Togo showcases data-driven education management at ADEA 2025

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Friday, 31 October 2025 12:14

Togo showcases data-driven education management at ADEA 2025

(Togo First) - As African education ministers grapple with chronic financing shortfalls, Togo presented a practical approach to maximizing limited resources through data management at the Association for the Development of Education in Africa Triennale this week ( ADEA 2025, in Accra; Ghana).

Speaking at a panel on sustainable education financing (on Thursday 30 October 2025), Alex Gbeteglo, head of statistics at Togo's Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, outlined how the country has positioned data at the center of its education planning strategy. "We need to better understand needs, guide public decisions, and optimize resources," he told participants at the three-day gathering that concludes Friday.

The West African nation has deployed an integrated information system linking schools, inspectorates, and regional directorates into a coherent network. "We can now act quickly and adjust policies based on real-time information," Gbeteglo said.

Teacher management goes digital

At the heart of Togo's approach is the CGRH application, a digital platform that centralizes teacher management nationwide. The system tracks deployment, performance, and field-level needs across the country's education workforce. "We can now determine where to deploy teachers and measure their pedagogical effectiveness," Gbeteglo explained.

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The Togolese official, who has been directly involved with the system, described its practical impact saying: "All inspectorates can now easily access data from our annual census and obtain real-time information on pedagogical monitoring. From my position at the ministry, this transformation is already improving data use and significantly raising data quality across our education system."

Building capacity with international support

The initiatives are backed by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the KIX program, which have supported Togo in developing digital tools and training regional staff in information management.

The panel, which brought together education experts from across Africa, emphasized that reliable data remains essential for equitable resource allocation and rigorous performance monitoring ; challenges that have taken on greater urgency as external funding contracts.

Togo's presentation comes as African countries search for ways to do more with less, leveraging technology and improved governance to maintain educational progress despite tightening budgets.

Organized by ADEA, the triennial meeting is a pan-African forum that brings together African education ministers, experts, development partners, and stakeholders every three years. It aims to assess progress and shape policies for improving education systems across the continent. Founded to promote evidence-based dialogue and peer learning, the platform coordinates efforts to address Africa's educational challenges, from foundational learning to higher education and skills development.

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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)

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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)

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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.