Togo's Coastal Resilience Project 82% Complete as Closure Nears

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Thursday, 04 December 2025 15:49

Togo's Coastal Resilience Project 82% Complete as Closure Nears

(Togo First) - A World Bank delegation wrapped up an assessment mission in Togo on Wednesday, reviewing progress under the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (WACA ResIP-Togo). The 15th mission assessed delivery of activities in the 2025 Annual Work Plan and Budget.

According to findings presented at the end of the mission, which began on Nov. 24, physical progress on the 2025 plan reached 82% as of Nov. 30, while financial disbursement stood at 86.11% as of Nov. 21.

The review covered financial management, procurement, implementation of subprojects, monitoring and evaluation, communications, environmental and social safeguards, and civil works.

Given the results, mission lead Koffi Houkpé urged the Project Management Unit (PMU) to speed up completion of remaining activities, with one year left before project closure.

To sustain momentum, the mission said a permanent monitoring system will be set up to track project sponsors, service providers and contractors operating in the field.

The mission and the PMU also discussed WACA+ (Blue Economy), an extension of the program that incorporates blue-economy concepts to support sustainable development in coastal areas.

WACA ResIP aims to boost the resilience of coastal communities to natural and human-induced risks in six West African countries, including Togo. The Togo component has $55.5 million in financing and is expected to benefit about 200,000 people.

Esaïe Edoh

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.