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Public Management - The new headquarters of Togo’s Professional Union of Customs Agents, also known as Union Professionnelle des Agréés en Douanes (UPRAD), will be in Lomé....
Social - Togo launched a new Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) project in Kara on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Valued at €11 million, or about CFA7.2 billion, the...
Transport - Works to expand the Gnassingbé Eyadema International Airport (AIGE) in Lomé are moving swiftly.  On April 16, upon visiting the site, unannounced,...
Economic governance - Togo will participate in the Iran Expo 2025, from April 28 to May 2 in Tehran. The Togo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI-Togo) will lead a delegation...
Security - On the night of April 14, a fire broke out in a building filled with chemicals in Lomé’s Aguiarkomé district. Fortunately, no one died in the incident,...
Politics - On April 16, 2025, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé started his mediation in the crisis between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The...
ITC - IDS Technologie launched a Point of Presence (PoP) in Atakpamé, Togo, on April 16, 2025. This PoP serves as a physical access point to the Internet. It...
Economic governance - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is behind a new environmental project that could be born in Togo. On April 15, stakeholders met to discuss the...
Economic governance - Togo has approved a new action plan for its national decentralization policy, covering 2025 to 2034. Officials validated the plan on April 15 in Kara....
Finance - Last Friday, Togo raised CFA22 billion on the regional money market, the WAEMU Securities market. Initially, Lomé was seeking CFA20 billion through the...
Economic governance - Togo has officially joined the Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO) by submitting its Instrument of Acceptance for the 2020 Agreement in early April....
Politics - The African Union (AU) officially appointed Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé as mediator in the conflict ravaging eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
Agriculture - The first phase of Togo’s 5th National Agricultural Census (RNA-5) counted 677,692 farming households nationwide, and 85% of them are in rural areas....
Formation - Togo has selected 25 startups for the final stage of the "D-CLIC, Digital Training with the OIF". Picked out of more than 100 applicants, the 25 chosen...
Economic governance - From April 13 to October 13, 2025, Togo will promote its culture and economic potential in Japan at the Osaka World Expo. The Togolese pavilion, already...
Economic governance - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) closed the 2024 financial year with a net profit of CFA39.402 billion, against CFA36.453 billion in 2023, or...
Economic governance - Togo needs around $14 billion (around CFA8,320 billion) by 2050 to address climate change challenges. The World Bank forecast the need in a recent...
Social - The SEPHIS Foundation aims to mobilize CFA1 billion to support 125 women-led SMEs in Togo. Séphora Kodjo, Chair of the Foundation’s Board of Directors,...
Economic governance - Lomé's  Authorized Customs Agents (CDA) began an intensive training session on Monday, April 7, 2025. The Union Professionnelle des Agréés en Douane...
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REFORMS OVERVIEW

 

 

 

 

STARTING A BUSINESS (more info)

At the fifteenth position, worldwide, and first in Africa, under the Starting a Business index of the 2020 Doing Business ranking, Togo sustains its reformative dynamics with more reforms….

 

ENFORCING CONTRACTS (more info)

Compared to some years ago when it was one of the lowest rankers under the Doing Business’ Enforcing Contracts indicator, Togo, leveraging many efforts to improve its business climate, was able to jump significantly on the index in the recent years... .

CONTRACT EXECUTION (more info)

Creation of special chambers of commerce for small debts  • Creation of chambers of commerce at the Court of Appeal  • Civil and commercial cases now handled by distinct clerks  • Establishment of commercial courts in Lomé and Kara  • Lawyers and bailiffs now have access to the FORSETI COMMERCIAL platform • A maximum period of 100 days was fixed to settle a commercial dispute .

 

TRADING ACROSS BORDERS (more info)

In comparison to previous years,Togo has significantly improved its ranking under the“Trading across borders” indicator by adopting multiple reforms that focus mainly on the digitization and reduction in delays, for import and export procedures related to import and export.

In comparison to previous years, Togo has significantly improved its ranking on the “Trading across borders” index by adopting multiple reforms that focus mainly on the digitalization and reduction in delays, for import and export procedures related to import and export.

 

CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (more info)

After moving from the 133rd to 127th place under the 2020 Doing Business’ construction permit index, Togo intends to reiterate this feat in the coming edition of the global ranking. To this end, it has introduced this year multiple reforms.

 

GETTING ELECTRICITY (more info)

Over the past two years, Togo’s ranking under the Doing Business’ Getting electricity and water indicator has increased consistently. Owing this performance to multiple reforms aimed at making it easier for businesses to access power and water, Lomé plans to introduce even more reforms this year to keep up its improvements.

 

REGISTERING A PROPERTY  (more info)

Out of all the 'Doing Business’ indicators, Property Registration is where Togo has improved the most since 2018. Indeed, after spending years in the lowest part of this ranking, the country now seeks to beat Rwanda which is the best performer on this index in Africa. To do so, Lomé has been introducing many reforms, with the latest batch implemented this year.

 

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (more info)

From professionalization to digitization, through legislative regulations, Togo’s public procurement framework is constantly being modernized. Several reforms have been implemented to improve the sector much to the benefit of the private sector, which is the focus of the National Development Plan.

 

PAYING TAXES AND DUTIES (more info)

To improve its business environment, Togo introduced some important reforms related to the payment of tax and duties. From the replacement of some taxes to the cancellation of others through exemptions, the country has only one objective: offer the most attractive tax framework to investors and economic operators. To achieve this, the authorities relied on digitization.

 

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