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Inner circles FRANCE AFRICA Investments funds Issue dated 05/03/2021

AFD head mobilises his networks to boost agency's foreign policy profile

As the Agence Francaise de Dévelopement prepares to have its financial capacities increased by recently adopted development legislation, its head, Rémy Rioux, is putting his connections to work to convince African financial institutions to put greater emphasis on climate change in their development strategies. [...] (1336 words)
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Paris competes with Geneva to woo international organisations 

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After Macron, tycoon Tony Elumelu adds Amundi to his growing French connections 

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Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit 

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