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Togo hopes to lower its domestic debt by 7 percentage points over the next three years, bringing it to 54.6% in 2026. The ambition was disclosed in the public administration's medium-term debt management strategy.
Last year, Togo’s outstanding public debt stood at CFA3.707 trillion–mostly denominated in CFA. External debt represented 61% (CFA2.276 trillion) and domestic debt 38.61%...
The Togolese government will, starting this month, launch a series of procurement activities over the next nine months. The procurement series falls under the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Compact program which Togo was declared eligible for in December 2022.
The estimated value of the projected procurements is $13.6 million. As part of the initiative, the MCC plans to...
A nationwide tour to consult key stakeholders about the constitutional revision project kicked off today in Togo. The 3-day tour will mainly focus on traditional leaders and organized groups. Around 30 localities will be visited, according to the assembly.
Three groups of deputies are leading the tour which is dubbed the "Information and Listening Tour of the Population on the Revision of the...
Sierra Leone's Chief Minister, David Moinina Sengeh, met in Lomé with Togo’s Prime Minister, Victoire Dogbé, on April 5, 2024. The two officials discussed their countries’ ambition to deepen cooperation in various areas, such as financial inclusion, digitization, and youth employment.
I'd an incredible meeting with the Prime Minister of Togo @DogbeVictoire today. We both share a...
The ECOWAS Development and Financing Fund for the Transport and Energy Sectors (FODETE) should come online by the end of this year. According to the Ecofin Agency, which reported the news, Sediko Douka, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy, and Digitalisation, mentioned the possibility on April 4, on the sidelines of the first ECOWAS Investment Forum (EIF) in Lomé.
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Togo’s cereal production has grown steadily in the past five years. From 1.26 million Mt in the 2019 campaign, it rose to 1.5 million Mt in 2023. Togo First obtained the data from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
In detail, the output stood at 1.26 million Mt, 1.36 million Mt, 1.397 million Mt, 1.44 million Mt, and 1.5 million Mt in 2019, 2020, 2020, 2021, 2022, and...
Togo has joined the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC). The country’s parliament passed on April 4 a law approving its adhesion to the Corporation.
Joining the ICIEC allows Togo’s businesspeople to secure export loans for goods produced locally. Commenting on the development, Rose Mivedor, the Minister of Trade and Local Consumption, claimed...
At last, Mila Aziable, Togo’s Minister of Energy, commented on the power outages that the country has been experiencing since January 2024. The official gave the real reasons behind the crisis on X (ex-Twitter).
"The energy crisis that has been ongoing since January 2024 in our region, mainly due to a natural gas supply shortage, is causing power cuts and disrupting our economies,"...
A total of 4,503 businesses were officially registered in Togo over the past quarter. The figure, compiled by the country’s Center for Business Formalities (CFE) and obtained by Togo First, is 3% less than the number of businesses registered over the same period last year – 4,655.
In detail, CFE data indicates that 1,546 businesses were registered in January 2024, compared to 1,636 in 2023....
The first ECOWAS Investment Forum began today, April 4th, in Lomé. The two-day event gathered over 400 key stakeholders of development, investment, and governance in West Africa. Together, they will discuss major issues the region faces. These include food security, developing sustainable infrastructure, and leveraging the green economy to tackle youth unemployment.
“In a world plagued...
Togo wants to secure CFA30 billion for its inaugural operation on the WAEMU market this quarter. The operation involves a simultaneous issuance of fungible treasury bonds (OATs) and fungible treasury bills (BATs), with the closing date set for April 12.
Specifically, the country seeks to raise CFA15 billion through BATs and an equal amount through OATs. The BATs have a par value of CFA1 million,...
The government of Togo has postponed the coming legislative and regional polls. Intuitively scheduled for April 20, the elections are “slightly” delayed, according to the government.
"The government will proceed with a slight adjustment of the schedule for the legislative and regional elections originally scheduled for April 20, 2024," the authorities said after a meeting between...
Togo plans to raise CFA195 billion on the WAEMU market this quarter to fund its budget.
In detail, the Togolese treasury scheduled a dual issue for April 12: an issue of fungible treasury bills (BAT) and an issue of fungible treasury bonds (OAT). The former securities mature over three months and the latter over five years. Togo hopes to raise CFA30 billion through the operations, and...
The Mother and Child Hospital in Bè (south suburb of Lomé) should soon be completed. The Togolese Minister and secretary-general of the Government, Sandra Ablamba Johnson, visited the site last weekend, taking stock of the work’s progress.
According to district chief, Mawuko Déla Aklassou, the works are 95% complete. They should be finished before the set deadline, according to Yawo Agbessi...
Togo produced around 64,000 tons of ginger per year on average in the past few years. According to the Ministry of Agriculture which disclosed the figure, most of the output comes from the Plateaux and Centrale regions, with an average yield of 10 to 20 tons per hectare of fresh rhizomes. In total, nearly 10,000 agricultural households are involved in its cultivation, mainly in these two regions...
The people of Agou and Blitta (respectively 66km and 266km away from Lome) recently welcomed new drinking water facilities. The facilities, which fall under the government’s water supply system reinforcement and extension project, were handed over last weekend by the Minister responsible for village hydraulics, Damehame Yark.
In Agou, specifically in Gadzepe, the infrastructure consists of...