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Team Europe signs a strategic agreement to address climate challenges in Punjab

ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2023: As a part of the Team Europe Initiative 'Building Back Better through Green Jobs Creation,' combining support from the European Union (EU), Germany, France and Italy, the...

Granting FASEP Funding for the Renovation of the Long Bien Bridge

On 16th November, 2023, France made the decision to grant the People's Committee of Hanoi a donation of over 700,000 EUR to fund a feasibility study for the renovation of the Long Bien Bridge. This ic...

A new landmark Partnership for Sustainable Development in North Macedonia: French Development Agency (AFD) pro...

Agence française de développement (AFD) joins forces with the Development Bank of North Macedonia (DBNM) to scale-up sustainable finance in the country – €50 million credit line agreement signed on De...

Agence Française de Développement successfully priced a new 3.000% €2 billion benchmark due 17th January 2034

On Wednesday 10th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first benchmark of the year, a €2 billion 10-year benchmark due on the 17th January 2034 whi...

Strategic Partnership: AFD and TICA sign a historic amendment for enhanced cooperation in Thailand

AFD Group and the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have reached a significant milestone by signing an amendment authorizing Expertise France to operate in Thailand.

AFD AND KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA DOUBLE THEIR COOPERATION

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed three financing agreements in the fields of drinking water, energy, and vocational...

AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT SUCCESSFULLY PRICED A NEW 4.125% £350 MILLION BENCHMARK DUE 22ND JULY 2027

On Monday 15th January, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £350 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd J...

AFD and UNICEF sign a new partnership to support education for children

To mark the International Day of Education, the Minister of Education and Higher Education visits Uruguay Public School with a delegation from the Agence Française de Développement and UNICEF.

AFD’s 2024 Funding Program

AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 funding program on January 25, setting the target at €9 billion.

Publication of a research paper on the stimulus effects of the South African PYEI-BEEI programme

New research shows that the largest component of South Africa’s Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-prog...

Linking finance, business and biodiversity in Thailand : the fruitfull bet of FIN4BIO !

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD Group) and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), in collaboration with Thailand Environment Institute (TEI), Blue Ren...

EAA Foundation, AFD and Silatech Join Forces in $70 Million Collaboration for Global Impact on Education, Gree...

Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, in collaboration with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Silatech, announced a strategic partnership aimed at creating a significant impact on access to...

AFD SUCCESSFULLY PRICES A NEW 4.500% USD 2 BILLION 5-YEAR SUSTAINABLE BENCHMARK DUE 05 MARCH 2029

On Tuesday, 27 February 2024, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA- (Fitch) successfully returned to the USD market a new 5-Year USD 2Bn sustainable bond issue.

CENTRAL PROVINCES OF QUANG NAM AND QUANG TRI TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE EU AND FRANCE TOWARDS TACKL...

The financing agreements of two climate change adaptation projects in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Tri respectively were officially handed over today from the Vietnamese Ministry of Fi...

PH, EU launch disaster risk reduction and management program to enhance LGUs readiness capacities

The Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group launched a disaster risk redu...

Energy

GRIDCo Commissions the 330kv Kumasi - Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project

GRIDCo’s 330kV KUMASI – BOLGATANGA transmission line project has been formally commissioned by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The project was funded by an Agence Française de Développement (AF...

Ethiopia: France, through AFD, Commits to Preparing a New Program of Preservation, Restoration and Development...

The Ministry of Finance and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed today a 260 000 000 Birr grant agreement to conduct the preparatory phase of a program of Preservation and restoration of the...

Moldova: AFD Provides 60 Million Euros for Sustainable Energy and Railway Sectors

Following France’s pledge at the Moldova Support Conference on April 5th in Berlin, Moldova and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a credit facility agreement worth 60 million euros o...

Made in Abuja Smart and Sustainable Powerstove

The French Development Agency and the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria inaugurated the new Powerstove factory in Abuja. This start-up will produce 25,000 improved Powerstoves and 400 tons o...