AfDB, AFD cement partnership to support youth entrepreneurship in Africa

13 october 2024 - 05:11:55
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have announced they would [...] Full text...

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UN Special Envoy flags ‘alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo

09 october 2024 - 05:19:47
New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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COP28: African countries join pioneering global battery energy storage consortium

03 december 2023 - 17:51:57
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Several African countries have formally expressed interest to join the ground-breaking Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) [...] Full text...

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COP28: Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership powers innovative climate action

03 december 2023 - 12:46:40
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership is powering innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the Government [...] Full text...

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The COI launches “AléVini”, a new fund to help regional mobility

16 september 2023 - 09:25:59
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has launched a mobility fund intended for actors in the region's [...] Full text...

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India commits $2 million as new partner to boost digital financial inclusion across Africa

03 august 2023 - 09:52:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Indian government will contribute US$2 million to the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), [...] Full text...

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Mali offers training, awareness for girls in basic education on zero pregnancy

04 april 2023 - 14:32:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A training and awareness session "For Zero Pregnancy in the School Environment" organized by the local [...] Full text...

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Talks underway on next funding flows from Germany to South Africa under JETP

04 april 2023 - 07:02:07
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Discussions are under way between the German and South African governments regarding the disbursement of [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves $120 million to support finance for Tunisia’s SMEs

09 february 2023 - 07:49:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The World Bank has approved a US$120 million loan for Tunisia to fund the project ‘Support [...] Full text...

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France defends sovereignty, territorial integrity of DR Congo

22 december 2022 - 16:43:54
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - France Wednesday defended the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DR Congo, Kinshasa, on the [...] Full text...

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African Development Fund mobilises $8.9 billion for Africa’s low-income countries

07 december 2022 - 11:22:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean: The IOC launches activities of Governance, Peace and Stability (GPS) project

24 september 2022 - 11:04:48
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) launched on Thursday in Antananarivo, Madagascar, the first activities of the [...] Full text...

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French Development Agency gives Guinea 50 million euros to build landfill

27 july 2022 - 13:01:34
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - France has granted the Guinean government a 50 million euro-loan to build a landfill for solid [...] Full text...

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AED gives Benin over CFAF 150 billion for energy project

20 july 2022 - 16:48:13
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has already invested over CFAF 151 billion in the energy sector [...] Full text...

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Acute potable water shortage hits Conakry, the Guinean capital

04 may 2022 - 16:00:45
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean capital, Conakry, faces an acute shortage of potable water, an official source said here [...] Full text...

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FIFA sends mission to Guinea

31 january 2022 - 12:10:42
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A delegation of football's governing body, the International Football Federation (FIFA), arrived on Sunday in Conakry [...] Full text...

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25 additional megawatts on the photovoltaic plant under construction in South-East Benin

05 december 2021 - 17:36:03
Cotonou, Benin ( PANA) - Benin plans to deploy 50 megawatts of power to the photovoltaic plant under construction in [...] Full text...

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38 billion CFAF from AFD for the sanitation of four communes in Benin

18 november 2021 - 10:06:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) is to release 30.11 billion CFAF to Benin for =sanitation projects [...] Full text...

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IFAD and partners announce coalition to support development banks’ financing of sustainable food systems

27 july 2021 - 14:05:08
Rome, Italy (PANA) – Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Commission launches project against plastic pollution

11 july 2021 - 09:59:29
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) on Saturday launched a five-year the Indian Ocean Plastic Expedition (ExPLOI) [...] Full text...

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EU helps Sudan improve gum Arabic production

21 june 2021 - 18:34:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan, the European Union (EU) and France have launched a joint project aimed at increasing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Indian Ocean Commission donates medical equipment to Mauritius

25 may 2021 - 08:09:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Monday received medical equipment under the SEGA-One Health Network of the Indian Ocean Commission [...] Full text...

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AfDB offers $2.33 million support to modernisation of electronic payments infrastructure in Ethiopia

10 march 2021 - 15:42:13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of $2.33 million to EthSwitch Share [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants $2 million to beef up cybersecurity, boost financial inclusion in Africa

05 march 2021 - 16:45:03
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank has awarded a $2 million grant to establish the African Cybersecurity [...] Full text...

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Mauritius aims at 30% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030

16 february 2021 - 13:11:29
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday said that [...] Full text...

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AFAWA, African Guarantee Fund partner to unlock loans to women entrepreneurs

12 february 2021 - 13:19:44
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) programme has agreed [...] Full text...

