An engineer by training, Marc Dèdèriwè ABLY-BIDAMON was born in 1964 in southern Togo. He has advanced expertise in the field of telephony and telecoms. Influential yet discreet, he has held many important positions in the public sector as follows: General Director of Customs, Administrator at BCEAO, Administrator of Togo Telecom.

Considered one of those closest to the Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, he returned to the spotlight after standing in the shadows for a few years. Until September 30, 2020, he was the minister of mines and energy - a very important position in a context where the country actively seeks investors to finance its ambitious National Development Plan (PND).

A passionate perfectionist and a visionary, but above all a fighter, Mablé AGBODAN is a multi-talented Togolese woman. An interior architect specialized in luxury design and recognized outside her native country, Mablé is the director of a gallery, and has her own boutique and brand. She is also the founder of an Arts and Crafts Club in Togo. Last but not least is her involvement in the organization of the first International Handicraft Market in Togo. One of her greatest goals is to establish a University of Arts and Crafts.

He is the chairman and CEO of SANECOM, a company located in the free trade zone that sells military and administrative equipment. Laurent TAMEGNON also heads the National Council of Togolese Employers. As such, he is very committed to the Togolese private sector, which he strongly defends during talks with politicians and leading figures in Togo.

Based in Germany, Lambert Dameto NAYANTE is an expert consultant in agribusiness. Always keen on sharing his experience with agricultural actors, from Togo and other African countries, he was an advisor of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT) of Togo. He is also the CEO of Calafi Group, as well as an international consultant and president of the International Club of German-African Entrepreneurs. He has led several European economic missions in Togo.

A civil engineer by training, he is the managing director of the Tropical Enterprises Consortium. He has been holding this position for over 20 years and this makes him one of the major figures in Togo's construction industry. He carried out many projects congruent with the government's major works that started at the beginning of this decade.

Komlan Agbessi could be a role model for young African scientists. After graduating from high school in 2004, he has had a breathtaking career path which led him to become an internationally renowned engineer. He studied at the National Engineering School of Metz, the Paul Verlaine University of Metz (now the University of Lorraine), and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers ParisTech where he obtained a Ph.D.

In 2013, Komlan Agbessi joined Airbus, the world's largest civil helicopter manufacturer and one of the world's leading designers of military helicopters. There, he has been the Work Package Manager for more than 7 years.

Though he recently became the minister of primary, secondary, technical education and handicraft, Dodzi Kokoroko has a closer relationship with the University of Lomé which was established in 1970.

After taking over the university's management in May 2016, the professor of law launched a vast program to modernize both its infrastructures and courses.

After quitting soccer following the Cabinda tragedy in 2008, Kodjovi "Dodo" OBILALE, the brilliant ex-goalkeeper of the Togolese team launched "Agrofoot." The latter is a $10,000 project, funded by the Confederation of African Football, that promotes sustainable agriculture in Togo through football. The former player's main ambition is to encourage the consumption of local products and get other players to invest in agriculture.

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.