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Socio-physical Vulnerability to Flooding in Senegal

Each year thousands of people and millions of dollars in assets are affected by flooding in Senegal; over the next decade, the frequency of such extreme events is expected to increase.  However,...

Are the Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa so Dependent on Food Imports?

Prevalent in discussions of food provision issues in Western and Central Africa is the idea that urban centres in Western and Central Africa are dependent on food imports, and that urbanization is acc...

Securing pastoral mobility in Sahel

Pastoralism has long been regarded as archaic, but recent research shows that pastoral systems can effectively exploit the characteristic instability of dryland ecosystems and make productive use of t...

Baking for a better future

The Boulangerie Française offers trainings in bakery jobs, which facilitates the integration of disadvantaged young people into the labour market and improves their living conditions. Meeting with May...

Sahel Alliance: Moussa

Access to the electricity network for the populations of northern Burkina Faso (SONABEL) In Burkina Faso, a majority of the population doesn’t have access to electricity. For Moussa and his family,...

Panorama 2019 - AFD Group Annual Report

[Please refer to the bottom of the page to download the PDF] Agence Française de Développement (AFD) renews its action thanks to the 2,650 dedicated men and women in 115 different countries working...

AFD and Cambodia

The French Development Agency or Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been present in Cambodia since 1993. The Agency supports Cambodia in territorial, ecological and social transitions while f...

Institutionalizing and scaling-up Gender-responsive budgeting

Over a decade ago, Jordan initiated the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting. In its commitment to apply it further, the Government aims at greater equality between women and men, while impro...

Fighting Inequalities

Support the Upscaling of the Electric Power Industry

The reform of the power sector is one of the main pillars of Nigeria’s growth strategy. AFD contributes to its success by supporting the modernization of training in the sector.

Supporting green finance in partnership with three Chinese banks

AFD is supporting the funding of low-carbon-compatible investment and the development of specific expertise in green finance through a partnership with three Chinese banks. The goal is to contribute t...

Strengthening the electricity distribution network in Zambia

A project aimed at increasing access to less costly and less polluting sources of energy for business and households currently using traditional sources (generator, paraffin oil, candles, fire wood).

Kenya-Ethiopia electrical interconnection

AFD supports the establishment of electrical interconnection between Kenya and Ethiopia, which aims to become the backbone of the electricity grid in East Africa.

Supporting Wuhan’s transition to a low-carbon model with the energy refit of public buildings

In Wuhan, AFD is supporting a project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through better management of energy consumption in public buildings.

Promoting energy efficiency for small and medium-sized enterprises

AFD supports the sustainable growth of Indian SMEs through energy efficiency projects financed by SIDBI.

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...

There Is Nothing Inevitable About Inequalities

Inequalities have been increasing and threatening the social link since the 1980s. Development actors are aware of the scale they have reached and have now made them one of the pillars of their action...

Preventing the exclusion of young people in the Diffa region

This project, which has the Sahel Alliance label, is being implemented for young people in Diffa, a remote region badly affected by the security crisis. To combat the feeling of exclusion among young...

Helping Kochi sustainably restructure its urban mobility

AFD supports the city of Kochi in the construction of a light metro and the restructuration of its urban mobility. An innovation-driven project that greatly contributes to transforming Kochi into a Sm...

Promoting transparent and collaborative public action in African francophone countries

The Open Government Support Program in Francophone Developing Countries (PAGOF) promotes the transparency and co-construction of public policies in order to make public action more responsive, inclusi...