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RISE Financially Supports Twelve Youth Social Businesses in the Western Balkans
Twelve social businesses, two from each: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo1, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, will be supported with financial grants of 2.500€ and a regional incubation p...
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AFD group announces its 2020 results: providing a rapid response to the covid crisis while working with partne...
Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of AFD Group presented the Group’s results for 2020. Despite the Covid-19 health crisis, AFD Group’s commitments amounted to more than €12 billion – as in 2019. Hav...
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JICA Becomes Official Partner of the Sport en Commun Platform
On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) confirms its commitment to making sport a powerful lever for sustainable...
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Climate finance and post-Covid-19 recovery: AFD supports sustainable and inclusive development projects in Mon...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) joins forces with Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (IDF) to facilitate investments in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A €50 mi...
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Launch of the fifth edition of the AFD Digital Challenge "Innovate for climate and biodiversity"
The Agence française de développement (AFD) is launching the fifth edition of its Digital Challenge, a competition for start-ups and digital innovations aimed at protecting the climate and biodiversit...
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South Africa: AFD and Eskom Affirm Commitment to Competitive Electricity Sector
Eskom and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a framework to strengthen the current cooperation and collaboration between the two par...
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Basketball Africa League and AFD to Advance Education and Inclusion in Africa
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and Agence Française de Développement today announced AFD as an official partner of the BAL. The inaugural BAL season will tip off Sunday, May 16 at the Kigali Arena...
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IDB and AFD Highlight $4 Billion in Joint Projects since 2018
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) Group gathered virtually for their fifth Deep Dive Meeting. The Deep Dive explored new opportunities for expanded coll...
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In a landmark year for biodiversity conservation, AFD and the European Union reinvest in the Critical Ecosyste...
In continuing recognition of the vital link between biodiversity and healthy communities, AFD (the French Development Agency) and the European Union are reinvesting in the Critical Ecosystem Partnersh...
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Indicative Funding Program 2020
AFD’s board of directors approved on January 30th the funding program. The target is set at EUR 7.5 billion. The Agency will finance loans related to development projects in order to contribute to rea...
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AFD and Paris 2024, a new form of cooperation for sustainable development through sport across the world
Remy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement, and Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement between both organisations to in...
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France to support IIEP-UNESCO in improving educational planning worldwide
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) celebrated the recent signing of a core funding agreement for IIEP on 25 February 2020...
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France Partners with the African Organic Network for a Greener Agriculture in Africa
On February 28th, the Minister of Trade and Industries in Zanzibar, Ambassador Amina Salum, inaugurated the Innovative Institutions for Ecological Organic Agriculture in Africa (IIABA) Project, in the...
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AFD issued a new 1,5 billion euro 10 years bond
On Wednesday April 8th, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) issued its second EUR benchmark for the funding year 2020 with a new EUR 1.5bn benchmark transaction at OAT + 42 bps.
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AFD launches US$ 2 billion 0.750% RegS Benchmark due 28 April 2023
On Tuesday 21st April 2020, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) launched a US$ 2 billion 3-year Reg S Benchmark transaction due 28th April 2023.This is AFDs first...
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IDB-AFD Strengthen Partnership in Times of COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group have held their fourth Deep Dive Meeting on May 20, 2020 – this time, virtually. They stress the impor...
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Launch of the “Outre-Mer En Commun” Initiative: €1 Billion to Support the French Overseas Territories during t...
Annick Girardin, Minister for Overseas France, and Rémy Rioux, AFD Chief Executive Officer, launched the €1 billion "Outre-mer en commun" initiative. Dedicated to supporting local authorities and busi...
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The French Development Agency allocates €190 million to Georgia to support the Covid-19 pandemic crisis respon...
The first loan aims to continue supporting the Georgian health and social protection system with a particular effort on the measures taken to fight against COVID19. The second loan aims to deepen the...
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A 70 M€ financing from AFD to sustainably improve water and sanitation in Morogoro
The Government of Tanzania and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed today a financing agreement for a 70M€ concessional loan (approximately 180 bn TZS) aiming at improving water supply and sanit...
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AFD and CIRAD Commit to Develop Sustainable Management Large Agricultural and Forestry Plantations in Four ASE...
On 11 June, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) signed an agreement to promote the sustainable m...
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