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One Water Summit: laying the groundwork for action ahead of the UN Water Conference in 2026
On December 3, France, Kazakhstan and the World Bank Group co-organized the One Water Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the margins of the COP16 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Having...
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Where does AFD Group's global investment money come from?
How does AFD Group finance the projects it supports around the world? Answers in this video.
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AFD Group Annual Meetings: stronger partnerships to face challenges together
AFD Group’s Annual Meetings, held from January 6 to 10 in Paris, brought together agency directors from across the world, representatives of the French government, researchers, economists, and leaders...
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The first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program: a unique collaboration
From December 10-12, 2024, the Institut Français in Cotonou hosted the first seminar of the Academia Partnerships Africa-France (PeA) program. Organized by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Cam...
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Africa-France academic partnerships focus on gender equality and employability
How can we promote student employability, inclusion and gender equality on the African continent? Dr. Moussa Diaby, Director General of the Institut national polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-...
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Artificial intelligence, a driving force for change in Africa
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only disrupting the technology sector, it is already reshaping the future of Africa. AI is providing solutions to Africa’s major social, economic and environmental...
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Accelerating electrification and supporting the clean energy transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
With close to 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still living without electricity, the Mission 300 program, an initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, aims to co...
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Armed conflicts in Africa: a continent “trapped in stereotypes”?
What impact do armed conflicts have on the development of African countries, and what lessons can be drawn from the many external interventions aimed at dealing with them? In this article, we intervie...
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Latin America invests in renewable energy to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels
Having marked the International Day of Clean Energy on January 26, we turn our attention to Latin America, where there is huge potential to ramp up renewable energy use. In Argentina, AFD has establis...
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Sport, education and employability: 14 projects selected under the SESLA initiative
The Sport for Education and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (SESLA) initiative, supported by the Laureus Sport for Good foundation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Agence Française de...
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LEAD Morocco: sport and education for all children
In Morocco, where more than 180,000 children live in extreme poverty, there is ongoing inequality in access to education. We met Soufiane Najah El Idrissi and Fatima Azzahra Benfares, the founders of...
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Driving the transition to sustainable agriculture in Ghassate, Morocco
At the 2025 edition of the Paris International Agricultural Show, Morocco will take center stage. In the south-east of the country, where agriculture is often critical to survival, the sector is facin...
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Using AI to improve language learning in Senegal
While French is the official language in the Senegalese school system, only a minority of teachers and pupils speak it as their first language. With support from AFD, the NGO Libraries Without Borders...
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Escaping child labor in Tanzania
Child labor remains a global scourge, affecting 160 million children worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, where one in four children – approximately 86.6 million – are forced to...
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Brazil: more equitable public policies in response to climate change
Brazil’s government and institutions are working together to develop local policies aimed at the communities most vulnerable to climate change. Gender equality and anti-discrimination criteria are now...
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Ghana Receives a Grant of €44.7M from the European Union and France to Build Irrigation Infrastructure in Nort...
The Government of Ghana, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have signed the Agriculture Water Management Project (€44.7 million) to build and rehabilitate a total of 3...
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South Africa: Infrastructure Fund Partners with AFD
The Infrastructure Fund (IF), a ring-fenced division at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched a new partnership on Tuesday 12 April 2022 a...
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AFD, FFEM and CBF Making Big Moves to Support Caribbean Biodiversity
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) have committed €4M to provide support to the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and its 12 affiliated Natio...
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AFD Supports Uzbekistan Green Economy Transition
On April 19th 2022, the Uzbek Ministry of Finance and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed an agreement to foster the country’s green economy transition.
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AFD and Conservation International Launch Final Component of Pronature Project
Conservation International (CI) and Agence Francaise de Développement met in Lusaka, Zambia, to launch the fisheries component of the Pro-Nature Enterprises for the People of Southern Africa project....
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