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How AFD Group Aligns its Projects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
From the provision of quality education to the restoration of ecosystems and the elimination of hunger, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious, and serve as a kind of compass for AFD Gro...
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More Rwandan Public Services are going Digital with the support of AFD
Paper records and old computer networks in the health, education and environment sectors often make even the most basic transactions difficult and can prevent systems from operating efficiently. Digit...
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Improving Living Conditions in Kenya’s Informal Settlements
The rapidly growing populations of Kenya’s towns, cities and informal settlements have placed additional pressure on basic services, with many lacking access to basic water and electricity services. A...
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Ethiopia: Rebuilding Infrastructure Damaged by the Civil War
Emerging from two years of civil war ending in November 2022, Northern Ethiopia is now setting to work on its reconstruction. Beyond the heavy human toll, the cost of rebuilding essential energy infra...
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Sports & Development: Impact 2024 International Call for Projects
As sports are a powerful vehicle for development and social cohesion, AFD, in partnership with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, presents the winning projects from the...
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Cultural & Creative Entrepreneurs: Apply for Support via AFD's Digital Challenge
The call for projects for the sixth edition of the AFD Digital Challenge has been launched. This year, entrepreneurs who best combine cultural and creative industries on digital platforms in Africa wi...
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“There can be no Just Ecological Transition without Investment in Education”
How effective is education in tackling climate change? To mark International Day of Education on 24 January, we put the question to Bertrand Foucault, climate and nature specialist in AFD Group’s Educ...
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Sustainable Cities: Call for Projects in 4 Mediterranean Countries
The “Samim” project, led by the Social and Solidarity Economy Laboratory, has launched a first call for projects on sustainable cities in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Jordan.
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"Being a client of AFD means working with a Reliable Partner"
Who are AFD Group's clients and how do they view their relationship with AFD? Whether in the city, in rural areas or working with young entrepreneurs, they explain how their partnership with the Group...
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African Economies: The Outlook for 2023
Experts had one hour to sum up their predictions for African economies in 2023, the subject of a conference recently held by AFD in Paris, and the title of an expansive new report. Probing Africa’s pr...
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Beyond the Pandemic: the Covid response’s long-term Benefits for Sudan’s Healthcare System
Just as Sudan began to recover from years of political tumult culminating in the overthrow of leader Omar al-Bashir, the Covid pandemic dealt another blow beginning in 2020, on the already strained he...
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AFD in Cambodia: 30 Years of Development in Pictures
AFD Group teams have been working for 30 years to support Cambodia's development trajectory and work with their partners to build a more equitable, greener world. Through the photo lens, we look back...
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Food Insecurity: Supporting Family Farms through Public Policy
In the face of a worsening global food crisis, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, AFD is part of the effort to fulfill Sustainable Development Goal number 2: achieving “zero hunger.” Much of African...
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To Overcome Multiple Crises, Lebanese Localities Team up with French Region
In an ambitious gesture of solidarity, France’s Pays de la Loire region in the west of the country is participating in a series of development projects some 4,500 kilometers away, in Lebanon. Collabor...
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Going organic: Improving Food Quality and People’s Health in Tanzania
In Tanzania, pesticides are taking a toll on crops and the food people eat, as well as on their physical health. In a project backed by AFD, non-governmental organizations are supporting farmers in th...
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The Numbers are in: Improved Access to Healthcare for 52 million thanks to AFD Financing in 2021
Last year AFD Group allocated financing of €826 million to the health and social protection sectors worldwide. In 2022, it will continue the "Health in Common" initiative launched in 2020.
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Cambodia’s Largest Water Treatment Plant Now 60% complete
Construction works on Cambodia's largest water treatment plant are now 60% completed, announced the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority during a field visit with officials from the ministries of Indust...
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Protecting Green Oases for Food Security in Niger
Located in a semi-arid zone in Niger, the oasis basins of Gouré are threatened by dessertification. And yet, these tiny islands of crops are essential to the life of local residents. In response to th...
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Turkey: a New Public Hospital to meet Growing Demand
Along with Turkey’s growing population comes a greater demand for health services. With EU financing and implemented by AFD, Turkey’s Health Ministry has overseen the construction of a new hospital in...
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AFD's New Office in Rwanda: “Symbolic of France’s Return”
Days after the inauguration of AFD Group’s new offices Kigali, its director examines the significance of France’s momentous return to Rwanda. The office opening comes ahead of the commemorations of Rw...
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