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Agence Française de Développement and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation : A collaboration to advance gender equi...
Announced in 2023, the collaboration between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Gates Foundation works to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and improve development outcomes and wo...
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AFD’s 2023 Funding Program Set at €9 billion
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2023 funding program on January 26, setting the target at EUR 9 billion.
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Iraq
Since 2017, AFD’s strategy in Iraq has been part of a new approach developed to optimize the impact of its actions in the context of a chronic crisis. Despite the destruction and the still difficult h...
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Uzbekistan: MIIT and AFD Review their Collaboration at Annual Consultations
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade (MIIT) and all the counterparts invested in projects with AFD held technical and institutional meetings to asse...
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France Supports the Development of Nigeria’s Agrifood Markets Strategy with the Support of French Company, Sem...
On February 2, 2023 the Government of Nigeria represented by the Federal Minister of Finance (FMoF), the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), the French Ambassador to Nigeria...
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AFD and Expertise France to support the Medical Research and Care Centre of the University of Mosul (MRCC) to ...
On February 7, the Agence française de développement (AFD, French Development Agency) and Expertise France, along with their partners, have launched a €10 million project to support the operationaliza...
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BoI and AFD Continue Joint Efforts to Fight Climate Change In Nigeria
On February 8th, 2023, Bank of Industry (BOI) and the French Development Agency (AFD) met again to sign a grant agreement for €2.5m delegated by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) which will further their p...
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AFD priced its first dollar transaction in 2023 with a USD 1.75bn 3-year issue
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) launched a new bond issue of USD1.75 billion with 3-years tenor. This is AFD's third benchmark tran...
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Strengthening financing and cooperation for sustainable infrastructure: Rémy Rioux visits Vietnam ahead of the...
Hanoi - 17 February 2023 - As part of the preparations for the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact scheduled for June 2023 in Paris, Rémy Rioux, AFD Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of th...
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AFD Group Chief Executive officer visits Vietnam
February 17 and 18, 2023. Mr. Rémy Rioux, Director General of AFD Group, Chairman of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and of the Finance in Common Summit (FICS) initiative, visited Vi...
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The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and Agence Francaise de Développement strenghten their partnersh...
Waleed Sh. A. Albahar, acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab and economic Developpement (KFAED), and Mr. Bertrand Walckenaer, deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Agence Francaise de...
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SMEs, financial inclusion, sustainable infrastructure, climate change, and biodiversity will be on the agenda ...
The conclusions of the "New Global Financing Pact" Summit, held in Paris, France, on June 22-23, 2023, in the presence of HOS President Gustavo Petro, will directly feed into the World Summit of Publi...
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Time is Now: New Global Forum Breaks Silos for One Sustainable Health!
Lyon, July 12, 2023 - The first-ever One Sustainable Health for All (OSH) Forum took place in Lyon from the 5th to the 7th of July. It marked a milestone in the global efforts to address the interconn...
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Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Program Kicks off for Serbian Local Governments
Belgrade, July 21, 2023: AFD and the World Bank have joined forces to finance a 265.2 million euros project to improve the capacity of 145 Serbian Local Self-Governments (LSGs). The goal is to develo...
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AFD Group in Papua New Guinea: Boosting Biodiversity Protection to help Island States Cope with Climate Change
With the opening of its Expertise France subsidiary in Papua New Guinea and AFD's first bilateral agreement with the country, AFD Group signals its commitment to the preservation of forests, biodivers...
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Kazakhstan
Located in northern Central Asia, at the crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia, the Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the largest countries in the world. Known as an exporter of oil, grains, and...
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The Hailemariam and Roman Foundation (HRF) and France, through the AFD commit to preserve Ethiopia's Maze Nati...
August 4, 2023, Addis Ababa, the HRF and AFD signed a financial agreement for a project to preserve Ethiopia's Maze National Park and its watershed in Addis Ababa.
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Restoring Hope - the Ministry of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and AFD inaugurate the renovated Qua...
Today, a powerful symbol of hope and resilience emerges as the Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with UNICEF and the French Development Agency (AFD), unveils the new building of the Quaranti...
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France and AFD strengthen their commitment to the Philippines
As part of strengthening Franco-Philippine cooperation, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, visited the Philippines from July...
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Phare Ponleu Selpak and AFD unite to showcase the Transformative Power of Art in Battambang Province
Phnom Penh, August 8, 2023 - Phare Ponleu Selpak and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are proud to announce their collaboration in bringing a unique and transformative art project to Battambang...
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