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Togo launched the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project (SWEDD+) on November 14. The World Bank-backed initiative was officially kicked off at the University of Lomé, by the minister of women empowerment and literacy, Adjovi Lolonyo Anakoma-Apedoh.
"SWEDD Togo aims to improve girls' and women's access to learning, economic opportunities, and the use of health...
Togo showcases its government roadmap and related projects at the 3rd Intra African Trade Fair (IATF 2023) in Cairo, Egypt. Started on November 9, the fair ends today, November 15.
The Togolese delegation regrouped about 10 people, businessmen, some officials, and staff of the Centre for Fairs and Exhibitions (CETEF) of Togo.
Organized by Afreximbank, the IATF aims to develop and...
The Chamber of Trade and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) set up regional consular electoral commissions (CECR) yesterday, November 14. The new bodies will oversee member registration in the framework of the Chamber’s coming elections.
"Today's installation and training ceremony is a very important step that allows CECR members to take up their duties and measure the importance of the electoral...
Togo and the World Bank are working on a major project to transform and modernize the country’s agricultural industry. Filly Sissoko, resident representative of the Bank, revealed the initiative on November 13, in the Avé prefecture (around 50 km northwest of Lomé, the capital).
Sissoko revealed that the project “is not a short term, but mid or long term project, going from five to...
UK Holding officially started operations in Togo a week ago, on November 8. The infrastructure, trade, and intermediation group will operate across five areas in the country.
The firm’s CEO, Innocent Kagbara, said it would offer capital trading services to investors in infrastructure construction, as well as supply equipment for hotels, hospitals and leisure centers. Kagbara, who...
The Ministry of tourism and culture of Togo launched last week a project to preserve and promote the country’s endogenous dances, which are on the verge of extinction. The UNESCO-funded project will be steered by Association Culture-Développement (CULT-DEV).
The project will take place in several phases, including the identification, preservation, valorization, and promotion of dances...
Togo’s Tax Authority, the OTR, kicked off the first edition of the New Business Week on November 13. Set to end on November 17, the event takes place in Lomé, the capital.
Targeting especially businesses that officially registered this year, the New Business Week aims to help these companies better understand their rights and obligations as taxpayers.
For its part, the OTR’s goal...
Mobile operator Togocom and public-private joint venture CsquaredWoezon signed a partnership agreement agreement on November 9. Under the deal, the joint venture, which manages Google’s "Equiano" submarine cable in Togo, is to supply 30 gigabits of bandwidth to Togocom over a 10 years, via the cable. The partnership will help Togo bolster its internet offering.
"The main interest of this...
Held in Marrakech, Morocco, the Africa Investment Forum ends today. Togo was represented at the event by its Minister of Investment Promotion, Manuella Santoshe.
At the forum, the Togolese official presented various projects, including the railway project, going from Lomé to Cinkassé, and the undergoing Unité highway project, both of which require substantial funding. She also presented the...
Climate hazards cost Togo CFA26 billion in 2020, due to productivity losses. The figure, equivalent to 1.23% of the national GDP, was released by the Ministry of the Environment. The same year, the country lost 6,900 hectares of arable land and 9,000 tons of yields to flooding.
The ministry disclosed the figures on November 9 in Lomé, ahead of the COP28 Conference which is set to take...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé is currently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The African leader takes part in the first Africa-Saudi Arabia summit which started on November 10, 2023. Invited by King Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al Saud, President Gnassingbé arrived in the Saudi capital on November 9 with Robert Dussey, his Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The high-level meeting, centered around the theme of...
Google’s Equiano submarine Cable has been operational in Togo since August 2023. The news was disclosed earlier this week by Csquared Woezon, the public-private joint venture responsible for managing the cable and offering the internet capacity emanating from it for sale in Togo.
"The cable has been operational since August 2023, and is in operation," said Eudes Gbessi, Csquared Togo country...
The Togolese government met with representatives of the country’s health industry on November 7, 2023. Held in Lomé, the capital, the meeting focused on Universal Healthcare (Assurance Maladie Universelle, AMU) which is set to be deployed in two months.
The ministers of health, universal access to healthcare and social action, and the head of the Institut National d'Assurance Maladie...
Make Africa 2023 is currently ongoing in Lomé, the capital of Togo. This is an African festival on tech innovation and maker culture.
This year, the theme of the festival is “Faire Ensemble”(Do Together). Around 300 innovators, from different Fablabs (local laboratories focused on invention, creation, and research), will take part in the event. They are all from French-speaking African...
Togo has validated 14 out of 20 performance indicators for the MCC 2024. The score, which is the same as for the MCC 2023, was presented by the MCA-Togo Cell to the local press on November 8, in Lomé.
In detail, the West African country validated 7 out of 8 indicators in the "economic freedom" category, 5 out of 6 in "governing justly" and 2 out of 6 at the level of...
Togo’s SDG Investor Map should be ready by the end of the coming year. Gathered earlier this week in Lomé, several stakeholders of the sector (ed. Note: investment) have kicked off initiatives to achieve this goal.
Launched by the Togolese Ministry for Investment Promotion and the UNDP, the map project aims to boost access to the financial space of the country, relative to SDG...