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AfDB pledges to mobilise $6.5 billion in support of the Great Green Wall Initiative

11 january 2021 - 15:42:04
Paris, France (PANA) - The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank [...] Full text...

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World Bank supports Morocco’s Green Generation Strategy

16 december 2020 - 16:07:49
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved a US$250 million (EUR 214.2 million) programme to support [...] Full text...

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Twelve billion FCFA from the EU for phase II of a project in Mali

09 december 2020 - 20:39:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union, through its emergency trust fund, the French Development Agency and the Malian State, [...] Full text...

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AfDB, partners agree to strengthen commitment to gender equality

15 november 2020 - 11:19:47
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners have agreed to strengthen their commitment to gender [...] Full text...

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€300 million loan from AFD to IFAD to support millions of small-scale farmers

12 november 2020 - 13:37:19
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, [...] Full text...

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EBRD, EU and partners boost green finance in Egypt

10 november 2020 - 14:30:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Union (EU) and the Green Climate [...] Full text...

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AFD gives 100 million-euro loan to Moroccan transport company for tramlines

03 november 2020 - 11:03:12
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has given a 100 million-Euro loan to a Moroccan transport company [...] Full text...

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French Foreign Minister expected Sunday in Bamako

24 october 2020 - 15:07:50
Paris, France (PANA) - Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, will pay a 48-hour visit to [...] Full text...

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Tunisia, AFD sign several financing agreements

22 october 2020 - 23:34:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and the French development agency (AFD) Thursday signed several financing agreements here, official sources said. The [...] Full text...

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Climate Justice campaigner urges banks to lead a just recovery from health, economic crises

13 october 2020 - 08:57:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Civil society groups are urging banks to lead a just recovery from global health and economic crises. The [...] Full text...

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Niger gets CFAF 12 billion from France for health and youth sectors

09 october 2020 - 18:13:13
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has granted Niger, a total amount of 18 million euros, or [...] Full text...

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Workshop on Misahel project launched in Bamako

23 september 2020 - 16:00:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the High Authority for Communication (HAC), Fodié Touré, Wednesday opened a workshop on [...] Full text...

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FIFA, FDA team up for new projects in Africa (A FIFA news analysis)

05 august 2020 - 14:27:40
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - In June 2019, FIFA signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (FDA), recognizing football’s importance [...] Full text...

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Mauritius receives 300 million-euro loan from French Development Agency

30 july 2020 - 08:16:55
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -Mauritius has received a loan of 300 million euros from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to help [...] Full text...

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Germany grants 150 million euros to Tunisia

14 july 2020 - 16:30:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Germany has granted a credit of 150 million euros to support the public sector in Tunisia, [...] Full text...

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France supports Guinea's education sector

08 july 2020 - 13:38:01
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea and France, through the French Development Agency (AFD), on Tuesday signed a funding agreement worth [...] Full text...

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Mauritius constructs civic amenity centres for waste disposal

08 july 2020 - 11:47:31
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday, told Parliament [...] Full text...

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Proparco contributes $30 million to the development of African SMEs

28 june 2020 - 19:39:51
Paris, France (PANA) - Proparco, a subsidiary of the French development agency (AFD) dedicated to the private sector, will contribute [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank grants Tunisia financial support of US$ 175 million

15 june 2020 - 16:55:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved budget support of US$ 175 million to help Tunisia cope with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritian borders to remain closed until 31 August

15 june 2020 - 06:59:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has prohibited the entry of aircraft and ships to the island until 31 August 2020, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: African Guarantee Fund Launches Coronavirus response mechanism

19 may 2020 - 15:39:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Guarantee Fund (AGF), the leading guarantee institution on the continent, on Monday announced the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: FDA to finance project in Togo towards fighting COVID-19

07 may 2020 - 17:44:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) will finance a project to support Togo in its response to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: French Development Agency helps Indian Ocean islands against pandemic

30 april 2020 - 11:21:15
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided a new grant of 2 million euros to the [...] Full text...

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France grants over 6 billion CFAF to Mali to improve basic education

28 april 2020 - 14:39:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided Mali a grant of more than 6 billion CFA [...] Full text...

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NGOs denounce France’s anti-corona plan for Africa

11 april 2020 - 00:02:34
Paris, France (PANA) - Several associations and health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Friday denounced the weak French anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) plan in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Indian Ocean Commission announces Coronavirus Emergency Plan

25 february 2020 - 15:59:11
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - A mission to support the management of Covid-19, led by the Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean [...] Full text...

