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France Launches, via AFD, The “Covid-19 – Health in Common” Initiative to Support African Countries
As part of a new initiative launched by the French President and his African peers, Agence Française de Développement announces the launch of “COVID-19 – Health in Common” – a €1.2 billion initiative...
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Mobilizing Communities in the Fight against HIV
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD is highlighting innovative programs devised and developed in our partner countries. While the world is struggling to cope with the coronavirus epidemic, th...
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AFD and the Development Bank of Latin America Reinforce Their Cooperation
AFD has just granted a new €150 million credit line to the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). It will help finance climate change projects in Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador. The move further consolid...
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Kenya: A Payment Platform for Healthcare Protection
In our series on "Shared Innovation", AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Cutting edge technologies and creative approaches in healthcare will help i...
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Coalition Combats Covid-19 in Lebanon
Launched in 2019, the capacity-building project for the Rafik Hariri public hospital is all the more important in 2020, as it has been designated the main center for the response to the coronavirus he...
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Covid-19 – Health in Common Initiative: Financing the First Projects in Africa
In keeping with the commitment made by French President Emmanuel Macron, AFD is taking action to respond to the global health crisis. As part of the "COVID-19 – Health in Common" initiative launched o...
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Covid-19: AFD is supporting energy operators in Africa and Asia
Agence Française de Développement has launched a series of web conferences for those involved in the electricity sector, to assist them during this global health crisis. Two sessions are planned every...
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Tackling Covid-19: Vietnam's Recipe for Success
In our “Shared Innovation” series, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Vietnam, with its 96 million inhabitants - and despite its proximity to China –...
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Covid-19: Reducing Risks for Yangon's Most Vulnerable
In the Burmese capital of Yangon, poor neighborhoods are extremely vulnerable to communicable diseases such as Covid-19. Not only is “social distancing” impossible for those who live in overcrowded ar...
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“In Laos, NGOs are Mobilizing to Combat Covid-19," Elisa Fily
As the COVID-19 epidemic quickly spreads, an NGO consortium has provided a rapid, targeted response to the material and information needs in the provinces of Laos. Elisa Fily, the project advisor work...
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Anti-Malaria Ointment Offers Protection from Deadly Disease
As part of our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Even before the coronavirus pandemic reached the continent, Afri...
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Finance in Common: First Ever Global Summit of Public Development Banks
In November 2020, the first global summit of Public Development Banks will be held in Paris during the Paris Peace Forum. The objective of these institutions is to mobilize a collective response to th...
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Covid-19 and Countries in Conflict: "Serious Social and Economic Impact"
Promoting peace is a major commitment of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, in particular via the Minka Fund which finances peace-building in territories affected by violent conflict. Char...
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Covid-19: Preparing for the Pandemic in Africa
Agence Française de Développement has provided investment funding to help shore up and improve the infrastructure and capacity of institutions across East and West Africa. It’s part of a growing effor...
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Covid-19 in Rwanda: Delivering Drugs by Drone
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Imaginative modes of transport are being harnessed to transport vital medicin...
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The Social & Inclusive Business Camp Supports Entrepreneurs across Africa to address the Covid-19 Crisis
After being imagined and incubated by the AFD Campus du Développement, the SIBC will be piloted over the next three years by I&P Conseil and its partners - African Management Institute, ScaleChanger a...
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AFD's Response to the Covid-19 Crisis
A worldwide health and economic emergency has emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been working to provide a multi-pronged response. It is tr...
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Vietnam: Improving the management and Resilience of Natural Resources
The European Union and AFD have signed an agreement to increase the resilience of natural resources to climate change and reduce the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam through a new faci...
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Post-Covid Cities: A Webinar Series
A webinar series on urban affairs is already looking at how cities can cope in a post-Covid world. What are the ramifications of Covid-19 on urban development? How has it affected access to health an...
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Guinea Start-up Designs a Tablet to Diagnose Covid Symptoms
In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. Today, we focus on a Guinean start-up that has designed in record time, a table...
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