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C2D: A mechanism to relieve indebted countries
The Debt Reduction-Development Contract (C2D) is a tool to restructure the debt of certain countries. In practical terms, once a Heavily Indebted Poor Country has signed a C2D with AFD, the country co...
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Digital technology: 2024 Activity report
In 2024, digital technology was a driving force in major economic, social, environmental, and democratic transitions. It provides powerful responses to the climate crisis, rising inequality, the trans...
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Infographic – Our Activity to Support Civil Society Organizations in 2024
Despite a tight budgetary situation, AFD Group continued to maintain a high level of commitments in support of CSOs, with nearly €520.7 million in grants, including €153.5 million via the CSO Initiat...
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One year after the closing of USAID: “The story isn’t over for international solidarity”
One year on from the US Government’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Thomas Mélonio, Chief Economist at AFD, analyzes the impacts of this significant shi...
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Madagascar: young people mobilized to improve living conditions in Antananarivo
As part of the Lalankely III project, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union are supporting the Urban Municipality of Antananarivo (CUA) in Madagascar to sustainably improve li...
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Ten years of ambition and renewal for AFD Group – Promoting a world in common and France’s international actio...
After nearly ten years and three terms at the head of AFD Group, Rémy Rioux will step down as Chief Executive Officer on 3 May. He will take on new responsibilities related to international finance an...
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Water and sanitation: 2025 Activity report
In 2025, the AFD Group saw a high level of activity in support of water and sanitation, with €1.6 billion committed. Despite a challenging environment, the year was marked by a record level of non-sov...
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Improving national power transmission infrastructure
AFD is providing its financial support for the rehabilitation and upgrading of 10 of the substations of Tanesco, the national electricity operator. The aim is to improve the energy efficiency of Tanza...
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Contributing to the development of the power grid in the north of the country
AFD is supporting the development of the power line between Geita and Nyakanazi, a line which will facilitate the extension of the power grid in Northwest Tanzania and the grid connection to the Rusum...
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Largest solar facility in New Caledonia
AFD is cofinancing the largest solar power plant in New Caledonia to allow cleaner energy to be generated. 43,000 photovoltaic panels will be installed, with a capacity to produce electricity for the...
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First solar power plant on customary land
AFD is cofinancing the Témala solar power plant to allow cleaner energy to be generated. 12,000 photovoltaic panels will be installed, with a capacity to produce electricity for the equivalent of 1,50...
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Restructuring the public transport network in Greater Nouméa
The Urban Transport Authority is implementing a bus rapid transit project, the Néobus, with the aim of addressing the challenges of urbanization and development in Greater Nouméa. Its implementation i...
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The Digital Energy Facility
The Digital Energy Facility (DEF) is a programme funded by the European Union and implemented by AFD. It aims to finance digital innovation projects and products in the energy sector. DEF offers a var...
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Construction of the new National Load Dispatch Center
Facing network instability, high consumption and generation growth, the national electricity utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) decided to build a new load dispatch center in order to better manag...
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Giving new hope to Lebanese young people through vocational training
Lebanon has faced a series of overlapping crises since 2019 – economic, security, financial, and health – that have affected every sector of society. In light of this situation, AFD and its partners h...
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Corporate social responsibility: our commitments
The AFD Group “Strategy 2025-2030” document has unveiled our new CSR ambition: to (i) contribute to aligning the Group to the SDGs through the quality of our operations and (ii) bring our internal fun...
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Seville FfD4: aligning education aid for impact
In the education sector, fragmented aid and short-lived initiatives undermine the implementation of financing. In contrast, aligned common funds – those based on national priorities and partner countr...
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Infographic – Our activity in support of the Cultural & Creative Industries in 2024
The United Nations 2030 Agenda recognizes culture as a “cross-cutting competency for achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” Wider access to culture and greater participation in cultur...
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AFD-KfW: The Franco-German partnership promoting solidarity-driven investment
By signing an ambitious partnership agreement in Frankfurt on 4 April, AFD and the German organisation KfW have officialised their joint aim of strengthening the longstanding collaboration between the...
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Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
Ten years after the Addis Ababa Conferenceand the historic climate agreement signed at COP21 in Paris, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will be held, under the aegi...
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