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🌑🏥 Imagine receiving emergency care at night in a clinic with no electricity. That was reality in Turkana, Kenya: until solar mini-grids changed everything. Residents share how it transformed their access to healthcare ⤵️ @francediplo_EN @FranceinKenya

You can't shape tomorrow without those who'll live it. 🧒 Youth & development policies often work in silos: jobs, training, health, environment. A new approach, "integral inclusion," makes young people key actors of development, not just beneficiaries 👉 bit.ly/4ym9Alh

#WeSayWeDo | In Djibouti, where youth unemployment tops 75%, we're backing @expertisefrance on reforming secondary education & vocational training. 🎯 Goal: helping young people get into the job market @GPforEducation @FranceaDjibouti @EFaDjibouti @francediplo_EN

🌍 Western Balkans: ageing populations, shrinking workforces, fiscal pressure. How do Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and North Macedonia navigate this demographic shift? Our latest research paper unpacks it all 👉 ow.ly/k9ii50ZmrO2

📈 World Population Day: by 2100, Africa could be home to 3.8 billion people, 37% of the world's population. A real economic potential, provided stable jobs are created and economies adapt to climate change. Our analysis ➡️ bit.ly/4wAlPcd

🌍 Strengthening AI governance, with African perspectives at the center: that's the focus our experts are bringing to the AI for Good Summit. Through our subsidiary @expertisefrance, we're supporting Senegal and Botswana's national AI strategies 👉bit.ly/44jhez9

#AIforGood ❓ What is the AIIPI? An index measuring the AI investment potential of 193 countries: research, public policy effectiveness, data protection... Our 3rd edition shares key findings and targeted recommendations ➡️bit.ly/4h45TKE

When girls learn, their lives, communities and futures transform ✨ Through the Girls' Education Accelerator, GPE, @AFD_en and @UNICEFDRC are driving change across 100 schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 #FundEducation #MultiplyPossibility

🎓Employment and vocational training are a key focus of our work across North Africa. 🔎On the occasion of the seminar, "From Training to Employment: Building Talent Mobility in the Mediterranean", discover how we are investing in vocational training in Morocco, for example👇

🚇 500,000 passengers a day. 34 stations. Countless stories. For our 20th anniversary in Cairo, 🗞️Nuria Tesón & 📷Samar Baiomy tell the human story behind Line 3. Read the story ➡️ bit.ly/4gBT8qw @francediplo_EN @FranceenEgypte @MobilityCairo @NBE1898

🌊 In France's Overseas Territories, we work across 3 ocean basins: Atlantic, Indian & Pacific. Goal: tackle cross-border challenges (climate change, inequalities) and strengthen regional ties with neighbouring countries. 👉 bit.ly/4etgXzp

In🇸🇳, the Pettal project has been developing agroecology & sustainable food training program since 2021, from undergraduate to doctoral level, at Université du Sine Saloum El-Hâdj Ibrahima Nias. Find out 2 key initiatives of the project in this article: 👉bit.ly/4xMjDzI

🇦🇱🤝🇫🇷 Meeting between Albanian Prime Minister @ediramaal & Christophe Lecourtier For over 5 years, we have been supporting Albania's European integration through impactful projects in energy transition, water, sanitation & economic inclusion. @EU_Commission | @francediplo_EN

🎬 Behind a festival concert, a gripping TV series or a museum exhibition lies an entire industry to build. Cultural & creative industries create jobs, drive growth and strengthen social ties. We support them across Africa, Asia & Latin America. ➡️bit.ly/4aXn2BO

🤝 Civil society + public development banks = a partnership now built to last ! Under the #G7, @FinanceInCommon launched a coalition bridging grassroots proximity with financing capacity and institutional legitimacy. ➡️ ow.ly/Sq5o50Zclll @G7 @francediplo_EN

👊🌍 As the #G7 meets in Évian, the @FinanceInCommon summit gathered development finance actors in April around shared challenges : lack of coordination... & billions in untapped capital worldwide. Solutions👉 bit.ly/3QJrEEQ @Groupe_AfDB @el_BID @francediplo_EN @G7fr

🌍 The #G7 is meeting right now, & development is at the 🫀 of the agenda. 50 research papers, experts from every continent: why are Public Development Banks more effective when they "act as a system"👉 bit.ly/4otIhAV @FinanceInCommon @G7 @cerdi @ird_fr @CNRS @UCAuvergne

Under France’s presidency🇫🇷, the #G7 Summit opens today in Évian. Our Group has actively contributed to the work of the development & finance tracks, in collaboration with public decision-makers and financial stakeholders. Discover our full G7 analysis👉bit.ly/3Qf7mD3

🌍 East Africa is urbanizing fast. More people, more needs, more pressure on cities. We're backing climate-resilient infrastructure, local governance & inclusive growth to make this transition work for everyone ⤵️

🇲🇪🇪🇺 Macron in Montenegro: 2 agreements to accelerate the energy transition: ✅ €100M loan for environmental reforms. ✅ Technical cooperation with CEDIS & EDF IN on smart grids & renewables. 👉 bit.ly/43ispra 👉 bit.ly/3Q5THOy @francediplo_EN @VladaCG