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The Social & Inclusive Business Camp 2023: An exceptional edition dedicated to the challenges faced by women e...
For its 7th edition, the SIBC is reinventing itself. The programme will be welcoming a cohort of 25 African women entrepreneurs in 2023, selected amongst 250 recommendations provided by 100+ partners...
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French expertise to boost serbia’s railway modernization
A partnership Agreement was signed today between Infrastruktura Železnice Srbije (IZS), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and SNCF (the French national railways).
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Reporting of bond issues: €22.48bn Sustainable and Climate loans for €13.35bn in SDG bond issuances as of 31 D...
On September 22nd , the Agence Française de Développement Group published the 2022 reporting for its Sustainable Development Goals bond issues, in line with the pillars of the Green and Social Bond Pr...
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Albania: EU and France Launch EUR 19 Million Project to Support Circular Economy in Municipalities
The European Union and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched today the “EU for Circular Economy and Green Growth – Waste Infrastructure in Albania” project. Funded by the EU with a EUR 19 m...
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AFD Successfully Prices a New 5.375% US$1.5 Billion Sustainable Benchmark Due 24th October 2025
On Tuesday 17th October, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its second US dollar benchmark of the year, a US$1.5 billion 2-year sustainable benchmark due on t...
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Imagined battambang: art to build tomorrow
The city of Battambang hosted an urban art festival with the goal of engaging residents in a dialogue on the province’s sustainable development trajectory through the prism of art. The festival was a...
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AFD and Rugby Africa are joining forces for the development of women's rugby in Africa
On the final of the Rugby World Cup France 2023, the French Development Agency (AFD) and Rugby Africa, with the support of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), are operationalizing their partnership t...
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AFD Group Ready to Support Kazakhstan’s Green and Inclusive Growth
The signing of the intergovernmental agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the activities of AFD Group in the country lays the fou...
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France announces 100 million euros loan for India’s CITIIS 2.0 programme
French Development Agency will support Innovative Solutions for India's Solid Waste Challenge, furthering Team Europe participation in sustainable urbanisation in India.
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AFD Group Accelerates its Support for Uzbekistan During the Visit of French President Emmanuel Macron
Two operational agreements have been signed to intensify relations between the AFD Group and the Uzbek authorities in the fields of green economy and women’s entrepreneurship, as well as an agreement...
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Setting stage for heritage preservation: Seventh International Coordination Meeting for Vat Phou Champasak (7t...
On the 7th and 8th of November 2023, the Seventh International Coordination Meeting for Vat Phou Champasak (7th ICM) took place in Vientiane. This significant event was organized at the National Conve...
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EBRD and AFD Group to strengthen cooperation
Addressing key development challenges in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD), through it...
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Call for Projects from African Entrepreneurs: The Social and Inclusive Business Camp
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) is committed to supporting impact entrepreneurs and is launching its fifth call for applications open to project initiators from all over Africa. Apply befo...
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AFD Committed, Alongside the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, to the Teaching of French in Rwan...
On May 27, in the context of the visit of the President of the French Republic to Rwanda, Mr. Rémy Rioux, Director General of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, Franco...
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AFD Continues to Support Rwanda's Covid-19 Response
On May 27, on the sidelines of the visit of the President of the French Republic to Rwanda, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Economy and Economic Planning of Rwanda, and Mr. Rémy Rioux, Director Ge...
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AFD Supports the Policy of Sports Excellence in Schools in Rwanda
On May 27, during the official visit of the President of the French Republic to Rwanda, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Economy and Economic Planning of Rwanda, and Mr. Rémy Rioux, Director Genera...
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AFD Signs an MoU With TRACE Global and Senghor University
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), TRACE Global and the Senghor University met in Johannesburg today to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. The three signatories will collaborate on a project to...
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AFD and INCA Portfolio Managers sign agreement to finance public services in intermediate cities
Johannesburg, 29 May 2021. Agence Française de Développement (AFD), INCA Portfolio Managers (IPM) and the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) met in Pretoria today to sign a financial a...
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France and South Africa join forces to protect biodiversity in South Africa and on Reunion Island, with the su...
Pretoria, Saturday 29 May 2021. A bipartite agreement between South African National Parks (SANParks - the public institution managing South Africa’s national parks) and Agence Française de Développem...
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AgroParisTech "SUEZ - Water for All" Chair: four-year partnership to meet the climatic and urban challenges of...
AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ with Agence Française de Développement and ESSEC Business School, in association with the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, have committed to establishi...
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