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Bolstering Healthcare, Energy Efficiency and the Financial Sector in Djibouti
AFD and Djibouti’s Finance Ministry recently signed three major agreements worth a total of €22 million in grants. The projects being funded aim to strengthen the health sector, improve energy efficie...
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JEFIC: A Boosted European Development Partnership Explained in Five Key Numbers
On July 1st, AFD takes over the presidency of JEFIC, a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions that work with public sector partners in developing countries and emerging economi...
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“Water is Central to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”
The United Nations Water Conference, being held in New York from March 22 to 24, seeks to reinforce efforts to ensure universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2030. Water is important not only...
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“We Cannot Develop Sustainably if we Lack the Resources”
Often overlooked in discussion of development are the financial and strategic changes required to shift economies from fossil fuels to greener alternatives – and the need to overcome lingering debt....
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3 Innovative Projects to Preserve Water Resources
Water stress is becoming increasingly common due to climate change, from droughts and irregular rainfall to dwindling aquifers and groundwater. Some countries are using innovative methods however, to...
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Hydropower in Tanzania to Reinforce Renewable Energy
The Tanzanian government and AFD Group have just signed an agreement for the construction of a hydropower plant and dam in the Kagera region that will provide electricity to 3 to 4 million people and...
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Suriname: Improving Waste Treatment for a Cleaner Environment and Better Human Health
Open rubbish dumps, rapidly expanding landfills and the open-air burning of waste are damaging both the environment and human health in Suriname. Lacking infrastructure and robust regulation, the smal...
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Fighting Fake News in the Middle East: the Surprising Benefits of Fact Checking
Following the earthquakes that devastated communities across Turkey in February, misinformation spread rapidly, exacerbating the emotional toll it took on victims and families. Fact-checkers around th...
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Sports as a Driver of Development and Peace
Sports are often linked to development, but the exact relationship is rarely explained. Whether the issues revolve around gender, health or education, how to measure the impact of sport on the Sustain...
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Health and Social Protection: Our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
The Covid-19 crisis has cast into sharp relief the need to increase investment in more resilient health and social protection systems in the face of current and future crises - whether they concern he...
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2 Projects to Lower Poverty and Inequality in Rwanda
As part of the effort to combat poverty and inequality in Rwanda, two new projects were recently signed and launched: one to improve conditions in Kigali's informal settlements and the other to improv...
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4 Projects where Partnering with NGOs Improves Access to Healthcare
In pursuing “Health for All”, the theme of World Health Day 2023, NGOs are actively engaged in the field to enhance access to health care. Here is a selection of four projects sponsored by AFD Group.
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Reinventing the “Venice of Africa”
In the south of Benin, in the lake village of Ganvié, buildings are perched on stilts, and traffic consists not of cars, but canoes. Yet the the picturesque site known as the “Venice of Africa" is bei...
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Can Art be a Vehicle for Development? The Answer lies in 3 Projects
The arts play an increasingly important role in development, a strategy that AFD has been involved in since 2018. AFD backs a range of projects, involving music, dance and other disciplines in an effo...
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Overhauling Bangladesh’s Factories, 10 Years on from the Rana Plaza Disaster
The collapse of a factory complex in Bangladesh ten years ago, which killed more than 1100 people, was a stark reminder of the deadly conditions in which factory workers produced name-brand clothing f...
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Tanzania: Zanzibar’s New State of the Art Health Clinic
A new health “polyclinic” will provide Zanzibar's one million residents with access to a wide range of health services, from disease detection and health emergencies to enhanced dental care. The Aga K...
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AFD and Reporters without Borders: Defending Journalists…and Journalism
At a time when the right to publish, write and speak freely are being repeatedly attacked, World Press Freedom Day on May 3, is an opportunity to take stock of initiatives aimed at protecting journali...
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Choose Africa 2: Ramping up Support for African Entrepreneurs
The Choose Africa initiative has been so successful in supporting African companies and entrepreneurs that it has led to a sequel. In line with France’s commitment to renew its relations with African...
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“More tech companies are developing in Africa than in the rest of the world”
Digital technology is playing an increasingly prominent role in Africa’s economic development. In fact, more tech companies are developing across the continent than in the rest of the world. In the ap...
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Sanitation in Brazil: from Mud to Energy
Water and sanitation companies in several Brazilian states are carrying out an ambitious project to improve wastewater treatment and recover sewage sludge. This is part of an overall effort to better...
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