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On May 9, 2025, Togo raised CFA22 billion through a public securities auction on the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) market, surpassing its CFA20 billion target. The Togolese Treasury issued fungible treasury bills (BAT) in a double tranche, attracting 28 investors who offered CFA60.3 billion. This resulted in a coverage rate of 301.51%, signaling strong demand for Togo’s short-term...
Togo plans to raise €350 million through two commercial loans from international banks, confirmed S&P, following a €200 million guarantee from the African Development Bank (AfDB) secured in November 2024.
This first-time arrangement allows Lomé to access better market terms thanks to AfDB’s solid backing via the African Development Fund (ADF). Togo wants to fund green and...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliamentarians met in Lomé from May 6 to 9, 2025. They adopted recommendations to lower air ticket prices across West Africa. They urged governments to scrap several taxes starting January 1, 2026, to cut air travel costs.
At the session’s close in Lomé, lawmakers demanded the removal of four taxes: ticket tax, tourism tax, solidarity...
Togo’s Ministry of the Civil Service and Social Dialogue expanded its health staff recruitment to include anthropology specialists. The ministry announced this extension at the end of last week. The competitive exam launched on March 31, 2025, welcomes applicants with bachelor’s or master’s degrees in anthropology.
The ministry targets Togolese nationals aged 18 to 40 holding these...
The third phase of the Equity Programme started in Togo on May 6, 2025. Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) leads the initiative with the French Development Agency (AFD) and French Global Environment Facility (FFEM). The four-year program runs simultaneously in Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. A budget of €8 million has been allocated to the initiative.
Equity aims...
The University of Lomé (UL) plans to launch a business language centre and a business school to better connect university training with the private sector. UL President Adama Kpodar and Togo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT) President José Syménouh discussed these projects on May 7, 2025.
The Chamber of Commerce aims to align university skills with job market needs amid Togo’s...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will help finance a 62 MWp solar power plant in Sokodé, central Togo. The AfDB board approved the project on May 8, 2025. It will back the initiative with €26.5 million (about CFA17.4 billion).
The project aligns with Togo’s goal to reach 200 MWp of renewable energy by 2030. EDF Group will design, build, and run the plant, with co-financing...
Halted three months ago, the mass biometric registration campaign in the Golfe prefecture will resume next week, on May 12.
The resumption advances the e-ID Togo project, backed by INSEED and ANID, under the WURI biometric identification program. The campaign aims to assign every resident of Greater Lomé-and eventually all of Togo-a Unique Identification Number (NIU) based on biometric and...
The Togolese government announced 40 excellence scholarships for the 2024–2025 academic year, targeting Master's and PhD students at the public universities of Lomé and Kara. The scholarships form part of the Support Project for the Reform of Higher Education in Science and Engineering (PARESI 2), an initiative to improve advanced training in technical fields critical to national...
The Togolese Ministry of Trade held a two-day training session on May 6- 7 for about 40 licensed customs agents on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and its operational mechanisms. The event aimed to prepare key trade intermediaries to implement the agreement’s provisions effectively.
Participants represented professional bodies including the Union professionnelle des...
Togo’s Parliament unanimously elected Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové as President of the Republic on May 3, 2025. The ruling Union for the Republic (Unir) party nominated the 85-year-old former opposition leader for a four-year term, renewable once. The vote count stood at 150 in favor.
The election marked a major political shift under Togo’s new Fifth Republic. The country adopted a...
Togo will try to raise CFA20 billion on the regional market, the West African Monetary Union public securities market (WAMU Securities), next Friday, May 9. This will be Lomé’s first operation on the market this month.
In detail, the Togolese Treasury will issue fungible treasury bills (BAT) to raise the funds. The notes will have maturities of 182 and 364 days, each with a nominal...
Togo’s National Assembly appointed Faure Gnassingbé as the first President of the Council, a new role created by the constitution adopted in May 2024. The Assembly announced this on May 3, during a plenary session in Lomé.
Gnassingbé, leader of the ruling Union for the Republic (Unir) party, secured the position after his party won 108 out of 113 seats in the April 2024 legislative...
The D-CLIC program in Togo wrapped up last week with a graduation ceremony for 244 young people who completed five months of intensive digital training.
The CUBE incubator ran the program in Lomé, Aného, Kara, and Dapaong, with support from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and several Togolese ministries. The program taught participants skills in web and mobile...
Togo hosts the “Africa Leads” World Bank workshop this week in Lomé. The 3-day event gathers project leaders, technical experts, and government officials from West and Central Africa. The workshop, led by the government, aims to mobilize more resources and speed up results for World Bank-financed projects.
During the meeting, attendees will share best practices on monitoring, evaluation,...
The government of Togo urges citizens to stay alert after discovering many dead fish in the Todman water retention basin in Lomé.
Health officials received the alert on Saturday, May 3, 2025, and promptly removed and incinerated the fish.
The Ministry of Health is conducting chemical and microbiological tests to determine the exact cause of the mass fish death. Authorities strongly...