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.

Founding Partner of Kusuntu, Jean Luc Koffi VOVOR is a fervent promoter of private equity in Africa since 2009. With more than 20 years of experience in financial market activities, the businessman strives, within his company, to provide specific data on African private equity. He helps international investors to identify the best private equity funds in Africa and to accompany the structuring of these funds. He also co-facilitates the AFIC's African Private Equity Observatory.

Ingrid AWADE, 40, is one of the most powerful women in the Togolese administration. When she was Director-General of Taxes (2006), she imposed major tax adjustments to top economic actors.

The "Iron Lady," as some call her, is one of these brilliant Togolese women whose professional success crossed the borders of Togo and who is within the circle of figures helping President Faure Gnassingbé manage the country. After spending a short time at the DOSI (the body in charge of organizing the informal sector), she was appointed as the head of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). Under her leadership, the structure has demonstrated a great capacity in stimulating Togo's growth, notably through the financing of several projects in the real estate, health, and energy (the entity is a shareholder in the Kekeli Efficient Power plant project) sectors.