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EUR 120 million to bring Conakry airport up to standard

18 february 2020 - 18:03:21
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government will undertake expansion work at the Conakry-Gbessia International Airport, following the concession agreement [...] Full text...

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The threat of Coronavirus a priority for the Indian Ocean Commission

08 february 2020 - 11:52:51
Ebony, Mauritius (PANA)  - Some 60 human and animal health professionals from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) met here on [...] Full text...

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Niger needs some €77.3 million for education sector financing

20 january 2020 - 19:47:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger needs some 77.3 million euros from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the period [...] Full text...

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France gives Gabon 101 billion FCFA for construction of schools

20 january 2020 - 10:34:58
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon has obtained a 101 billion CFA francs loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) for [...] Full text...

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Senegal, AFD sign 50m-Euro financing convention

17 january 2020 - 00:00:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The Senegalese minister of economy, plan and cooperation, Amadou Hott, and the director of the French [...] Full text...

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Budget for education to rise in Guinea

23 december 2019 - 21:00:14
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  For the next nine years (2020-2029), the budget for education in Guinea will rise to 20 [...] Full text...

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France gives Mali 14.4 billion CFAF to fund two development projects

13 december 2019 - 23:26:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The monitoring committee of the French Development Agency (AFD) met here Friday to evaluate the results [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: PROPARCO, ATTIJARI Bank sign € 5.5 million agreement for SME financing

11 december 2019 - 18:09:41
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The French Development Agency (FDA) Group in Mauritania, through its subsidiary PROPARCO, and ATTIJARI Bank Mauritania [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves 48.82 million euros for Desert to Power programme in Burkina Faso

05 december 2019 - 16:34:55
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 48.82-million-euro loan [...] Full text...

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Congolese MPs approve French budget support

04 december 2019 - 17:39:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese MPs on Wednesday aproved the draft law authorizing the ratification of the framework agreement signed [...] Full text...

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EU, French development agency support Beninese private sector

20 november 2019 - 21:02:22
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   - The European Union and the French Development Agency (AFD) will give Benin 6.9 billion CFAF to [...] Full text...

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Twenty-six African countries to benefit from agreement on professionalization of teachers

16 november 2019 - 15:52:25
Paris, France (PANA) - A €15 million financing agreement has been signed in Paris between the Francophone University Agency (AUF) [...] Full text...

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France gives 2 billion CFA Francs to Mali for border Project

01 november 2019 - 13:56:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  The French Development Agency (AFD) and the National Investment Agency of Local Authorities (ANICT) on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Mauritania launches water and sanitation project with € 12 million AFD funds

31 october 2019 - 16:36:24
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - With funds totalling 12 million euros from the French Development Agency (AFD), the Mauritanian government on [...] Full text...

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Sub-regional workshop on drugs ends in Bamako

05 october 2019 - 13:56:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The fight against drugs and the repression of the phenomenon in the West African sub-region requires [...] Full text...

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DRC, France launch Ebola treatment support project

29 september 2019 - 16:36:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  The Ebola special envoy for France, Pr Yves Levy, with the DRC ministry of health, [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: New members of the Independent Electoral Commission sworn in

27 september 2019 - 14:41:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fourteen of the 15 newly-appointed members of the Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) were sworn [...] Full text...

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France grants Burkina Faso about 35 million US dollars in budget support

26 september 2019 - 20:28:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso minister of economy, finances and development, Lassané Kaboré, and the director of [...] Full text...

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WB, partners strengthen capacities of African universities

22 september 2019 - 19:48:14
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – The projects of the Africa’s excellence centers for higher education (CEAI) and the Africa’s excellence centers [...] Full text...

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2022 YOG: France to put its know-how on sports at Senegal's disposal

19 september 2019 - 18:57:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The organizing committee of the 4th Youth Olympic Games (YOG), scheduled for 2022 in Senegal, has this [...] Full text...

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French Sports Minister to visit Senegal next week "to strengthen sports cooperation" between Paris and Dakar

13 september 2019 - 19:22:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The French Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, is expected to visit Dakar on 18 and 19 [...] Full text...

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France grants 33.5 million euros to Mali for agriculture, decentralization

12 september 2019 - 11:39:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and France on Wednesday signed several agreements totalling 33.5 million euros (about 21.98 billion CFA [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to set up a water observatory

06 september 2019 - 14:49:17
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will set up a water observatory on the main island and in Rodrigues at [...] Full text...

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Algerian, Gambian and Zimbabwean win Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership award

26 july 2019 - 17:09:49
Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Friday released the list of the three recipients of [...] Full text...

