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Insurance Development Forum and French Development Agency Launch - IDRIMA - a Groundbreaking Integrated Disast...

London, UK, 12 June 2024: The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and the French Development Agency Group (Agence Française de Développement and Expertise France - together “AFD Group”) are delighted to...

Agriculture, heritage and tax policy in Laos : AFD Group and MPI sign and launch three projects worth €13.6M

An official launch of additional funds totalling 13,6M€ for three projects was held at the MPI and chaired by H.E. Dr. Phet PHOMPHIPHAK, Minister of the MPI, H.E. Madam Siv-Leng CHHUOR, French Ambassa...

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) wins “Best agency funding team” award at GlobalCapital Bond Awards 202...

AFD has been awarded the “Best agency funding team” in the annual GlobalCapital Bond Awards ceremony in the Supras, Sovereigns and Agencies (SSA) category.

AFD successfully issued a new 1 billion euros bond maturing on April 3rd, 2040

On Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, Agence française de développement (AFD), rated AA- (S&P)/AA-(Fitch), successfully issued a new 1 billion euros bond maturing on April 3rd, 2040.

Agence Française de Développement successfully priced a new 4.500% £300 million benchmark due 22nd October 202...

On Tuesday 1st April, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), rated AA- /AA- (S&P / Fitch), issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £300 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due on the 22nd Oc...

The Agence française de développement commits a further 3 million euros to the Africa Digital Financial Inclus...

The Agence française de développement (AFD) has committed an additional 3 million euros to the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), housed and managed by the African Development Bank, t...

AFD becomes a strategic partner of WEN-Africa to promote inclusivity in Africas’s Energy sector

The Women in Energy Network-Africa (WEN-Africa) and Agence française de développement (AFD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking AFD’s entry into the pan-African network’s circle o...

In Beitunia, France supports a major water infrastructure project and unveils a community-centered mural

Beitunia, April 8, 2025: The French Consul General in Jerusalem, Mr Nicolas Kassianides, inaugurated on April 8, 2025, a major water infrastructure project as well as a new artistic mural in the Pales...

AFD in Kazakhstan: Supporting transitions for more sustainable and inclusive development

Astana, 11 April 2025 — The French Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group are pleased to announce the official opening of AFD's office in Astana, marking a signifi...

Sheltering Egypt's Street Children: Carrefour Foundation joins forces with AFD and Sawiris Foundation and rene...

The Sawiris Foundation, AFD and the Carrefour Foundation have been partnering with Samusocial International in Egypt to support its actions for vulnerable children and youth in street situation in Cai...

Albanian-French Energy Partnership : KESH and AFD sign a MoU on Drin cascade management and advance energy sto...

In the framework of France Minister for Europe Benjamin Haddad’s visit to Tirana, Albania and France have solidified their action-oriented partnership in the energy sector, with the first AFD support...

AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT AND CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP TO MOBILIZE INNOVATIVE...

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Conservation International have signed a historic agreement to protect, restore and mobilize finance for nature and biodiversity at scale.

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OCP Group and AFD Group formalize their strategic partnership in support of Morocco’s low-carbon transition an...

OCP Group and AFD announce the signing of a €350 million financing agreement to support the implementation of OCP Group’s $13 billion green investment program for the 2023–2027 period.

Energy Efficiency: A New Milestone in the Implementation of PEEB ASEAN!

Selangor, 19 May 2025. The Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings in ASEAN (PEEB ASEAN) was officially launched! Financed by France through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), it is a 4...

Matthieu Discour becomes the new Director of the Three Oceans Department at the French Development Agency (AFD...

In his new role, he will steer AFD's regional strategy in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific basins, a unique geographical approach that the Three Oceans Department uses on to strengthen links between t...

Supporting Smallholder Farmers in Egypt

Paris, France, June 2025 – The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Essam and May Allam Foundation, Louis Dreyfus Foundation and Sawiris Foundation launched a pilot project « Innovative climate-sm...

Public development banks launch Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 after original initiative delivered on its target ...

• Public development banks launch Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 at the UN Ocean Conference, setting a new €3 billion financing target for 2026–2030 to tackle ocean plastic pollution. • The original Cle...

Myanmar: Women Working for Sustainable Energy

The NGO Geres, is addressing the lack of electricity in Myanmar’s remote rural areas, and implementing a project to distribute sustainable energy.

Africa Development Forum Virtual Book Launch │Migrants, Markets & Mayors : Rising above the Employment Challen...

The “Migrants, Markets and Mayors: Rising above the Employment Challenge in Africa's Secondary Cities” report stands out for its innovative approach, as until now, research on migration and urban deve...