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Togo: Social Security Fund joins Health Insurance Institute on the national health insurance project
The National Health Insurance Institute of Togo (INAM) is no longer the sole manager of the Universal Health Insurance (UHI) project in the country. The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has joined it, following the examination and adoption of a decree on October 11, 2023, at a Council of Ministers meeting.
According to the Ministers, associating the CNSS with the project should “accelerate...
Togo is taking part in the ongoing annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Marrakech, Morocco. The Togolese delegation is led by Sandra Ablamba Johnson, Minister Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic and Country Governor of the World Bank.
The delegation is meeting with bilateral partners to find ways to boost employment, gender...
Morocco’s OCP Group and the World Bank have signed, on Oct. 11, a partnership agreement to boost food security and agriculture in West Africa.
The agreement, a memorandum of understanding, was signed by Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice President for West and Central Africa, and OCP Group Chairman Mostafa Terrab in Morocco.
In detail, the deal will support programs targeting five million...
The Togolese telecom watchdog, ARCEP, is calling on the country’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reduce their rates, for mobile Internet, making them affordable for the population. Made via a press release on October 10, the call was prompted by concerns issued regarding the Wi-Fi zone activity in the country. These concerns were voiced by the Association of Wi-Fi zone operators in Togo,...
The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) is holding a 2-day meeting in Togo to introduce its loan and investment risk-mitigation solutions to private investors, local stakeholders, and development partners. The meeting started yesterday, October 10.
Participants will learn more about ATIDI’s risk-mitigation solutions, to enable the country to secure more foreign direct...
Togolese Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe, launched yesterday, Oct. 10, the Urban Water Security Project (PaSH-MUT). Launched in Lomé, the capital, the project will help more people have drinking water in the Greater Lomé area.
According to PM Tomegah-Dogbe, the PaSH-MUT should enable almost a million people in the Greater Lomé area to benefit from better services, related to...
In Togo, the Plateforme industrielle d'Adétikopé (PIA) and its risk-sharing-based Agricultural Financing Mechanism (MIFA) recently provided 22 agricultural cooperatives with tractors. The handover ceremony took place on September 29, in Lomé.
In detail, the cooperatives received 24 tractors and accessories including plows, cultivators, seeders, and trailers.
The equipment, according to the...
The military court of Lomé launched its activities last Monday, October 9. The court kicked off operations during an awareness-raising workshop attended by representatives of the various branches of the Togolese armed forces and other stakeholders.
The workshop sought to specify the cases handled by military courts, and the conditions under which these cases can be referred to them, according...
Augustin Favereau, the French ambassador to Togo, was given an audience yesterday, Oct. 10, by the country’s media regulator, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC). Participants exchanged their respective views on the HAAC’s activities, and explored prospects for cooperation between France and Togo in the media sector.
"I was able to visit a number of departments. This...
A European Union (EU) delegation met in Lomé with Togolese authorities on October 9, for their second dialogue. Amongst others, the participants covered the organization of Togo's upcoming legislative and regional elections, as well as the country’s actions against terrorism.
Regarding the elections, the EU called for inclusive and peaceful polls. “About preparations for the forthcoming...
The month of local consumption or “consommer local” officially started in Togo on October 9. This edition, the fourth, was launched by the Minister of Trade and local consumption, Rose Mivedor.
This year, the event will mainly focus on finding "strategies to stimulate the consumption of local goods and services". There will be discussion panels, centered on the main theme, and on issues like...
Togo’s top mesofinance institution, Société Générale de Micro & Méso Finance (SOGEMEF) has loaned out CFA30 billion since its launch in 2017. This is twice the amount the lender reported in 2021.
The figures were disclosed by SOGEMEF’s acting MD, Zankou Abla Mawussé, last week. This was during the official inauguration of the lender’s branch in Kara.
The finance institution...
Togo has started preparing for the next Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28) which it will attend. The meetings focus on strategies for mobilizing financing for environmental projects at the conference.
The projects Togo will present at the event this year are aimed at fostering "sustainable agriculture and a climate-resilient, low Co2 emission economy."
So far, the country has...
Manuella Santos, the new Togolese minister of investment promotion, met with a delegation from the China International Capital Corporation Limited, on October 9. The delegation was led by one of the bank’s higher-ups, Yan Changsheng, and China’s ambassador to Togo, Chao Weidong.
The meeting, according to Santos, was aimed at bolstering economic cooperation between China and Togo and...
Togo’s National Assembly revised its 2023 finance act last week, at the request of the government. Initially set at CFA1,957.9 billion, the national budget was scaled up to CFA1,975.5 billion, revenues and expenditures.
In detail, revenues now stand at CFA1,204.1 billion, against CFA1,187.2 billion before the revision. Expenditures, for their part, were scaled up by 1.1%, from CFA1,554.7...
Arise IIP, a key manager of industrial parks in Africa and active on the Industrial Platform of Adetikope (PIA) of Togo, just partnered with French tracking firm Crystalchain.
In a statement issued on October 9, Arise IIP said it has acquired a 17.6% stake in Crystalchain. The move, Arise IIP said, will help the PIA reduce its carbon footprint by better tracking its...