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France, EU mobilise funds for electricity project in Benin

26 july 2019 - 05:52:49
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - France, the European Union and Benin have signed two financing agreements for the Benin Electric Power [...] Full text...

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PROPARCO, IFC, EIB give Senegal 38 million Euros for solar power stations

22 july 2019 - 23:29:32
Paris, France (PANA) – Subsidiaries of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the World, as well as the European Investment [...] Full text...

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Comorian President in France for official visit

22 july 2019 - 14:50:16
Paris, France (PANA) - Comoran President Azali Assoumani, on an official visit to France, will be received on Monday by [...] Full text...

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French Development Agency signs finance deal with Rwandan bank

20 june 2019 - 15:21:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  French Development Agency (AFD), a public financial institution headquartered in Paris, on Thursday signed a cooperation [...] Full text...

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Bamako city launches 100,000 socially subsidized water sources

15 june 2019 - 19:46:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   The Malian Society of Water Heritage (Somapep), a state structure dedicated to the management of drinking [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso, AFD sign agreement for financing regional electricity interconnection project

13 june 2019 - 23:50:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   The Burkinabè government signed here Thursday an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) for [...] Full text...

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New water pumping station for the city of Bamako starts operation

04 june 2019 - 12:36:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A drinking water pumping station for Bamako city was commissioned on Sunday following its completion at [...] Full text...

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President Abdel Aziz inaugurates hybrid power station in eastern Mauritania

20 may 2019 - 15:31:44
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz on Monday commissioned a hybrid power (thermal/solar) station on Monday [...] Full text...

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Mauritius focuses on actions to combat climate change

28 march 2019 - 13:41:53
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - At a national workshop for the validation of the outcomes of the Adapt Action Programme set [...] Full text...

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AfDB offers USD 110 million to Guinea

27 march 2019 - 21:01:30
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Wednesday released a USD110 million package to Guinea, a statement [...] Full text...

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Africa on agenda of French, Chinese presidents’ discussions in Paris

27 march 2019 - 20:38:09
Paris, France (PANA) – Chinese President XI Jinping, who was on a state visit to France on 24-26 March, and [...] Full text...

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Niger steps up efforts to improve access to electricity

18 march 2019 - 07:37:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger authorities have for the past 10 years been mobilising resources to improve access to [...] Full text...

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EU donates EUR 30 million towards expansion of Congo’s Pointe-Noire port

14 march 2019 - 21:57:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) ambassador to Congo, Raul Mateus Paula, Thursday donated EUR 30 million to [...] Full text...

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AFD launches Choose Africa, a French initiative to accelerate SMEs growth in Africa

14 march 2019 - 18:03:40
Paris, France (PANA) – The French Development Agency (AFD) on Wednesday launched Choose Africa, a French initiative to facilitate the [...] Full text...

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France gives 100 million-euro loan to Ethiopia

14 march 2019 - 11:51:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – France has granted a 85 million-euro loan for public policy to Ethiopia to support the ongoing dynamics [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso, AFD sign $50m convention for regional interconnection project

12 march 2019 - 21:45:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe government and the French Development Agency (AFD) on Tuesday in Ouagadougou signed a [...] Full text...

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French Prime Minister to visit Mali

22 february 2019 - 21:29:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is expected in Bamako for a 48-hour working visit to Mali [...] Full text...

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French, Tanzanian FMs meet in Paris

22 february 2019 - 21:24:52
Paris, France (PANA) – Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Foreign Affairs Minister, received his Tanzanian counterpart, Augustine Mahiga, on Thursday at [...] Full text...

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Niger authorities launch project to fight malnutrition

15 february 2019 - 12:08:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger authorities on Friday launched a project for appropriate solutions to malnutrition whose effects on [...] Full text...

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Work on Phase II of Bamako sanitation project launched

04 february 2019 - 16:57:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The second phase of the Bamako Sanitation and City Development Project (PADUB) aimed at improving the [...] Full text...

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Mali gets US$8m from EU, France for transformation, investment projects

31 january 2019 - 21:24:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The European Union (EU) and France have released more than five billion CFAF (about US$8 million), [...] Full text...

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UNHCR ready to extend social safety net for refugees, others in northern Congo

24 january 2019 - 09:32:04
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Congo says it is ready to [...] Full text...

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Senegalese gov't launch US$53m agric project in southern region

19 january 2019 - 14:58:44
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A project to improve productivity and food security in southern Senegal was launched on Friday in [...] Full text...

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French Dev't Agency gives Nigeria US$300m for power transmission projects

06 january 2019 - 20:10:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The French Development Agency (AFD )is currently supporting power transmission projects in Nigeria with about US$300 [...] Full text...

