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AFD Launches New Program to Protect Marine Ecosystems
AFD recently launched the “Blue Carbon Facility”, a new financial tool to ensure the long-term preservation of marine ecosystems based on improving knowledge, integrating this issue into public policy...
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The Long Distance Run for Peace in Kenya with Tegla Loroupe
Facing banditry, livestock theft and inter-communal conflict, especially over water and land, the community in West Pokot County in northwest Kenya needed help. So when world famous marathon runner Te...
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Defying Desertification: Feeding Populations without Plundering the Planet
In the quest to feed a rapidly global population, certain modes of farming and food production are damaging the environment and stripping the earth of valuable nutrients and minerals. For the opening...
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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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New Framework Agreement for the Asian Development Bank and AFD
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AFD Group are building on a partnership of almost thirty years, with an eye to strengthening their convergence through a new framework agreement.
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Using Sun and Water to Electrify Tanzania
Since 2015, AFD and the European Union EU have been contributing to the decarbonization of Tanzania, which is still largely dependent on fossil resources. But it has considerable potential in terms of...
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Controlling Epidemics in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific Regions
In recent years, the Indian Ocean region has endured epidemics of human and animal diseases, from cholera and the chikungunya virus, to foot-and-mouth disease and rabies. The Sega-One Health network h...
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Overcoming Economic and Climate Challenges via Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific
More than half the world’s population lives in the Indo-Pacific region, which is also home to a large proportion of the planet’s increasingly endangered biodiversity. Rapidly coming into play however,...
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Call for Applications for Social & Inclusive Business Camp
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) is launching its 2024 call for applications, open to leaders of projects with social and environmental impact from across Africa. Apply now to be part of th...
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Integrating Vulnerable People into Congo Society via Entrepreneurship
Almost half of Congolese people live below the poverty line and most do not benefit from social protection services because they work in the informal sector. Recently though, the Government has launch...
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50 Years in Djibouti, and Seeing Results from Fight against HIV
To mark the 50 years that AFD has been active in the East African country of Djibouti, an exhibition featuring people involved in or benefiting from the decades of AFD activity has been unveiled. Amon...
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Sports and Development: the Key to Success
Since 2012, AFD Group has financed nearly 200 sports projects, supporting more than 80 athletes and reaching around 10 million young people. Recent evaluations of such initiatives confirm that, under...
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AFD Group Bolsters Ties with Space Research in Support of Resources and Climate
July 28 was “Overshoot Day,” the date in 2022 by which humanity consumed all the natural resources that the Earth can regenerate in one year. One way to address the challenge of resource consumption i...
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Climate Finance: Helping the Philippines to Cope with Climate Change
The Philippines is one of the countries most exposed to the consequences of climate change. In response, the government has set ambitious targets through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)....
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New Phase of “Salam” Project Supports CSOs on the Southern Shore of the Mediterranean
Agence Française de Développement has just approved financing for the new phase of the Salam project, a program that supports young civil society actors on the southern shore of the Mediterranean. Foc...
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Kheira Benaissa, The Woman Transforming Organic Waste into Biogas
As part of its “Shared Innovation” series, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is showcasing innovative programs that have been developed in its partner countries. Kheira Benaissa, head of the...
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Elections in Angola: Will Angolans Choose a New Economic Path?
The outcome of the 2022 general elections, held on August 24, holds the key to transforming Angola's economic model. The importance of fostering a more robust, sustainable and inclusive development tr...
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Africa's Sports Economy: A Window into a Rapidly Changing Continent
Since 2015, the role of sports in development has gained extensive international recognition. The UN 2030 Agenda has also recognized the potential of sports for development, and the role they can play...
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AFD ranked "Good" in Aid Transparency Index for the first time
AFD's efforts to improve the quality of its published data have been rewarded by the NGO Publish What You Fund (PWYF), which placed AFD for the first time in the "Good" category of its 2022 Aid Transp...
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Transforming Education: AFD Group has Solutions in its Satchel
Whether it's elementary school, vocational training, or higher education, AFD supports equitable access to quality education and training courses wherever it operates through a wide range of projects...
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