About AFD:
AFD, the French bilateral donor agency (public development finance institution) has spent more than 70 years working to alleviate poverty and support economic development in more than 90 developing and emerging countries and France’s overseas territories. In 2019, AFD authorized more than EURO 14 billions of project funding worldwide.
AFD established in Ethiopia in 1993 (international calendar). AFD commitments (grants, guarantees and soft loans to the Government or Public Utilities) in Ethiopia are focused on infrastructures for urban development (water and sanitation, solid waste management, transportation and city planning), energy, economic reforms, support to SMEs, heritage and agriculture.