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French Development Agency grants Euros one million to community forest project in Benin

02 january 2019 - 16:51:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) will provide Benin one million euros to support the Forest Community [...] Full text...

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Niger to set up 20 MW solar plant for power supply in Niamey

21 december 2018 - 14:33:32
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Council of Ministers on Friday approved a credit agreement worth 23.5 million Euros with the [...] Full text...

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French aid agency sets US$ 5.8m aside to support start-ups in North Africa

10 december 2018 - 18:39:09
Paris, France (PANA) - Proparco, a subsidiary of the French Development Agency (AFD) dedicated to the private sector, signed on [...] Full text...

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AfDB urges power sector to capitalize on women’s capabilities

26 october 2018 - 14:09:38
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency, Association of [...] Full text...

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Congo seeks support in education sector

11 october 2018 - 11:00:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Primary, Secondary Education and Literacy, Anatole Collinet Makosso, on Wednesday appealed for [...] Full text...

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AfDB, APUA organize 2018 CEO Governance, Leadership Forum on power sector

05 july 2018 - 13:58:48
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - To Improve Governance and Leadership in Africa’s power sector, the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration [...] Full text...

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Financial institutions back support programmes for vulnerable populations

18 april 2018 - 22:39:29
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The British aid agency, the World Bank (WB) and the French Agency and Development (ADF) are [...] Full text...

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UNESCO advocates for 'Quality Education for All in Africa'

20 january 2018 - 08:24:10
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, has advocated for education as a priority investment for sustainable development in [...] Full text...

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France signs landmark US$ 253m loan agreement to boost African Development Fund

26 december 2017 - 15:48:11
Paris, France (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) has signed a significant concessional donor loan agreement with the Government [...] Full text...

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France, FAO renew partnership on sustainable agriculture, climate change

13 december 2017 - 11:10:09
Paris, France (PANA) - France and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have renewed the blueprint for their collaboration, [...] Full text...

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AFD to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia on renewable energy sources

20 october 2017 - 08:37:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The head of the economic division of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French Dvelopment Agency, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AMCOMET-Africa Hydromet Forum takes place in Ethiopia

03 august 2017 - 15:28:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), collaborating with other partners, is undertaking preparatory arrangements for [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB wants credit providers to increase lending to meet demand by African MSMEs

28 june 2017 - 14:09:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on financial markets to increase affordable loans and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Euro Bank, Tanzania and UN partner in cutting Lake Victoria pollution

15 may 2017 - 15:04:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have partnered together with the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: France to grant Ghana 37.5 million euros to finance roads, drainage project

05 october 2015 - 13:38:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - France is to grant Ghana 37.5 million euros to finance a road and drainage project in [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mahama to meet Hollande in Paris on Monday

04 october 2015 - 16:18:00
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama will on Monday hold discussions with French President Francois Hollande at the [...] Full text...

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Mali: US$1.2 million released for development projects in Kidal

08 july 2015 - 20:34:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian National Investment Agency for Territorial Communities (ANICT) and the French Development Agency (AFD) on [...] Full text...

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Niger: Niger launches project for quality education

26 june 2015 - 13:53:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger on Friday launched a project to support quality education in the country in the next [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: ILO, partners to stimulate innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

02 june 2015 - 15:16:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Agence Française de Dévelopment (AFD) have signed a three-year [...] Full text...

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Congo: 'France granted Congo 19 billion CFAF in 2014'

13 february 2015 - 21:54:27
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – French bilateral and technical assistance to Congo in 2014 is estimated at some 19 billion CFAF, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB approves US$500m for Development Bank of Nigeria to support MSMEs

15 december 2014 - 20:49:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Monday unanimously [...] Full text...

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Côte-d'Ivoire: Ivorian opposition rejoins Independent Electoral Commission

14 november 2014 - 19:32:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Côte d'Ivoire, Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou on Friday welcomed the decision [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Opposition suspends participation in proceedings of Ivorian electoral commission

06 september 2014 - 12:26:40
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The representatives of the opposition Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and the Alliance for Democratic Forces [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Ivorian civil society doubts independence of new electoral body

15 july 2014 - 17:33:51
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian civil society Group (CSCI) has expressed concern about the composition of the new [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Members of new Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission appointed

09 july 2014 - 15:31:58
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government on Wednesday approved the appointment of members of the Central Committee of [...] Full text...

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Congo: France to finance 200b CFA francs development projects in Congo

07 july 2014 - 13:18:38
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - France will finance many development projects in Congo for the 2015-2020 period for a total amount [...] Full text...

