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Rwanda: AFD teams up with Red Cross to tackle Covid-19
To help the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, AFD has just allocated it a €2 million grant. These funds will allow it to develop prevention a...
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Launching a Call for “Sports and Health” Projects Supported by AFD and Fifa
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the pan-African financing platform Sport en Commun (“Sports in Common”, or sharing the sporting experience), to be officially launched on September 21, is issuing...
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Creating a “Lynk” between Workers & Clients: One of the Biggest Digital Platforms in Africa
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, most work is in the informal sector, where wages...
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AFD’s Atlas of Africa: Viewing the Continent from a New Angle
More than 100 new maps and graphs bring to life an unprecedented amount of data in the form of a 128-page “Atlas of Africa.” It breaks down crucial development issues facing the continent today, inclu...
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AFD in Action to Protect the Amazon
Amazon deforestation continues at record levels. Massive fires have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. This constitutes a catastrophe in what is home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity...
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To what extent are issues related to the Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystem taken into account in ...
With the publication of its first strategic framework dedicated to the Ocean in 2020 the Agence française de développement (AFD) aimed to set out its territorial and ecological transition strategy at...
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Activity Report 2023 - The Environmental and Social Complaints Mechanism
The AFD Environmental and Social (E&S) Complaints Mechanism enables any individual, group of people or NGO affected by the environmental or social aspects of an AFD-financed project to file a complain...
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Türkiye – Maintaining the new course, for prosperity…and posterity
A diversified and industrialized economy, a NATO member since 1952, a founding member of the OECD in 1961 and a member of the G20, Türkiye [1] enjoys an enviable geostrategic position. Its development...
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Annex 6. Environmental and Social Management Framework - E-Motion Program
E-motion aims at accelerating electric vehicle deployment and enable a large-scale regional transition towards electro-mobility in seven Latin Americans countries – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa...
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Comparative Study on Financing Schemes for Student Accommodation in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, & South Africa
This comparative study analyzes the student accommodation sectors in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, focusing on prevalent business models, benefits, challenges, and opportunities. The study...
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Market research on co-living affordable housing solution in Gauteng, South Africa (Part One)
Respublica, a leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in South Africa and partner of Proparco, aims at developing co-living affordable housing solutions for young professionals...
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Support for Civil Society Organizations – 2023 Activity Report
The year 2023 was marked by a series of events and transformations that once again, underscored the need to take action at grassroots level to support communities. The proliferation of conflicts and t...
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Market research on co-living affordable housing solution in Gauteng, South Africa (Part two)
Respublica, a leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in South Africa and partner of Proparco, aims at developing co-living affordable housing solutions for young professionals...
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Modelling low-carbon transitions in Colombia: macrofinancial opportunities and risks
With over fifty percent of its total exports consisting of petroleum and coal, Colombia remains highly vulnerable to both global and domestic energy transitions. With the aim of fostering policy dialo...
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JEFIC - AECID, AFD, BGK, CDP AND KFW TOGETHER IN TEAM EUROPE FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
JEFIC – Joint European Financiers for International Cooperation – is a network of European bilateral banks and financial institutions which collaborate with public sector partners in developing countr...
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Enhancing Environmental Sustainability Through the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) Framework in Colom...
We encourage Colombian policymakers and stakeholders to leverage the detailed insights the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework provides to refine and strengthen environmental policies....
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Does co-producing Climate Services with farmers lead to higher usability?
Climate Services for farmers are essential tools to assist decision-making. They help users to better understand weather risks, which are becoming increasingly hard for farmers to predict in the conte...
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FIN4BIO : The Book of good practices
As awareness of biodiversity preservation grows, the private sector's role in achieving a sustainable future becomes increasingly vital. Scientific evidence confirms that reaching net-zero emissions i...
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The 18th SDG? Democracy, Development and International Assistance
In 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda begins with a common vision describing the various characteristics of...
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Education, Training, Employment - 2023 Activity Report
Youth education and teacher training in developing countries is among the ten priority objectives of France’s international solidarity policy. It is also gearing up to adopt a new strategy for externa...
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