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RISE Financially Supports Twelve Youth Social Businesses in the Western Balkans
Twelve social businesses, two from each: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo1, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, will be supported with financial grants of 2.500€ and a regional incubation p...
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AFD group announces its 2020 results: providing a rapid response to the covid crisis while working with partne...
Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of AFD Group presented the Group’s results for 2020. Despite the Covid-19 health crisis, AFD Group’s commitments amounted to more than €12 billion – as in 2019. Hav...
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JICA Becomes Official Partner of the Sport en Commun Platform
On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) confirms its commitment to making sport a powerful lever for sustainable...
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Climate finance and post-Covid-19 recovery: AFD supports sustainable and inclusive development projects in Mon...
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) joins forces with Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (IDF) to facilitate investments in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A €50 mi...
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Launch of the fifth edition of the AFD Digital Challenge "Innovate for climate and biodiversity"
The Agence française de développement (AFD) is launching the fifth edition of its Digital Challenge, a competition for start-ups and digital innovations aimed at protecting the climate and biodiversit...
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South Africa: AFD and Eskom Affirm Commitment to Competitive Electricity Sector
Eskom and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a framework to strengthen the current cooperation and collaboration between the two par...
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Basketball Africa League and AFD to Advance Education and Inclusion in Africa
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and Agence Française de Développement today announced AFD as an official partner of the BAL. The inaugural BAL season will tip off Sunday, May 16 at the Kigali Arena...
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IDB and AFD Highlight $4 Billion in Joint Projects since 2018
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) Group gathered virtually for their fifth Deep Dive Meeting. The Deep Dive explored new opportunities for expanded coll...
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Combating Covid-19 in Africa: Already more than €500 M Raised for "Health in Common" Initiative
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted Africa, leading to unprecedented health, social and economic crises. On April 9, France, via the AFD Group, undertook to raise €1.2 billion under the “Covid-19 - Hea...
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A 12 million euro grant to reduce the risk of natural disasters in Lebanon
The French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Solidarités International (SI) signed a 12 million euro grant agreement to fund a natural disaster risk management project wh...
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Response to Covid-19 Crisis: France commits to finance Kenya Red Cross Society and Fresh Life Initiative
On the occasion of Bastille Day, tampered this year, by the running COVID-19 pandemic and mostly virtually celebrated, S.E.Mrs. Aline Kuster Ménager, Ambassador of France to Kenya, Dr. Asha Mohammed,...
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The French Development Agency (AFD) provides 20 million euros in support to Culture and Agriculture sectors in...
On July 16, 2020, two grant agreements have been signed between H.E. Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance, Mrs Valérie Tehio, the French Development Agency (AFD) Country Director as well as H.E. Frederic...
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France and Liberia sign a 10 million euro Grant agreement to support the national TVET policy
The government of Liberia and France through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a 10 million euro Grant agreement to support the national policy of Technical, Vocational and Educationa...
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French Development Agency and Syctom support MMDA in Metro Manila waste management
Marie-Pierre Bourzai, Head of the Territories and Enterprises Division of the French Development Agency (AFD) and Jacques Gautier, President of Syctom, the Paris Region Metropolitan Agency for the Tre...
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France supports Palestine in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Ramallah, 23 July 2020: The Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Finance Minister of the Palestinian Authority signed a 1.3-million euro grant agreement today, in the presence of th...
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Launching a Coding School at ESA, in Partnership with ITESCIA and the AFD
AFD and the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) in Lebanon signed an agreement today to create the ESA Coding Lab, a coding school established in partnership with ITESCIA. It aims to train young promi...
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Solidarity with Lebanon: France calls for Donations
Following the explosions that rocked Beirut last week, destroying entire sections of the city, Fondation de France has issued a call for worldwide solidarity. The goal is to coordinate a maximum amoun...
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TDB and AFD sign a credit line to finance green infrastructure in Africa
On August 14th, Mr Admassu Tadesse, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) President and Chief Executive, and Ghislain de Valon, AFD Kenya Director, signed a USD 150 million cre...
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TerrAmaz: A new partnership to reconcile the fight against deforestation with development in Amazonia
The TerrAmaz project will serve to support Amazonian communities, starting with five pilot territories in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in the fight against deforestation and the transition to s...
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French-German Cooperation in Iraq: 15 Million Euros Grant provided by France to Strengthen Water and Sanitatio...
On August 3rd, the French Development Agency and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH signed a 15 million euros grant agreement for a project that will strengthen wat...
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