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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...
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Announcing the Finalists for Creative Entrepreneurship Program in Africa
Launched in 2019, Afrique Créative is an incubation program to support cultural and creative entrepreneurship in Africa. Covering everything from fashion and the visual arts to the media, the program...
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Evaluation of the « Ecole et langues nationales en Afrique » program: Methodological Aspects and Interim Asses...
This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral...
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What's next for investment in the African cultural and creative industries?
As support for African Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) gathers momentum, now is a fitting time to take stock of where we are today and to think ahead to the opportunities and challenges before...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness for SMEs in Developing Countries: South Africa and Vietnam
Les PME sont souvent accusées de traîner pour mettre en place des pratiques de RSE. Pourtant, cette perception résulte plus d'une application d'un mode de pensée propre aux grandes entreprises. Cette...
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AFD Digital Challenge, the competition for innovation in Africa
The AFD Digital Challenge organized every year by AFD identifies and promotes innovative projects submitted by African start-ups. These solutions contribute to Africa’s development and to the achievem...
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Accès Culture – Financing Cultural Micro-Projects with a High Social Impact in Africa
In partnership with Institut Français, AFD is financing cultural micro-projects in Africa with the aim of promoting social cohesion and collaboration between French and African cultural players.
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Can we talk of a Just Transition in South Africa ?
What role can social policies play in enabling a just transition in South Africa?
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Improve the supply of affordable housing in urban centres
AFD supports the South African government’s housing policy, by providing the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) with a concessional loan to increase its low-cost rental housing offering.
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Supporting South African SMEs to develop energy efficiency projects
Within the framework of Sunref, AFD’s green finance label, Bio2Watt is producing energy from cow manure.
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Strengthening the high-voltage electricity network
A program to support ESKOM's investments into strengthening its high-voltage electricity network, in order to ensure the integration of renewable energy production facilities planned or under construc...
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Affordable housing for all
A concessional credit line provided to banks in order to facilitate access to housing for people in the lowest income bracket.
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Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable
The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world‘s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be see...
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The Future of Work in Africa
The Future of Work in Africa focuses on the key themes of creating productive jobs and addressing the needs of those left behind. It highlights how global trends, especially the adoption of digital te...
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Urban Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book contributes to knowledge on the functioning of urban labor markets in Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating a variety of questions. Which individuals lack access to employment or are employed...
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Rehabilitating and expanding water and sewerage services in the Copperbelt Province
This project aims to extend and secure sanitation and drinking water services in three cities in Copperbelt Province, thus improving the living conditions of 530,000 people by 2050.
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Coping with Climate Change in Africa in Numbers
Africa is particularly exposed to the impact of global warming. Average temperatures in Africa have already risen by 1.4 degrees centigrade since the pre-industrial period, as compared to + 1.1 °C...
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Natural Capital and Sustainable Development in Africa
This paper underlines a paradox: although "pro-poor" development assistance policies pay little attention to natural capital, the fact is that such resources are of great practical importance for the...
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Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has just experienced one of the best decades of growth since the 1960s. Between 2000 and 2012, gross domestic product (GDP) grew more than 4.5 percent a year on average, compared to...
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African Mines: how to avoid the extractive trap?
Against the backdrop of the worldwide rush to acquire critical minerals, what are the challenges and opportunities for the mining sector in Africa? Agence Française de Développement organized a webina...
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