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Culture and sport – strategic drivers of international solidarity
Supporting access to culture, preserving heritage and investing in sports infrastructure are just some of the ways that sport and culture can bring communities together, help emancipate minorities, pr...
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Ten years on, the higher education and research program making a lasting impact in Africa
Launched in 2015, the African higher education Centres of Excellence program is celebrating ten years of transforming higher education across the continent. Led by the Association of African Universit...
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Supporting the media through several crises in the Middle East
While the region struggles with various crises, the media remain committed to publishing free, high-quality and constant information even in times of war. AFD has been financing the Qarib project sinc...
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Sailing against the tide of waste: the ‘Plastic Odyssey’
As the world prepares for the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), set to take place from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Nice, France, the stopovers of the laboratory ship Plastic Odyssey in the Indian Ocean mark an unp...
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Is climate change education effective? Two AFD-supported studies provide answers
Can education about climate change truly influence behavior and help tackle environmental challenges? Two recent studies financed by AFD explore this essential question, aiming to identify the most ef...
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Indonesia and AFD Group seek stronger partnership in sustainable development
Bilateral consultations between the Government of Indonesia and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group were held on April 24, 2025, in Jakarta. Chaired by Indonesia's Ministry of National Devel...
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Developing bioeconomics in the Amazon to protect the planet
Reducing environmental degradation requires not only ecosystem preservation, but also economic and social growth. The world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, and its inhabitants, have long been at the...
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How evaluations inform the debate on solidarity-based investments
Evaluations are not only essential for determining the effectiveness of AFD Group’s actions, but also for identifying lessons that can inform future projects. The Group’s 2025 evaluation report explor...
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Mauritania: “Quality maternal health requires blood transfusion capability”
In Nouakchott, the new National Blood Transfusion Center marks a turning point in the fight against maternal mortality. With postpartum hemorrhage the leading cause of maternal deaths in Mauritania, a...
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The IDBio Project: transforming biosourced wastes for more sustainable industries
The IDBio project, supported by the Academia Partnerships Africa-France Program (PeA), responds to a growing challenge in Africa: the development of renewable resources and sustainable waste managemen...
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French Overseas Territories: 5 key points on AFD Group's operations
AFD Group is a long-standing partner of France’s Overseas Territories, where it has been working for over eighty years. The Group’s financing helps improve the living conditions of people in Overseas...
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Khadija Bourass: boosting biodiversity in Morocco through bird conservation
Through her work leading GREPOM, an NGO for bird conservation in Morocco, Khadija Bourass resolutely defends Moroccan biodiversity. She advocates for wildlife and wetlands, with the conviction that wh...
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Cape Town and AFD: an exemplary partnership for sustainable coastal resilience
As part of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town, Eddie Andrews, explains the concrete progress made through the long-term partnership between his city and AFD (Agence Françai...
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COP28: How the "Financial Gap" is Hindering Adaptation to Climate Change
Countries are mobilizing to adapt to climate change, but those most affected are least equipped to cope. Current climate financing falls short of urgent needs tied to adaptation, mitigation and compen...
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The Clean Oceans Initiative reaches two thirds of its 5-year financing target and expands with CDP and ICO as...
Today at the IMF/World Bank Group meetings, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and KfW acting on behalf of the German Federal Government reported significa...
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Fak’ugesi Festival 2020: A virtual feast of Africa’s best creative digital workshops, talks, pitches and digit...
Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg will run their Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme live and online for one month fro...
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South Africa: International infrastructure partnership formalised
The Department of Local Government in the Western Cape and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at addressing the backlog in the investment in infrastructure...
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Signing of the “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and AFD
On the 24th of August 2020, The Republic of Uzbekistan and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed an “Energy Climate” Policy Based Loan in co-financing with the Asian Development Bank (AD...
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Sustainable finance: Success of AFD's first SDG Bond issue for a total of 2 billion euros
After issuing climate bonds in 2014, AFD announced on 21 October that it had issued the first bond under its new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, ahead of the "Finance in...
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