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Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation and AFD launch Film on Egypt-France Partnership
Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation (MoiC), in collaboration with the French Development Agency, released a 60 seconds short visual film celebrating Fourteen years of AFD-Egypt partnership...
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AFD signs a 500k€ grant agreement with the National Planning Commission to support the Ministry of Public Ente...
National Planning Commission (NPC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed today an agreement for the implementation of a project benefiting to the Namibian Ministry of Public Enterprises (...
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The UN economic commission for Africa (UNECA) and AFD join forces to support African governments implement the...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) signed today a partnership agreement aiming at supporting African governments with the implementation of the Debt S...
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European Union and French Development Agency support the construction of the Tanzania – Zambia Interconnector ...
The Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mrs. Stephanie Mouen, has today signed a grant agreement of EUR 26 million (approximately TZS 73/- billion) with the Ministry of Finance an...
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A 5-million euro grant to the ICRC to help the Rafik Hariri University Hospital cope with COVID-19 in a post-...
Beirut, 17 December 2020: The French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed today a grant agreement of 5 million euros, to serve as additional funding...
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AFD provides EUR 100 million callable funding facility to GuarantCo to further develop its climate change port...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the development arm of the French Government, is providing GuarantCo, a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, with a EUR 100 million callabl...
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Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT) - The EU funds delegated to AFD increased to EUR 214.8 million for muni...
In the framework of the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT 2), AFD signed an agreement with the European Union Delegation to Turkey on December 18, increasing the amount of de...
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One Planet Summit: AFD undertakes to allocate at least 30% of its climate funding to biodiversity
To mark the One Planet Summit dedicated to biodiversity, Agence Française de Développement has set the goal of devoting 30% of its climate funding to efforts to foster biodiversity in 2025 by doubling...
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AFD launches US$ 2 billion 0.625% RegS Benchmark due 22 January 2026
On Thursday 14th January 2021, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) priced a new US$ 2 billion 5-year Reg S Benchmark transaction due 22nd January 2026. This transa...
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What record for the Alliance Sahel after 3 years at the service of the Sahelian populations?
The first results report on the action of the Sahel Alliance, at the end of its 3 years of existence, was officially published on Tuesday 19 January during a digital conference. The conference panel b...
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FAO and AFD will support development of community conservancies in Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation ...
FAO and AFD today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world's largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area.
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AFD and Paris 2024 have opened an innovative incubator designed to harness sport as a way of achieving the Sus...
Global Sports Week 2021 marked the one year anniversary of the partnership between AFD and Paris 2024. At this occasion, Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of the AFD, and Tony Estanguet, President o...
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Ministry of finance assesses public finance management with support from cooperation partners
The Angolan Ministry of Finance, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union Delegation (EUD) in Angola, the Swiss Embassy in Angola and other development partners laun...
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Championnes: Football for Gender Equality in Africa
FIFA, AFD and the NGO Plan International France are joining forces to launch the Championnes programme in Togo, Guinea and Benin. The goal? To empower girls and promote gender equality through footbal...
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AFD and Soluti Finance E.A Limited to support Agricultural and Rural Finance in Uganda
At a ceremony held at the French Embassy on Wednesday March 10, and attended by French Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Jules-Armand Aniambossou and Mrs Priscilla M Serukka, Board Chair Soluti Finance East Africa...
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AFD supports Digital Financial Inclusion, especially for women, over the African continent
The Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), supported by AFD and hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to financing digital financial inclusion in Africa, with six gr...
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Paris Agreement: France and the Global Green Growth Institute to support the development of Ethiopia’s Long-Te...
AFD, France’s public development bank, has committed to finance the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to support the Ethiopian government in the development of a long-term low emission and resilien...
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AFD launches EUR 1.25 billion due 25 May 2036
On Wednesday March 10th, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch), issued its first EUR benchmark for the funding year 2021, a new EUR 1.25bn 15-year benchmark transaction...
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AFD and Conservation International Launch €11.6 million Project to Restore Degraded Rangelands in Southern Afr...
A €11.6 million project funded by AFD, with additional complementary funding from the European Union, and implemented by Conservation International (CI) and partners was launched today. The goal of th...
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Water resilience: MoU signed between City of Cape Town and AFD
AFD signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Cape Town on Friday 19 February. The MoU outlines a collaboration between France and the City of Cape Town to work together on issues of water...
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