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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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How AFD takes action worldwide to protect the oceans
Having invested more than €4 billion in ocean-related projects since 2020, AFD works to preserve the oceans’ ecological health and reconcile their many uses by humankind.
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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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In a landmark year for biodiversity conservation, AFD and the European Union reinvest in the Critical Ecosyste...
In continuing recognition of the vital link between biodiversity and healthy communities, AFD (the French Development Agency) and the European Union are reinvesting in the Critical Ecosystem Partnersh...
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Indicative Funding Program 2020
AFD’s board of directors approved on January 30th the funding program. The target is set at EUR 7.5 billion. The Agency will finance loans related to development projects in order to contribute to rea...
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AFD and Paris 2024, a new form of cooperation for sustainable development through sport across the world
Remy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement, and Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement between both organisations to in...
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France to support IIEP-UNESCO in improving educational planning worldwide
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) celebrated the recent signing of a core funding agreement for IIEP on 25 February 2020...
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France Partners with the African Organic Network for a Greener Agriculture in Africa
On February 28th, the Minister of Trade and Industries in Zanzibar, Ambassador Amina Salum, inaugurated the Innovative Institutions for Ecological Organic Agriculture in Africa (IIABA) Project, in the...
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AFD issued a new 1,5 billion euro 10 years bond
On Wednesday April 8th, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) issued its second EUR benchmark for the funding year 2020 with a new EUR 1.5bn benchmark transaction at OAT + 42 bps.
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AFD launches US$ 2 billion 0.750% RegS Benchmark due 28 April 2023
On Tuesday 21st April 2020, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA (S&P) / AA (Fitch) launched a US$ 2 billion 3-year Reg S Benchmark transaction due 28th April 2023.This is AFDs first...
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IDB-AFD Strengthen Partnership in Times of COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group have held their fourth Deep Dive Meeting on May 20, 2020 – this time, virtually. They stress the impor...
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Launch of the “Outre-Mer En Commun” Initiative: €1 Billion to Support the French Overseas Territories during t...
Annick Girardin, Minister for Overseas France, and Rémy Rioux, AFD Chief Executive Officer, launched the €1 billion "Outre-mer en commun" initiative. Dedicated to supporting local authorities and busi...
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The French Development Agency allocates €190 million to Georgia to support the Covid-19 pandemic crisis respon...
The first loan aims to continue supporting the Georgian health and social protection system with a particular effort on the measures taken to fight against COVID19. The second loan aims to deepen the...
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A 70 M€ financing from AFD to sustainably improve water and sanitation in Morogoro
The Government of Tanzania and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed today a financing agreement for a 70M€ concessional loan (approximately 180 bn TZS) aiming at improving water supply and sanit...
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AFD and CIRAD Commit to Develop Sustainable Management Large Agricultural and Forestry Plantations in Four ASE...
On 11 June, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) signed an agreement to promote the sustainable m...
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France and Rwanda sign €50 million (about Frw 54 billion) financing agreements, in response to Covid-19 and in...
On June 30th, Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of the Republic of Rwanda, Rémy Rioux, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and Jérémie Blin, Chargé d’Affair...
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