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Supporting digital resilience in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Led by Agence Française de Développement and the Belgian development agency ENABEL and funded by the European Commission, the program supports the use of digital technologies to build more resilient s...
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Build a relationship of trust between banks and SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for most of Nigeria’s economy. But deprived of adapted loans, their investment capacity remains low. AFD favors their access to the formal banking system.
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UGANDA Optimizing distribution of drinking water in the Greater Kampala region
AFD is supporting Uganda’s investments in the water and sanitation sector. This project will improve access to drinking water for more than 3 million inhabitants in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Ar...
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Improving living conditions in Kisumu
In Kisumu, Kenya's third largest city, half of the population lives below the poverty line. By strengthening the capacity of municipal workers, rehabilitating infrastructure in informal settlements an...
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Rehabilitation of Aberdares Forest with Green Belt Movement
The Aberdares Forest, one of the last remaining primary forests in Kenya, Nairobi's main water source, was heavily threatened before being rehabilitated by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangarai Mathai...
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Rehabilitation of rural roads to open up agricultural areas
Three million people will have improved access to health centres and schools, as well as access to markets for their agricultural products, through the rehabilitation of several hundred kilometres of...
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Rehabilitation of Meru National Park
By restoring and protecting wildlife, strengthening the park administration and creating income-generating activities for the local population, the project restored Kenya's second largest protected ar...
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Expansion and Rehabilitation of Nairobi International Airport
In order to support Kenyan economic growth and make Nairobi airport the gateway to East Africa, AFD is supporting the Kenya Airport Authority in the necessary increase in its reception capacity and mo...
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Water Finance Coalition
The Water Finance Coalition gathers national and international public development banks to improve the financing of the water and sanitation sector. It’s part of an effort to improve people’s quality...
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Improve Access to Safe Water in Ogun State
One-third of the Nigerian population does not have access to safe water. AFD helps to reduce this deficit in Ogun State, by encouraging the construction of new water infrastructures.
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WInd energy generaton to promote low-carbon growth
A project that aims to increase the share of energies from renewable sources in the national energy mix, ultimately reducing CO2 emissions
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Transforming cities, strengthening social cohesion and reducing the carbon footprint
AFD is financing the City of Johannesburg’s spatial transformation strategy, which is based on a more inclusive, more compact and low-carbon development model.
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Promoting energy efficiency for small and medium-sized enterprises
AFD supports the sustainable growth of Indian SMEs through energy efficiency projects financed by SIDBI.
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Support to the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA)
AFD has been supporting the development and structuring of the microfinance sector since the early 1990s. After rapid development in the 2000s, the sector now faces a high systemic risk. This project...
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Argentina
The building of meaningful partnerships has enabled AFD Group to support Argentina since 2017 in its energy, ecological, social, and civic transition. AFD works in consultation with the Argentine gove...
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Support for high-quality vocational training centres in Vietnam
This is the second AFD project in the vocational training sector. This project aims to renovate five schools using both tangible and intangible investment (construction, equipment and technical assist...
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Construction of a 200 MW wind farm on the west coast of the Gulf of Suez
In October 2015, AFD allocated a EUR 50m sovereign loan to the Egyptian State to cofinance the construction of a 200 MW wind farm set up by the Egyptian renewable energies authority.
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Supporting the improvement in Cairo’s urban transport
Cairo is a high-density megacity with 20 million inhabitants. Their 24 million daily motorized trips are mainly made on deteriorated public transport, except for the metro which is extremely efficient...
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A new control center for the automated power grid in the Delta region
AFD has allocated EUR 50m of financing to the public power transmission operator in Egypt to finance the construction and equipment of a power grid control center in order to improve the efficiency of...
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Extension of the natural gas network: Connection of 1.5 million households in Egypt
In order to increase access for populations to clean and secure energy, the Government is implementing, with AFD’s support, a program to connect 1.5 million households to natural gas, which is locally...
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