Lender profile · French Republic

France

France's record is the Agence Française de Développement's, and the AFD lends.

39,097: aid activities in Africa, 2018–2024: USD 49.02 bn committed, 592 loans
USD 11.8 bn: AFD infrastructure financings on the map, 394 loans and grants since 2018, Morocco first
USD 53.5 bn: French direct-investment stock in Africa at the end of 2024, Morocco 17%, Angola 9%
USD 25,356 m: owed to French creditors by 38 governments at the end of 2024, Côte d'Ivoire first; 96 power units with a French owner in the map's layers

39,097 activities with an African recipient for 2018–2024, USD 49.02 bn committed, 592 of them loans, the agency's sovereign and non-sovereign lending to the francophone economies and beyond; 45% of the activities are reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The largest purpose is Higher education, USD 4,811 m; Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco and Egypt receive the most. The map draws the agency's own records: 394 infrastructure financings from AFD's IATI files, EUR 10.6 bn committed since 2018 in 37 countries, 116 of them loans that hold 85% of the money.

French direct-investment stock in Africa stood at USD 53.5 bn at the end of 2024, Morocco 17% of it, the largest stock of any European investor on this site; the map's own layers carry 23 pipelines with TotalEnergies, Perenco or Maurel among the owners, 96 power units owned by TotalEnergies, EDF, Engie, Qair, Voltalia or Meridiam, and 15 submarine cables with Orange, more cables than any other owner on the continent's coasts. What African governments owe French creditors is USD 25,356 m at the end of 2024, Côte d'Ivoire first, USD 15,240 m of it to the French state.

OECD CRS activities 2018–2024 and DAC2a net ODA 2010–2024 and FDI positions 2015–2024, fetched 14 Oct 2026 · World Bank International Debt Statistics to 2024, release of 3 Dec 2025 · AFD's IATI files fetched 22 Oct 2026 · Global Energy Monitor and TeleGeography as on the map

USD 25.36 bnowed to French creditors by 38 African governments at the end of 2024, up from USD 15.83 bn in 2014. Côte d'Ivoire owes the most, 15% of it.

Where it is on record

Aid is drawn at each country's interior point, sized by seven years of commitments; the CRS carries no coordinates, so a country point is the honest place. AFD's 150 largest infrastructure financings are crosses, where the main map draws them, in its status colours. TotalEnergies' pipelines are drawn as routes, Orange's cables as dotted lines, power units in the map's status colours. Debt owed to France is off until switched on.

Aid activities by country (OECD CRS) 150 largest AFD financings (IATI) Pipelines with a French owner (GEM) Power units with a French owner (GEM) Cables with a French owner (TeleGeography) Debt owed to France (World Bank IDS)