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Finance in Common Launching Ceremony at COP27: EUR 150 million commitment for the acceleration of the Sustaina...
At the occasion of the COP27, Agence française de développement (AFD) launches with the three major Egyptian Banks, National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr and Banque du Caire, a commitment of EUR 150 mil...
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New project to map and assess biodiversity launched in Mozambique
On 16 November, the SBAPP Regional Project was launched in Macaneta, Mozambique in the presence of the Embassy of France. The full project name is "Building biodiversity knowledge for action in Southe...
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Ministry of Finance, AFD and ADB sign a Credit Facility Agreement for improved efficiency and sustainability o...
A public policy budget loan was signed between the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a total amount of 100 million eur...
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Uzbekistan: Afd And Sanoat Qurilish Bank Sign an Agreement to Encourage Climate Investments
The chief executives of AFD and Sanoat Qurilish Bank (SQB) signed a 30 million euros loan agreement on the occasion of the visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Mirziyoyev, to Pari...
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AFD strengthens its long-term partnership with Uzbekistan
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's visit to Paris on 21 and 22 November led to the signature of four structuring agreements that will strengthen AFD's activities and financing to support Uzbekistan'...
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French and Indian Experts Gather to Accelerate Climate Financing in line with India’s Presidency of the G20
Mumbai, 28 November, 2022: How resilient is the Indian financial system to climate challenges? To answer this question, AFD – the Agence Française de Développement/French Development Agency approached...
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France to Provide 450.000 Euros for Renewable Energy in Sri Lanka
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a grant agreement worth 450.000 euros with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Electricité de France (French electric utility) to support the increasi...
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AFD Group and Rwanda to improve the teaching and learning of French across the educational system
On Friday 18th February, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Economic Planning and Finance, Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, Minister of Education, Ambassador of France to Rwanda Antoine Anfré and Mr. Arthur...
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France and Rwanda’s Public Development Banks to Partner for Sustainable Growth
On Friday February 18th, Ms. Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO of the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) and Mr. Arthur Germond, country Director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Rwanda, signed tw...
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Sustainable Finance in the Indopacific: Final Communiqué
AFD and the India Exim Bank (EXIM) have co-organized in Paris on February 21st, 2022, on the eve of the EU ministerial Forum for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, an important gathering of public devel...
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Artificial intelligence in support of marine biodiversity: introducing an unprecedented international scient...
Even as the One Ocean Summit has drawn fresh attention to the urgent need to protect oceans, the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche–ANR), with joint funding from Agence...
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AFD successfully launches its first euro-denominated benchmark issuance in 2022 : € 750 million 1.125% due 2 M...
On Wednesday February 23rd, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA /AA (S&P / Fitch), issued its first euro benchmark for the funding year of 2022 with a new € 750 million 15-year transacti...
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Global Africa, a multidisciplinary and multilingual journal addressing the future of the African continent in ...
The members of the Global Africa consortium – University Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis (UGB, Senegal), National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD, France), the Laboratoire d'études et...
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AFD Issues Its First Ever Off-Shore Chinese Renminbi (CNH) Bond
On March, 10th Agence Française de Développement (AFD) priced its first ever Offshore Chinese Renminbi linked bond.
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Researchers Warn Vietnam Could Warm Up to 6°C by Century’s End
A new report warns that if nothing is done to fight climate change, temperatures could rise by as much as 6° in Vietnam in the worst case scenario, with disastrous consequences for people and the envi...
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A Stronger Partnership for Sustainable Finance Between Indonesia and France: PT SMI, AFD and CDC Deepen Their...
Edwin Syahruzad, President Director of PT SMI, and Rémy Rioux, Director General of Agence Française de Développement, signed a new partnership agreement to continue and strengthen cooperation between...
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Voltalia sells a minority stake in its largest solar plant, SSM1&2, located in the Serra Branca cluster in Bra...
STOA, an investment fund specialized in infrastructure projects in developing and emerging countries and Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player in renewable energi...
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TNFD Releases First Beta Version of Nature-related Risk Management Framework for Market Consultation
The first beta version of framework marks an important step by the market to tackle the risk of nature loss and incorporate nature-related risk and opportunity analysis into the heart of corporate and...
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Numerous and Promising Results for Sustainable Management of Forests After More Than 10 Years of Franco-Turkis...
On the occasion of the closing committee of their cooperation project, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Turkish General Directorate of Forests (OGM) and the National Office of the Forests-...
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New Lock-Dam to Combat Climate Change Impacts Kim Son, Ninh Binh Province
A new lock-dam was inaugurated in Kim Son, Ninh Binh province, in presence of Cécile Vigneau, First Counsellor of the Embassy of France in Vietnam and Hervé Conan, Director of the Agence Française de...
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