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Togo seeks a firm to take on the Aléhéridè-Kpaza-Tchamberi road project. The Ministry of Public Works just launched an international tender in this framework.
According to the tender notice published in the national daily, the hired firm will conduct right-of-way clearance, earthworks, pavement laying, and surfacing, as well as set up public lighting. The deadline for bid submission is...
Togo will host Artificial Intelligence Week (AIS) in March 2024. Announced on November 19 in Lomé, the event will be organized by CONIIA-Togo, the Togolese branch of the Conseil International pour l'Intelligence Artificielle, and Human-AI, a structure specialized in the development of new technologies
Scheduled from March 19-24, 2024, the SIA will gather Togo’s AI stakeholders. They...
In Togo, the Sokodé bypass project has reached a new milestone and should start soon. The government sealed a deal to this end last week, with the Japanese Cooperation Agency (JICA). The deal, for a CFA16 billion grant, was signed on November 17, by Togo’s Minister of Public Works, Zouréhatou Kassah-Traoré.
Commenting on the funding, the Japanese ambassador to Togo, Katsuya Ikkatai, said it...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé is currently in Berlin, Germany. The leader takes part in the 4th G20 Compact with Africa Summit (G20-CWA). Gnassingbé was invited by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The Summit aims to bolster economic cooperation between Scholz’s country and Africa. It gathers African presidents, German investors, as well as World Bank and IMF representatives.
At the event,...
Public-private partnerships and States’ contribution to these partnerships are essential for Africa’s development. Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, underscored the importance of this partnership last Wednesday, at the opening of the African International Summit (AFIS).
"Development is mainly driven by private sector financing, the dynamism of fintech, dynamic agricultural and...
AFIS Summit: Sani Yaya recommends securitization as an alternative tool to finance African economies
Securitization is an alternative for financing African economies. Sani Yaya, the Togolese minister of finance, expressed this view last Thursday, on the final day of the African Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) in Lomé.
Yaya stressed that securitization is indispensable, for the development of businesses, financial institutions, and government projects.
He added that Togo is a pioneer when it...
The Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACP) and the European Union (EU) signed a new cooperation agreement last Thursday, Nov. 16. Inked in Apia, Samoa, the new deal defines the new global legal framework for relations between the two parties for the next 20 years. It substitutes the Cotonou agreements signed in 2000.
Finalement , c est fait. Après des mois de...
Germany will provide €20 million to back sustainable projects in Togo. The deal was inked on November 16, by the Togolese ministry of decentralization and the German development bank KfW.
Set to extend over the next four years, the financing will help improve public services in three regions: Kara, Plateaux, and the Central region.
According to Hodabalo Awaté, minister of...
Togolese authorities collected CFA729 billion in taxes and duties in the first three quarters of 2023. The country’s general directorate for budgeting and finance revealed the figure in a report "Rapport d'exécution du budget de l'Etat exercice 2023 situation à fin septembre".
While the amount is about 20% less than the authorities had expected to collect over the period–CFA912...
Togo will host the 18th edition of the International Fair of Lomé next week, from November 22. Placed under the high patronage of President Faure Gnassingbé, the event ends on December 3, 2023. "Connecting markets for strong trade growth" is the theme of this year’s edition.
"This theme is an avenue for strengthening economic ties between participating countries and sparks better...
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) will provide Lomé-based Ecobank with additional support to better finance African SMEs. The two recently signed a $200 million risk-sharing agreement in Lomé to this end. The deal was sealed this week during the Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS).
The new agreement bolsters the partnership between the two pan-African institutions.
"Our strengthened...
The Ministry of Health of Togo is currently investigating several cases of dengue fever reported across the country. At present, five cases have been reported in the maritime region, one in the Plateaux region, and two in the Savanes region.
"Investigations are underway to search for possible cases in the community to facilitate their early management," said Minister Moustafa Mijiyawa.
The...
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) deems Togo's electoral register "sufficiently reliable". This means the country is well equipped to hold its upcoming regional and legislative elections “in an environment of trust”. The statement was made by Désiré Nyaruhirira, Special Political and Diplomatic Advisor to the Secretary General of La...
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) wants to help Togolese authorities integrate ICTs into the country's education system faster. The organization, in line with this ambition, organized this week a two-day training workshop in Lomé, the Togolese capital.
The workshop, which closed on Wednesday, aimed to teach teachers and educational managers how to...
The third edition of the Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) officially kicked off in Lomé, on November 15, 2023. This year, nearly 1,000 stakeholders of African finance gathered at the event which was launched by Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé.
The two-day high-level meeting is aimed at reinventing the African financial industry. Placed under the theme "Building a...
Togo has joined the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Its adhesion was unanimously approved by the institution's 72 members, per Resolution 1b of the CGF General Assembly program.
"I am really pleased to be here today on behalf of my country, Togo, which is joining the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Thank you all for accepting our bid to join the CGF", said Deladem Akpaki,...