President Kagame received CEO of the French Development Agency

Today at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame received Director General of the French Development Agency Rémy Rioux, who recently launched the agency’s new office in Kigali.

Mr. Rémy RIOUX visits Rwanda for the 4th time since June 2019. On this occasion, AFD Group officially unveils its new country offices and signs a number of agreements with some of Rwanda’s main development stakeholders.

His visit highlights French Development Agency’s contribution to the deepening of the relationship between France and Rwanda following the mutual commitment made by Rwandan President Paul KAGAME and French President Emmanuel MACRON to reinforce the cooperation between the two countries in a wide range of sectors.

French Development Agency (AFD, Agence Française de Développement) Group implements France’s policy on development and international solidarity. Comprised of AFD, which finances the public sector and NGOs; Proparco, which finances the private sector; and soon, Expertise France for technical cooperation, the Group finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a more resilient and sustainable world.

AFD is building shared solutions with our partners. His teams are active in more than 4,000 projects in the field, in the French overseas departments and some 115 countries, including areas in crisis.

AFD strives to protect the common good – promoting peace, biodiversity and a stable climate, as well as gender equality, health and education. It’s AFD way of contributing to the commitment that France and the French people have made to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals. Towards a world in common. (End).