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Benin: Conference on youth employment to be held in July in Abidjan

15 june 2014 - 18:52:42
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, will from 21 to 23 July host a ministerial conference on [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Regional meeting on land management opens in Senegal

03 june 2014 - 16:10:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A regional seminar on the support tools for the management of land in the rural areas [...] Full text...

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Mali: France grants 2 million Euros for Mali maternal health research

16 may 2014 - 22:08:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The French Development Agency (AFD) and the University of Science and Technology in Bamako on Friday [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: World Bank, AfDB, French, Japanese agencies to fund water projects in Nigeria

14 may 2014 - 16:09:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), French Development Agency (AFD), and Japan International Corporation [...] Full text...

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Benin: WADB to raise 800 billion CFAF for Benin

20 march 2014 - 21:44:45
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The West African Development Bank (WADB) is considering raising 800 billion CFAF for Benin to finance [...] Full text...

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Togo: France gives Togo CFAF 5.248b to enhance high school education

20 march 2014 - 13:17:35
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The French Development Agency, AFD, has approved CFAF 5.248 billion (8 million Euro) funding for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria, France launch trade and investment council

27 february 2014 - 18:51:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and France on Thursday in Abuja launched the Nigeria-France Trade and Investment Council, setting a [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Journalist killed in North Kivu ambush

17 february 2014 - 12:33:09
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A journalist working with the Radio-TV Muungano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Germain Kennedy [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: More drinking water for Yaounde residents

24 january 2014 - 11:18:02
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Residents of the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, will have more access to drinking water following the commissioning [...] Full text...

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Bamako to get potable water with CFAF 70 billion from dev. partners

17 december 2013 - 15:17:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Bamako, the Malian capital, will soon be provided with good drinking water under an agreement signed [...] Full text...

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French Agency offers US$ 50m loan to Eco-bank

03 december 2013 - 18:47:23
Lomé, Togo, (PANA) – PROPARCO (Promotion and Participation for Cooperation), a branch of the French Development Agency (AFD), has offered [...] Full text...

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Mauritius invests massively in road infrastructure

03 december 2013 - 16:00:55
Terre-Rouge, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said that the government is investing massively in road infrastructure allowing [...] Full text...

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NEPAD commissions study on broadband cost reduction in West, Central Africa

15 august 2013 - 19:34:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A significant step towards achieving a lower communications cost within the West and Central Africa regions [...] Full text...

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Congo gets FCFA 20.3b French funds for various projects

12 june 2013 - 11:18:22
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the French Development Agency (AFD) on Tuesday signed three agreements in Brazzaville [...] Full text...

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France grants Mali 25b CFAF for water project

01 may 2013 - 12:56:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - France has announced a grant of 25 billion CFA (US$50 million) for a potable water project [...] Full text...

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Brazzaville, EDF sign agreement to improve electricity supply in Congo

18 april 2013 - 14:07:24
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the French company, Energie de France (EDF), have signed an agreement under [...] Full text...

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French investments in Congo last year estimated at 10.28 billion CFA

22 february 2013 - 22:23:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The French ambassador in Congo, Jean-François Valette, on Friday said that investments made by his country [...] Full text...

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EU, FDA grant Mauritania 46m-Euro-loan for water, sanitation projects

17 december 2012 - 17:03:46
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (FDA) have granted Mauritania loans totalling 46 [...] Full text...

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France to fund dam construction in Mauritius

04 october 2012 - 12:26:09
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - France has offered, through its development agency AFD, a loan of 62.5 million euro for [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves funding for Ethiopia-Kenya power connector

12 july 2012 - 17:55:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank (WB) has approved funding for an East African regional power grid connection between [...] Full text...

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France grants Senegal FCFA 52.5b budget aid

12 july 2012 - 16:26:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - France has granted Senegal a FCFA 52.5 billion (about US$ 105 million) budget aid, the first [...] Full text...

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African education ministers move to promote national languages, French

25 january 2012 - 15:40:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Education ministers from several African countries and the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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France grants Togo 2m euros to clear domestic commercial debts

09 november 2011 - 17:13:32
Lome, Togo (PANA) - France has granted the Togolese government 2 million euros (about FCFA 1.3 billion) to help the [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants Mali FCFA 12b for digital complex in Bamako

16 september 2011 - 12:39:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Mali US$22.5 million, or about FCFA 12 billion, to [...] Full text...

