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28 April 2025
2025 SIBC BOOTCAMP – 37 women entrepreneurs gathered in Côte d’Ivoire to maximize their social and environmental impact!
For the first time in the history of the Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC), the bootcamp was held in Côte d’Ivoire from 2 to 8 April 2025. Historically organized in Marseille, this intensive and immersive event aims to make participants and partners live transformational experiences to multiply their desire and capacity for action. For…
11 March 2025
SIBC 2024-2025 Supports Women Entrepreneurs Creating Impact!
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, we are highlighting the inspiring journey of the 45 laureates of the Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) 2024-25. Since its inception in 2017, this flagship program has supported over 350 high-impact social entrepreneurs across the African continent, helping them scale their businesses, measure their social performance,…
09 December 2024
DJOWAMON: Join the last webinar of the year!
Join us on December 19, 2024 from 2:30pm (GMT+1), for the last DJOWAMON webinar of the year in collaboration with the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain around the question “How to effectively integrate local communities into the management, programming and storytelling of museums to make them truly inclusive and participatory spaces”. This webinar follows on from…
26 September 2024
SIBC 2024, 45 IMPACT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN 15 AFRICAN COUNTRIES!
For the first time in SIBC’s history, the AFD Group Campus has relocated the selection and organised 5 juries in Africa to evaluate the 140 applications. In total, about 200 examiners have mobilized to participate in the selection of the 2024 class! This more democratic and inclusive process aimed to further anchor the programme in…
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26 August 2024
Join the 2024 Edition of the Mediterranean Talent Academy, an innovative programme to build a positive Mediterranean
Apply before 13 October 2024 here to join the Académie des Talents Méditerranéens (ATM – Mediterranean Talent Academy), a programme that aims to change the way our two shores are seen today, to unleash the potential of Mediterranean youth to create a shared narrative and transform their societies through unifying projects rooted in their territories….
14 August 2024
SEE YOU AT THE FESTIVAL “AGIR POUR LE VIVANT” FROM AUGUST 26 IN ARLES
For the 5th year running, the AFD Group Campus team is mobilizing from August 26 to September 1 in Arles, as part of the Agir pour le Vivant festival. A week of inspiration and reflection, with round tables, screenings, performances, work and creative residencies, to contribute to new shared imaginations! This year, the AFD Group…
23 July 2024
Mixed audiences on campus!
At the beginning of July, the first edition of the community leadership training course was held in Marseille, bringing together internal participants (AFD Group staff) and external participants (partners), in line with the Group’s objective of promoting a diversity of audiences. Leading a community means setting in motion the collective dynamics of a group and…
02 July 2024
SIBC 2024 – Call for applications for the new edition of the Social and Inclusive Business Camp – Join the new cohorte 100% women of Social & Inclusive Business Camp 2024!
The 8th edition of the SIBC kicks off on July 2nd with its call for applications, open this year exclusively to women entrepreneurs from the African continent. Don’t delay in applying, as the call for applications will close upon receiving at least 150 eligible applications or by August 22, 2024, at the latest. What’s the…
24 June 2024
2nd edition of NABTA, an action-oriented pro-nature program
Do you know Nabta? An offshoot of the Biodiversity Partners Program (BiPP) in North Africa (financed by FASP), this regional program supports 25 pro-nature project leaders – public, private or associative – with a positive impact on biodiversity in all sectors of the economy. It enables them to gain expertise in biodiversity issues and to…
18 June 2024
A LOOK BACK AT CLUB IDFC’S ‘ACTUAR PO EL VIVO’ COLLABORATIVE RESIDENCY IN MEDELLIN
On behalf of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and in partnership with COMFAMA and Comuna, organizers of the “ACTUAR PO EL VIVO” Festival in Colombia, the AFD Group Campus organized a residency in Medellin on May 10 and 11 for members of IDFC, a network of 27 national, regional and bilateral public development banks….
22 May 2024
Inauguration: a Campus “en grand” in Marseille
The new AFD Group Campus was officially launched in Marseille on May 15 at the Friche Belle de Mai with over 150 participants, in the presence of AFD Chief Executive Officer Rémy Rioux, the first deputy mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola and the President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier, as well as numerous…
13 May 2024
Launch of Campus group AFD – 15 may, 18:00
We look forward to seeing you at the official launch of the Campus group AFD! Join us on May 15 at 6pm at Marseille’s Friche la Belle de Mai to celebrate this wonderful event, in the presence of Rémy Rioux, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, Renaud Muselier, President of the SUD…
18 April 2024
Registration open – A new session of the online training course “Urban Mobility in Africa”
After the success of the first two editions in 2020 and 2021 the urban mobility MOOC is back! The 3rd session of the Urban Mobility in Africa MOOC (massive open online course) starts on 16 May and will run for five weeks. This training course is aimed at managers, decision-makers, students, urban planners, architects, technicians…
08 April 2024
Podcast – Des Nouvelles de Demain
For its second series of episodes, the French language podcast series Des nouvelles de demain [News from Tomorrow] is offering fresh avenues of exploration. Five new themes structure the podcast collection: New languages of democracy, Sketches of the living, Intimacies, Living societies, and New economies, new territories. Like the first, this second series is available on all…
08 April 2024
FOCUS ON TRAINING – Community Leadership Training
By the Campus AFD and the DCV team With the “Training Focus” series, we are pleased to share a detailed presentation of a Campus AFD course using a joint interview format involving both the course designers and a learner. Experimentation and collective intelligence are on the menu of a new Community Leadership Training programme. It…
16 March 2024
Environment, social and governance: the AFD group in the world top 10
Like other organizations, the AFD group is assessed by Moody’s Analytics on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. With 74 points out of 100, the AFD group ranks in the top 10 among more than 4600 companies and establishments evaluated worldwide. The rating of the French Development Agency group increased by one point compared to…