Greater Lomé To Modernize Street Naming And Address Numbering

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Wednesday, 17 December 2025 15:51

Greater Lomé To Modernize Street Naming And Address Numbering

(Togo First) - Togo’s capital, Lomé, will update and expand its addressing system in the coming months. A feasibility study for the project was presented on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Lomé during a meeting organized by the Autonomous District of Greater Lomé (DAGL).

The initiative aims to update street names and the numbering of land parcels and buildings, including residential properties, businesses, and public services, while incorporating newly developed areas across the metropolitan region. Technical teams from the DAGL will develop a computerized database integrating named and coded roads, as well as geolocated data for each address point. Each address will be based on a metric system linked to a unique entry number.

Once completed, the project will provide physical addresses for all residents of Greater Lomé. It will also assign an address to every entrance opening onto a public road and integrate physical addressing into Togo’s ongoing digital identity initiatives.

The operation will cover approximately 5,000 kilometers of road networks and 538,000 entrances. Of these, 110,000 existing addresses will be updated, while 428,000 new addresses will be created.

The project will then move into a field implementation phase involving the installation of signage displaying door numbers and street names or codes. This stage will be followed by a certification, identification, and official registration phase, during which door numbers will be validated and integrated into the database based on field surveys.

This update comes nearly ten years after the last addressing operation carried out in 2014. According to the DAGL, it is driven by Lomé’s strong population growth, which has led to the development of new infrastructure, as well as by the expansion of digital services, particularly e-commerce, which require a reliable and functional addressing system.

Bassimsouwé Edjam-Etchaki, director of statistical planning at the DAGL, said the updated addressing system will benefit the entire population, notably by simplifying procedures related to access to public services.

The process will actively involve residents, who will be invited to submit their address information through a dedicated digital platform to be established for this purpose.

Since Togo’s independence, three addressing projects have been implemented. The first was carried out in 1998, followed by a second in 2008. The current project began with preparatory work launched in 2022.

Esaïe Edoh

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