFD Group is more than ever acting in solidarity with its partners north and south, as can be seen in our Annual Results for 2021, published this week. With 995 new projects financed to the tune of €1...
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Unesco Education Conference: Making the Environment and Climate Change an Integral Part of Learning
UNESCO is holding the World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona May 18-20, as part of an effort to "reshape ideas and practices" in higher education "to ensure sustainable development for the pla...
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Winners of AFD’s Digital Challenge: 2021 Edition
Since 2016, AFD Digital Challenge has rewarded the most innovative African start-ups and research teams working with digital technology and the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. After five year...
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Cambodia: A New Wild Honey Label to Stimulate Rural Development
Wild honey has been cultivated in Cambodia for centuries, but it’s only recently that a new label aiming to maximize its commercial success and facilitate rural development has been launched. AFD has...
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Public Consultation on AFD Group’s 2023-2027 Strategy
Agence Française de Développement is drawing up new strategic guidelines for the upcoming five years. To hear your input, we are holding a public consultation until April 4, 2022.
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AFD Launches E-learning Platform for Partners and Beneficiaries
For development projects to deliver results, organizations need financing. But it's not always easy to know where to begin. AFD has developed an e-learning facility dedicated to the procurement of con...
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Promoting a Prosperous and Sustainable Mediterranean
During the Mediterranean Worlds Forum held in Marseille on February 7 and 8, AFD Group announced the creation and pursuit of several initiatives to promote positive development in the Mediterranean re...
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Data4Covid19: Awards for Open Data Champions
With the onset of the global Covid pandemic, scientists and researchers set out to find solutions to the health crisis not only in the West, but across Africa as well. Experts examined human behavior...
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AFD Digital Energy Challenge: 8 projects recognized for innovation in the Energy sector
The Digital Energy Challenge launched by AFD is one of the four pillars of the Digital Energy Facility, a program financed by the European Commission and implemented by AFD. The challenge awards proje...
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Expertise France joins AFD Group, allowing for a Holistic Approach to Development
The interministerial agency responsible for technical cooperation, Expertise France, joined AFD Group on January 1, 2022. With AFD subsidiary Proparco operating in the private sector, the Group now pr...
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AFD Gets Top Ratings for Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria
The results are in. For the year 2021, AFD was ranked number 1 in its category for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance among the 21 banks and agencies rated across Europe. The asse...
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AFD and ADFIAP join forces to promote green finance among Development banks in Asia and Pacific region
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) signed a partnership agreement on December 10 to promote climate fina...
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AFD-IDF Partnership: a cornerstone of the low-carbon transition in Montenegro
During the “Together Towards Sustainable Development” conference organized by the Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (IDF), Adama Mariko, Deputy Executive Director of Strategy, Partnerships...
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Public-Private Partnerships Drive Sustainable Development in Brazil's South-East
From greenhouse gas reduction, biodiversity and climate change adaptation to urban mobility, sanitation, gender equality and the private sector, Agence Française de Développement supports ambitious in...
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Innovation to Boost the Energy Transition
The first edition of the Digital Energy Challenge launched by the Agence française de développement named eight award winners for their contribution to the modernization and improvement of the energy...
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Innovative African Start-Ups use Digital Technology to Meet Essential Needs
The TLcom Capital investment fund has been supported by Proparco, AFD Group's private sector subsidiary since 2017, and is contributing to the development of a dozen high-potential African start-ups t...
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