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Togo’s government will launch a national social protection programme on Thursday, targeting more than 700,000 vulnerable people nationwide, authorities said.
The initiative, part of the government’s social policy, is intended to address ongoing economic and social pressures, including rising living costs and growing economic vulnerability.
The programme builds on earlier schemes that...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday approved measures to strengthen its regional security framework at its 68th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Abuja.
The leaders, including Faure Gnassingbé, president of the council of Ministers of Togo, announced plans to create a regional standby force expected to be operational by 2026. The force is projected...
Togolese banks extended 903 billion CFA francs in new credit by the end of September 2025, according to the National Credit Council, a 22% increase from the 740 billion CFA francs recorded over the same period a year earlier.
The council, chaired by Finance and Budget Minister Essowè Georges Barcola, said the rise in bank lending reflects an encouraging trend and signals continued confidence by...
Togo has digitized 29 administrative services in its energy and mining sector since launching the initiative in November, government officials said last week. The update was presented at a review meeting held after one month of implementation, attended by Minister for the Digital Economy and Digital Transformation Cina Lawson and Energy Minister Robert Eklo.
The digitized services cover agencies...
Togo is moving to establish a National Land Agency (ANDF), a reform under the Land and Domain Code adopted in 2018 but yet to be implemented.
The project has been relaunched with $150 million in financing from the World Bank. The funding will support a broader structural reform program aimed at boosting private investment and job creation.
According to Togolese authorities and the World...
Togolese soybeans could soon gain access to the Chinese market. China’s ambassador to Togo, Wang Min, said earlier this month that the approval process was nearing completion, signaling that exports could begin once the final steps are cleared.
Soybeans already play a strategic role in Togo’s agricultural economy. The country is among the leading exporters of organic soybeans to the European...
The 20th Lomé International Fair in Togo closed on Friday with record attendance, according to preliminary data. The event drew 803,000 visitors over 16 days, up from 706,000 in 2024.
The fair, held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 13 at the CETEF Togo 2000 site, featured 1,150 exhibitors from 26 countries, compared with 1,300 exhibitors from 24 countries last year.
While the number of exhibitors...
The World Bank Group has approved $150 million in financing for Togo to boost private investment and job creation. The funding from the International Development Association is equivalent to about 84 billion CFA francs.
The support marks the first phase of a three-year programmatic series aimed at easing structural constraints on the country’s economic transformation through a set of...
The towns of Lacs 1 in Togo and Portobelo in Panama last week signed a five-year municipal cooperation agreement. The deal, covering 2025-2030, aims to expand cooperation in culture, tourism, education, trade and investment.
The agreement was signed in Aného, the administrative centre of Lacs 1, by Mayor Alexis Aquereburu for Togo. Jannelle Dadineth Gonzalez, president of Panama’s Association...
A joint U.N.-Korean initiative to improve essential services for children in northern Togo began operations last week. The programme is funded with 8.3 billion CFA francs and is being implemented by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
The project, which will run until 2029, targets children aged 0...
The Nangbeto hydroelectric dam, which supplies electricity to Togo and Benin, was officially inaugurated last week following a full rehabilitation costing 25.5 billion CFA francs (39 million euros).
The ceremony was attended by Togo’s junior energy minister, Robert Eklo, and the director-general of the Benin Electricity Community (CEB), Kamirou Chabi Sika.
The rehabilitation, which began in...
Togo has launched a solar electrification programme to distribute 3,900 home kits, starting in the village of Komsadè in Sotouboua prefecture. The equipment is being supplied under China’s Africa Solar Belt project, which supports the energy transition and efforts to combat climate change.
The photovoltaic kits will provide rural households with reliable off-grid electricity, powering...
The Tône 1 commune in Togo’s Savanes region is set to approve a local waste management and sanitation policy. Preparations began on Wednesday in Dapaong, about 600 kilometres north of the capital, Lomé.
Covering the period from 2026 to 2036, the policy aims to achieve a 70% municipal waste collection rate. It also sets a target of recycling more than 60% of plastic and organic waste and...
Togo and France have launched a CFA 620 million cooperation programme to strengthen local governance between 2025 and 2027.
The project aims to deepen decentralisation by establishing a coordinated governance framework linking central government and local authorities. It comes after Togo’s 2024 regional elections and ahead of municipal polls scheduled for 2025.
The initiative builds on...
Togo’s inflation rate extended its decline in November 2025, easing to 0.5% from 0.6% in October, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) said on Thursday.
Inflation remains well below the 3% ceiling set by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) under its macroeconomic convergence criteria and has stayed beneath the regional threshold...
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has entered into a new partnership with Colombia in a move to strengthen economic ties between West Africa and Latin America.
The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Lomé during a visit by Colombian Vice President Francia Elena Márquez Mina to the bank’s headquarters. The agreement provides for the development of...