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World Bank, France grant Mali 61 billion FCFA

28 july 2011 - 21:33:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali is to receive 61 billion FCFA from the World Bank and the French development agency [...] Full text...

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France grants Mauritania 45m euros to boost electricity sector

22 july 2011 - 13:04:02
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - France has given Mauritania, through the French Development Agency (AFD), a loan of 45 euros million [...] Full text...

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French PM expected in Gabon Saturday

15 july 2011 - 11:45:49
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - French Prime Minister François Fillon is being expected in Libreville Saturday for a 24-hour visit to [...] Full text...

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French Development Agency grants Niger FCFA 30b for power project

12 july 2011 - 11:30:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) will contribute for up to FCFA 30 billion to the financing [...] Full text...

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Electricity supply to improve in Senegal soon, govt assures

30 june 2011 - 10:57:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Electricity supply in Senegal is expected to return to normal within a few days, the government [...] Full text...

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Madagascar needs funds, materials to fight locusts

21 june 2011 - 17:08:52
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A current buildup of locust populations in southwestern Madagascar could turn into a plague and seriously [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

AFD grants Mali's farming organisation over FCFA 2.4b

07 june 2011 - 12:39:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has granted over FCFA 2.4 billion to the regional Chamber of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS, AFD sign 12.34m euro accord to boost food security

03 june 2011 - 12:51:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Food security and water resources management in West Africa received a major boost with the signing [...] Full text...

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France gives Congo 2.5m euro loan for Pointe Noire port

03 june 2011 - 12:05:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has given Congo Brazzaville two loans totalling 2.5 million euro, or [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS, development partners meet to review regional integration

02 june 2011 - 07:12:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS and its Development Partners open their 8th Annual Coordination Meeting at the ECOWAS Commission’s headquarters [...] Full text...

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French agency grants 150,000 euro for vocational training in Africa

01 june 2011 - 10:48:51
Paris, France (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has announced a grant of 150,000 euros for a vocational training [...] Full text...

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EU grants Mali 2.4b FCFA for security

26 may 2011 - 12:35:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has announced a grant of 3,700 million euros or about FCFA 2.4 [...] Full text...

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AFD grants WADB credit line worth 30m euros

20 may 2011 - 10:22:29
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) Thursday granted the West African Development Bank (WADB) a 30-million-euro credit [...] Full text...

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France grants WAEMU US$8.2m to finance projects

20 may 2011 - 09:37:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and France have signed two pacts worth US$8.2 [...] Full text...

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French development agency granted Mali 141 billion FCFA in 10 years - Official

14 may 2011 - 13:38:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The French Development Agency (AFD) has financed projects in the West African state of Mali to [...] Full text...

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France to help improve management of water resources in Central Africa

01 april 2011 - 21:32:59
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - France is to provide 1.7 million euros to improve the hydrological monitoring of water resources in [...] Full text...

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French development agency grants Malian firm 170m FCFA

01 april 2011 - 11:57:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has granted Malian firm Jatropha-Mali Initiative (JMI) 170.5 million FCFA (260,000 [...] Full text...

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Malian Premier lays foundation stone of 3rd water treatment plant in Bamako

04 march 2011 - 16:32:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Modibo Sidibe Thursday in Missabougou, in the south-east suburb of Bamako, laid the [...] Full text...

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Gabon to launch agricultural development, investment project

31 january 2011 - 11:12:08
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese development support Institute (IGAD) has announced a plan to launch an agricultural development and [...] Full text...

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'France granted Mali 71 billion CFAF for development in 2010'

07 january 2011 - 14:48:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) gave Mali CFA francs 71 billion, out of which 44 billion [...] Full text...

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AFD grants Congo CFA 4b for health sector

23 december 2010 - 13:04:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) will grant Congo 4 billion CFA francs for the implementation of [...] Full text...

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Netherlands, France grant Mali over 13b CFA for health, education

09 december 2010 - 13:44:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Netherlands and France will provide financial support worth F CFA 13 billion to Mali to [...] Full text...

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AFD grants Mauritania 20 million euro to reform energy sector

03 december 2010 - 23:00:14
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The French development agency is to grant Mauritania a budget support of 20 million euro for [...] Full text...

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Mali's partners to finance Bamako's water supply

29 october 2010 - 23:16:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's technical and financial partners (TFP) have committed themselves to support the potable water supply project [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso expects 400,000 tonnes of cotton in 2010

03 september 2010 - 19:50:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Burkina Faso's Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Yoda, said here Friday that his country was expecting about [...] Full text...

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EU, AFD finance development projects in northern Brazzaville

25 august 2010 - 21:14:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) and the French Development A gency, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), are [...] Full text...

