The French Development Agency has launched its strategy for Egypt until 2025, formulated in cooperation with the Egyptian government. The new strategy is based on a strengthened partnership between AFD and Egypt that will mobilize an additional 1.25 billion euros in the coming years. "The new strategy for Egypt 2025...

Supported by the French Development Agency and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, EMERGING Mediterranean is a key tool for leveraging societal resilience and Tech For Good impact between the south and north shore of the Mediterranean and is hereby announcing the launch of the 3rd year of its...

Four years after the Ouagadougou speech in which French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed France's commitment to supporting the entrepreneurship revolution in Africa, AFD Group has exceeded the initial objective of the Choose Africa initiative, with 3 billion euros committed as of December 2021. Nearly 250 local partners are contributing to...

Launched in 2018 with a target of €2.5 billion to be deployed before the end of 2022, the French Choose Africa initiative is the concrete expression of France's increased commitment to African start-ups, VSEs and SMEs. Of the 3 billion euros committed by AFD Group as of December 31, 2021,...

Nelson Mandela’s graduating class. This could not have been a coincidence for this Franco-Lebanese who set her sights on Africa very early on. Rima Le Coguic worked for the AFD, where she put her expertise in development issues to good use, before joining Expertise France as Deputy Director last September....

Five hundred public development banks from around the world and key financing and official development assistance stakeholders, met by VTC on October 19 and 20, 2021 in Rome for the second edition of the Joint Finance Summit in order to "reiterate and strengthen their commitment to joint action for climate...

he African Development Bank Group and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a co-financing and partnership agreement to strengthen their relationship and mobilize additional resources for high impact projects in Africa. The five-year agreement (2021-2026) provides for an indicative €2 billion in co-financing for the first three years.The existing...

Five hundred public development banks from around the world and key financing and official development assistance stakeholders, met by VTC on October 19 and 20, 2021 in Rome for the second edition of the Joint Finance Summit in order to "reiterate and strengthen their commitment to joint action for climate...

Five hundred public development banks from around the world and key financing and official development assistance stakeholders, met by VTC on October 19 and 20, 2021 in Rome for the second edition of the Joint Finance Summit in order to "reiterate and strengthen their commitment to joint action for climate...

Popular with the majority of people, sport is also a driver of growth, as shown by Rwanda’s gamble in this area. This approach is now being emulated elsewhere on the continent. By Dounia Ben Mohamed, in Kigali  Rwanda is slowly but surely joining the arena of African countries hosting major...