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7 Innovative Projects using Data to Combat Covid-19
AFD's “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. AFD, Expertise France and The GovLab have launched call for projects that will use dat...
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AFD Promotes Eco-Friendly Housing in Peru
In Peru, the European Union and Agence Française de Développement are helping people purchase certified sustainable housing. This is made possible by a €10-million grant to the “Mivivienda Verde” prog...
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Northern Congo: Protecting Forests with the Help of Local Residents
AFD is joining a whole new venture aimed at reconciling biodiversity conservation and local socioeconomic development in the Northern Congo forest basin. Through dialogue and partnerships, local peopl...
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Mobile Film Festival 2021: Africa on Set
Imagine making a movie on a mobile phone – and telling the entire story in just one minute. Celebrating African filmmaking talent, this year’s awards ceremony for the Mobile Film Festival was held in...
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AFD-EU Research Facility on Inequality: Reviewing the Results
Financed by the EU and carried out by AFD, the Research Facility on Inequalities features 22 research projects involving more than 60 researchers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the US. It...
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Combating Pollution in Africa’s Largest Lake
Lake Victoria in East Africa is in danger of “dying from the bottom,” as one Kenyan official puts it. The world’s second-largest freshwater lake is being polluted by everything from plastic and litter...
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Gabon: Using DNA to Hunt Poachers
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. Poaching poses a major threat to the survival of numerous species – many of...
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The Private Sector's Role in Protecting Biodiversity
Along with climate change, the collapse of biodiversity is the most urgent environmental issue of the decade. AFD Group’s subsidiary for financing the private sector, Proparco has just released the la...
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The Fund for Innovation in Development Launches its First Call for Projects
It’s part of a new initiative to revamp France’s approach to development. Chaired by Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, the Fund for Innovation in Development is hosted by AFD. Its purpose is to stimulate,...
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Improving Access to Energy in Africa with Digital Innovation
Half of the households in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. One answer may lie in energy innovations. The Digital Energy Facility promotes digital innovation by start-ups and operators in...
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Call for Projects to boost digital innovation in the energy sector
Financed by the European Union and implemented by AFD, the Digital Energy Facility program is launching a call for projects on April 6, 2021. It is aimed at public energy operators and start-ups that...
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AFD Conference in Turkey Celebrates Women in Industry
AFD’s fifth conference on women in the workforce was held in Turkey online this year, in cooperation with the Turkish bank TSKB and the French Consulate General in Istanbul. This year, the topic was g...
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“Greater Inclusion of Women Develops Society as a Whole” - Mar Merita Blat
Respecting and reinforcing women’s economic and social rights; raising awareness of the right to sexual and reproductive health; and the right to have control over one’s own body more generally – thes...
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Niger: Restoring an Education System Hit Hard by Covid
To slow the spread of the Coronavirus in the spring of 2020, Niger closed its schools. That decision has not been without consequences. The education of many children ground to a halt. Now, swift acti...
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Researching Inequalities: the Results
The Research Facility on Inequalities, led by AFD and supported by the European Commission since 2017, is coming to an end. The initiative produced 23 research projects and 150 publications, involving...
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“PLAY”: An AFD Campus Training Initiative
AFD Campus has launched a new learning tool to train those who want to facilitate change in their organization or milieu in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Partnership Signed Between AFD and North Macedonia
The intergovernmental agreement between France and North Macedonia was signed on 23 February 2021 in Paris during the visit by Bujar Osmani, the Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs. It paves the wa...
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Saving the Siamese Crocodile from Extinction
Until a few decades ago, the Siamese crocodile was a common sight in Southeast Asia. Today, fewer than 1,000 remain in the wild, and they are at risk of extinction. The Wildlife Conservation Society (...
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A Dramatic Drop in Fertility Across Africa
In “AFD’s Atlas of Africa”, we examine the social and economic developments across the continent. Today we take a closer look at the changes in fertility in Africa, where the number of children per wo...
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In India, AFD signs three new agreements during Minister Barbara Pompili’s visit
Accessible public transport, a floating solar power system, and sustainable forest management: such is the wide range of development priorities tackled by France and India this month. In line with AFD...
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