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Using Sun and Water to Electrify Tanzania
Since 2015, AFD and the European Union EU have been contributing to the decarbonization of Tanzania, which is still largely dependent on fossil resources. But it has considerable potential in terms of...
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Controlling Epidemics in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific Regions
In recent years, the Indian Ocean region has endured epidemics of human and animal diseases, from cholera and the chikungunya virus, to foot-and-mouth disease and rabies. The Sega-One Health network h...
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Overcoming Economic and Climate Challenges via Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific
More than half the world’s population lives in the Indo-Pacific region, which is also home to a large proportion of the planet’s increasingly endangered biodiversity. Rapidly coming into play however,...
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Call for Applications for Social & Inclusive Business Camp
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) is launching its 2024 call for applications, open to leaders of projects with social and environmental impact from across Africa. Apply now to be part of th...
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Integrating Vulnerable People into Congo Society via Entrepreneurship
Almost half of Congolese people live below the poverty line and most do not benefit from social protection services because they work in the informal sector. Recently though, the Government has launch...
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50 Years in Djibouti, and Seeing Results from Fight against HIV
To mark the 50 years that AFD has been active in the East African country of Djibouti, an exhibition featuring people involved in or benefiting from the decades of AFD activity has been unveiled. Amon...
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Pakistan: Harnessing Hydropower to make Energy Sustainable
Faced with growing demand for energy and a reliance on imported fossil fuels, Pakistan is beginning to tap its immense hydropower potential. In the approach to the International Day of Renewable Energ...
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African Economies 2024: Light at the end of the Tunnel?
Over the past year, economic growth across the African continent remained higher than global growth rates, but it was slower than in 2022. What explains the slowdown of some, and the advance of others...
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Beyond the Olympics: Vanquishing Inequality through Sports
Arnaud Assoumani, a Paralympian who will be competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is at the starting blocks. The long jump and triple jump athlete from the French overseas territor...
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France's Half Billion euro Boost to Rwanda's Health, Training and Climate
During his historic visit to Rwanda in 2021, President Emmanuel Macron made the commitment that “Team France” would mobilize €500 million by the end of 2023 to support Rwanda's development strategy. T...
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Slam Poetry and Self-Fulfillment
Changing Lives, Part 1 Who are the men and women who carry out the projects supported by AFD Group and work for sustainable development? We’ve been finding out, in a new series we’re calling “Changi...
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The Commons: Unleashing its Potential Across Africa
“The Commons” are shared resources managed independently by a community. To what extent do they contribute to objectives of general interest? How can public bodies safeguard these resources? The co-au...
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Finding Innovative Development Solutions in North Africa
Some entrepreneurs sought to fight pollution; for others the goal was to promote inclusion. In their own ways, they have all taken action. The four winners of North Africa’s first call for proposals i...
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AFD to Open Office in Ukraine
In July 2024, Agence Française de Développement plans to open a representative office in Kiev. Following two support loans in 2022, AFD will now provide financing for sustainable development actions i...
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Enriching soil fertility worldwide for food security
In the face of growing food insecurity, the issue of land degradation and soil fertility is more crucial than ever. Committed to implementing the ecological and agricultural transition worldwide, AFD...
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Promoting Benin’s Heritage & Tourism: the Biggest Cultural Project Ever Financed by AFD
Changing Lives, Part 2 Who are the men and women who carry out the projects supported by AFD Group and promote sustainable development? We’ve been finding out, in a new series we’re calling “Changing...
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The Degradation of Ecosystems in Africa
A recent study by experts from AFD and the Sahel and Sahara Observatory confirms that several countries in Africa are suffering from severe ecological degradation. The findings are detailed in the fi...
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Artificial Intelligence: Threat or Opportunity?
With an estimated four billion people voting in elections in more than 60 countries this year, observers fear the increasing use of artificial intelligence will pose problems for the political process...
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The Question of our Era: What to do about Climate Migration
International organizations are struggling to agree on how to deal with the massive population displacements linked to climate change and environmental crises. In a recently published book on African...
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Solid Partnerships for Making Buildings Sustainable
Buildings, both in their construction and day-to-day maintenance, require enormous amounts of energy. How to make them more sustainable? This was the objective of the Buildings and Climate Global Foru...
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