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Senegal's Faidherbe Bridge to be ready in July 2011

08 august 2010 - 18:03:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) â" Rehabilitation works on t-he Faidherbe Bridge in Northe rn Senegal, a road bridge over the Senegal [...] Full text...

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France writes off Burundi's 72 million euro debt

12 may 2010 - 21:41:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- France has written off Burundi's 72 million euro deb t to the European country, official sources [...] Full text...

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EIB to support unique microfinance fund for Africa

07 may 2010 - 13:17:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) has confirm ed its commitment to microfinance in Africa, [...] Full text...

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CASDB funds modernization of Congo's Pointe-Noire Port

24 march 2010 - 19:29:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The Central African States Development Bank (CASDB) is to partially finance the modernization of the Autonomous [...] Full text...

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France, Mauritania sign funding agreement

04 march 2010 - 17:07:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- France and Mauritania Thursday signed a funding agreement amounting to 17. 4 million euros as part [...] Full text...

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SA Bank, ADB offer loans to Zim power utility

01 march 2010 - 07:36:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's state-owned power utility said Monday it ha d secured US$132 million in loans and grants [...] Full text...

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French Foreign Trade Secretary of State tours Africa

06 february 2010 - 19:50:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- French Foreign Trade Secretary, Anne-Marie Idrac, will fr om Monday visit the Democratic Republic of Congo, [...] Full text...

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Africaa?s big 5 to own majority stake in new continental Bank

24 december 2009 - 20:13:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Finance Ministers have approved the creat ion of the African Investment Bank (AIB), after [...] Full text...

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Africaa?s big 5 to own majority stake in new continental Bank

24 december 2009 - 01:37:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Finance Ministers have approved the creat ion of the African Investment Bank (AIB), after [...] Full text...

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Guinea to build 2,000 houses for displaced families

14 december 2009 - 20:10:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese government is to build 2,000 housing unit s for the families displaced from their [...] Full text...

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UNEP lauds financial institutions for funding climate change projects

11 december 2009 - 11:46:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A new study commissioned by the United Nations Environme nt Programme (UNEP) has revealed that Bilateral [...] Full text...

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US$ 710 million for NIM mining project

02 december 2009 - 21:01:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A pool of international banks and financial inst itutions has granted funding of US$ 710 million [...] Full text...

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No let up in Kenya water tower restoration, says Odinga

23 november 2009 - 17:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government's efforts to restore the Mau Complex and all other water towers in the [...] Full text...

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Zambia ruling party loses parliamentary seat to opposition

20 november 2009 - 21:52:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has l ost the Solwezi Central Parliamentary seat to [...] Full text...

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Zambia's ruling party loses parliamentary seat to opposition

20 november 2009 - 19:25:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA)- â" Zambia's ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD ) has lost the Solwezi Central Parliamentary seat to [...] Full text...

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Int'l organisations explore ways of effective development assistance

18 november 2009 - 18:00:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- A forum on how to improve the effectiveness of the Offici al Development Assistance (ODA) was [...] Full text...

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Tunisia-EC sign 43 million-euro credit line to clean-up pollution

16 november 2009 - 22:24:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia on Monday signed a 43 million-euro credit line w ith the European Commission and the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian photographer Iroha wins photography prize

13 november 2009 - 23:50:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Nigerian photographer, Uche Okpa Iroha, has won the Seydou Keأ¯ta Prize, named after a famous Malian [...] Full text...

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Kenya PM leaves for China, France, Sweden

15 october 2009 - 18:54:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga left here Wednesday evening for an official trip to the China, [...] Full text...

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AFD helps finance Mali private sector

06 october 2009 - 22:07:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The French Development Agency (AFD) on Tuesday gave Mali m ore than four billion FCFA for [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean regional committee against flu established

15 september 2009 - 15:48:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The general secretary of the Indian Ocean Commiss ion, (COI), Callixte d'Offay, announced here Tuesday that [...] Full text...

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Senegal gets US$69.85m AfDB loan for Dakar highway

17 july 2009 - 09:06:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is lending Senegal F CFA 32. 4 billion (US$69. 85 million) [...] Full text...

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Mali to build state-of-the-art hospital in Mopti

29 may 2009 - 12:59:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Head of State, Amadou Toumani Touré, will on 4 June, lay the foundation stone [...] Full text...

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France to strengthen ties with South Africa

26 may 2009 - 15:12:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Anne-Marie Idrac, the French Minister of State for Foreign Trade, will visit South Africa [...] Full text...

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