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France

Partnership overview

France is a long-standing partner of the African Development Bank Group. It became a member of the African Development Fund in 1977 and a member of the African Development Bank in 1983. France has an ambitious development cooperation policy that is focused on infrastructure, regional integration and reduction of fragility. Climate change and renewable energy, food security, and gender are also at the forefront of its priorities. Africa is among the first recipients of French aid and France provides significant support to the Sahel region where it aims to maintain stability and reduce fragility and poverty.


Joint initiatives

France actively supports the African Legal Support Facility, and contributes to several initiatives hosted by the Bank, including the Migration and Development Fund, the African Water Facility, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative, and the Secretariat of the «Making Finance Work for Africa». France also has a bilateral fund that can support technical assistance in many sectors.

In addition, it is seconding technical assistants in some Bank departments: the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa and the AWF. France implements huge aid programs through the Agence française de développement and Proparco, its private sector arm.

The Bank and AFD have a long-standing partnership that was re-boosted in November 2015 when the two institutions signed a co-financing agreement of EUR 1.5 billion. The agreement seeks to increase co-financing between the two institutions and to pool expertise to meet the ambitious roadmap toward the Sustainable Development Goals. The Bank and the AFD organize high-level seminars yearly, and deep-dive exercises where respective operational pipelines are carefully cross-screened.

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News and Events

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Taps installed in the Louga region, thanks to a project supported by the African Development Bank, now give people permanent access to drinking water, which previously required more than five hours a day to collect.
07-Mar-2024
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The African Development Bank will support the construction of skills development infrastructure in the agricultural sector, build the capacities of agricultural trainers and support the establishment of agricultural cadastres to enable the Democratic Republic of the Congo to develop value chains in its rich agricultural sector.
04-Mar-2024
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Tens of thousands of farmers and low-income households in southern Ethiopia will benefit from a program financed by an African Development Fund donation.
29-Feb-2024
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Yookudi Clinic, in Liberia’s Maryland County, receives patients from both Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire
23-Jan-2024
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Some 100,000 new households (80,000 in Mauritania and 20,000 in Mali) to gain access to electricity thanks to 225kV electricity interconnection project co-financed by African Development Fund. between the two countries.
18-Dec-2023

Publications

Selected Projects


Contacts

 

Mr. Stéphane MOUSSET, Executive Director

 

 

Ms. Ana JIMENEZ, Advisor

 

Ms. Ana SOBRINO, Alternate Executive Director