Born on 31 December 1961, Kodjo Adedze is the minister of Trade and the Private Sector. A brilliant graduate of the national school of administration (where he completed a cycle 3 degree in customs), he joined the civil service in 1988.

Later, while in office, he obtained a specialized graduate diploma (DESS) in law and a diploma in customs at the National Customs School of Neuilly-sur-Seine in France.

Throughout his career at the General Directorate of Customs, which later merged with Taxation to become the OTR, he successively held the positions of a customs inspector, director of studies and customs legislation, director-general of the public procurement regulatory authority, director-general of customs, commissioner of customs and indirect taxes, and commissioner-general of OTR, after the departure of the Rwandan Gaperi.

An evangelical Christian, Adedze is considered one of the most moderate members of the ruling party (of which he is officially No. 2).

This abroad-trained technocrat (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale de Dunkerque, Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) de Lille), notably in law and administration, was for several years a mission coordinator for the Grassroots Development Program (PRADEB) which focuses on improving youth employment and tackling challenges facing them. Since 2019, he has been heading the risk-sharing based Incentive Mechanism for Agricultural Financing (MIFA S.A.). This is a €15 million (CFA10 billion) facility supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). It finances and supports the transformation of agricultural value chains in Togo.

Minister delegate and secretary-general of the government since September 2020, Kanka Malik NATCHABA is a trusted advisor of the Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé. Before his recent appointment, the ENA graduate proved his abilities in the Presidential Unit for the Execution and Monitoring of Key Projects (CPES).

After obtaining a Master's degree in Public Finance, he worked at Capgemini Consulting and was in the management of Pôle Emploi (France). However, in 2014, he was appointed by President Gnassingbé as head of the Société Aéroportuaire de Lomé Tokoin (SALT). A political actor, he is the National Coordinator of the Mouvement des Jeunes du Parti au Pouvoir.

If Prof. Kako Nubukpo has a more- than- eloquent academic background as the current Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management (FASEG) at the University of Lomé, it is above all his positions and the constant struggle for the end of the CFA that propelled him to the forefront of the continental and global scene. While his fight against the CFA put him under the spotlight, it cost him his position in the Togolese government and that of director of the digital francophonie.

A former head of the "Economic Analysis and Research" Unit of the WAEMU Commission, a former director of the Autonomous Center for Studies and Capacity Building for Development in Togo (CADERDT), and also an honorary member of the African Center for Economic Intelligence and Monitoring (CAVIE), he is the author of the books “Sortir de la servitude volontaire” (Breaking free from voluntary servitude) and “l’urgence africaine : changeons le modèle de croissance” (The African emergency: changing the growth model).

An electro technician by training, Jules Minsob LOGOU is the Father of Foufoumix, a machine used to make Foufou (which is one of the main local dishes in Togo). This invention has been a great success in Togo, and West Africa, and is even sold all over the world. In 2014, he placed second among the three winners of the African Innovation Awards. Besides foufoumix, Jules Minsob LOGOU has made many other inventions including a mobile toilet with an incinerator, solving the problem of latrines in areas where septic tanks are difficult to dig.

An expert in insurance and a former chairman of the Association of Large Enterprises of Togo (AGET), José Kwassi SYMENOUH took over in 2017 the reins of the Protectrice des Assurances, a brokerage company. He assumed the position leveraging a long experience acquired after working at C2A Assurances, GTA-C2A-IARDT, and NSIA Assurances. Already present in Burkina Faso and Benin, the Protectrice des Assurances intends to spread to all 14 ECOWAS member states by 2025.

Recently appointed head of the Association of Large Enterprises of Togo, Jonas Aklesso DAOU is the founder and owner of SODIGAZ, a leader in gas distribution in Togo. In 10 years only, this mechanical engineer has become the most important figure of the domestic gas supply chain in Togo and has even pushed its distribution outside the country. SODIGAZ is 100% Togolese owned.

The ambitious businessman has recently entered the car dealing market with his firm DIWA International which sells CHEVROLET and ISUZU vehicles and is also the representative of UK-based MG Motors. DAOU is also a member of Engineers Without Borders (ISF-Paris), an association for solidarity among engineers founded in 1982.

A sustainable tourism consultant and expert, Jeremy Pimizi is a pillar of tourism in West Africa. The sites he worked at include the Cape Coast Fort, the Kakum National Park of Ghana, the royal palaces of Abomey, the python temple of Ouidah, and the national parks of Benin and Togo.

The young Togolese left Label Fly to Togo for Mowoki Tours, an international agency with ramifications extending as far as Madagascar where he arranges sightseeing tours, experience sharing, and cultural discoveries.

When it comes to ISPs, Jean-Marie Noagbodji, CEO of CAFE (Centre d'Assistance, de Formation et d'Etude) Informatique et Télécommunications SA, is a reference in Togo. Telecom Engineer by training, he has a degree in automation and electronic systems.

In 1987, Noagbodji resigned from his position as head of IT and operations at the Banque Togolaise pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (BTCI) to co-found with his wife (herself a PTT administrator) what was for a long time the first and only private ISP in Togo. At its beginning, the CAFE informatique provided computer training modules exclusively, but the company took a new step in 1997: it obtained the first telecom operator's license in Togo, a move that led to the diversification of its services.

Nowadays, the activities of CAFE Informatique et Télécommunication are oriented towards IT solutions, telecoms, office automation, cabling, networking, etc. However, the firm, which wants to improve Internet access and speed in the country, lost shares in the Internet market to Téolis and Canalbox, two ISPs that entered the Togolese market in 2018.

Nicknamed the "Little Prince of Finance," Jean-Marc SAVI DE TOVE is often cited among the young Africans (he is in his forties) who will matter in Africa by Forbes magazine notably.

Currently head of the private equity firm Adiwale Partners (co-founded with a compatriot, Vissého Gnassoumou), he works to increase the capacities of SMEs in French-speaking West Africa.

The private equity capitalist has a good grasp of his subject, with more than 20 years of experience. He is a former Africa Director at CDC Group and a former partner at Cauris Management. Today, with Adiwale Partners, he co-manages a fund already endowed with more than €50 million, to invest in the private sector of the region.