Press releases
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...
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...
A 20 Million Euros grant to support the expansion and rehabilitation of municipal wastewater collection and tr...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) signed two grant agreements in Amman for a total amount of 20.3 million euros.
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...
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 (...
A 10 Million Euros Grant to support the development of ecologically responsible and economically accessible ag...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) signed a 10 million euros grant agreement in Amman in the presence of Her Ex...
Nations and philanthropies unite to launch the Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership
Today (Friday, 20 November 2020), a consortium of governmental and philanthropic donors declared the launch of a new Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership (ETP) at the ASEAN Energy Business For...
Project PACMAN: AFD and CIRAD to develop sustainable management tools for zoonotic diseases, in partnership wi...
On November 16, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) will sign an agreement to develop the Zimbabwean agricultural sect...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and Ministry of Finance to launch a social impact project for water and sa...
A 15 million Euros grant agreement has been signed on November 16, 2020 between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) represented by Ms Yasmin Wohabrebbi, State Minister of Finance, and the French Development...
HFB and AFD sign a €10.5 million agreement towards affordable housing in Uganda
Kampala, November 13, 2020: Today, Mr. Michael Mugabi, the Managing Director Housing Finance Bank Uganda and Mr. Hatem Chakroun, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) country Director in Uganda...
Finance in Common Summit AFD is mobilizing €3 million to strengthen the structure and development of the Cais...
During the Finance in Common Summit, Agence Française de Développement announced support for the structuring of the Caisses des Dépôts et Consignations in Africa. It is entrusting a €3 million grant t...
AFD and AADFI sign a first agreement to promote the key role of African development banks in achieving the SD...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) have just signed a first partnership agreement for the achievement of the Sustainable De...
Climate finance, post-Covid19 recovery: AFD and BOAD strengthen their strategic cooperation
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) have decided to strengthen their operational partnership by signing a new framework agreement. A new stage in their...
Finance in Common Summit – $150 million for family farming in Angola
On the sidelines of the Finance in Common Summit, IFAD and AFD have signed a co-financing agreement to mobilize $150 million to help family farms in Angola cope with climate change.
AFD, DBSA and Proparco renew their partnership through the Memorandum of Understanding for 2020 to 2025 to sup...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited (DBSA), and the Agence Francaise de Développement Group (AFD and Proparco), will sign a renewed Memorandum of Understanding, during the Finance in Commo...
€300 million loan from AFD to IFAD to support millions of small-scale farmers
In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, the French development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), today signed a €300 million loan to...
USD 200+ million capital increase for TCX: Investors support TCX to protect the poorest against FX risks amids...
Within the framework of the Finance In Common Summit, several development finance institutions and the European Commission join forces to protect households and enterprises in the poorest countries ag...
Finance in Common Summit – €100 million for improving resilience of health systems in Africa
During the Finance in Common Summit, the Trade and Development Bank in Eastern and Southern Africa (TDB) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) committed to gather their effort for a better r...
450 Public Development Banks Join Forces to Address Sustainable Recovery Solutions
As the world faces unprecedented economic, social and environmental challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the 450 Public Development Banks (PDBs) of the world gathered for the first time at...
Finance in Common Summit: The development and sport worlds join forces for the “Sport for Development Coalitio...
Today Public Development Banks are launching a “Sport for Development Coalition” in close collaboration with the world of sport. Members are committed to mobilizing their financial resources, investme...