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Togo plans to raise 25 billion CFA francs on Friday, May 29, 2026, through a simultaneous issue of Treasury bills and bonds on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) regional debt market.
According to the tender notice seen by Togo First, the operation includes 5 billion CFA francs in 364-day Treasury bills. The remaining 20 billion CFA francs will be raised through Treasury bonds...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to expand its support for industrial development in Togo and broaden its involvement into new sectors, the lender said after a meeting on Tuesday in Lomé between President Faure Gnassingbé and Afreximbank board chairman George Elombi.
The pan-African lender is already financing, alongside other backers, the Adétikopé Industrial Platform...
Togo is continuing implementation of the Regional Agricultural Market Integration Program (PRIMA), a joint initiative with Benin supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). From May 12 to May 23, 2026, stakeholders from four cross-border trade corridors covered by PRIMA-Togo are participating in a series of five training sessions aimed at facilitating agricultural...
By the end of April 2026, 14 of the 22 planned groynes had been completed along the Gbodjomé-Agbodrafo-Goumoukopé section, a seven-kilometer stretch of Togo’s coastline.
Work began on Oct. 29, 2025, under the regional WACA ResIP program and is being carried out by Dutch firm Boskalis under the supervision of engineering consultancy INROS LACKNER. The structures, measuring between 60 and 75...
Centre togolais des expositions et foires (CETEF “Togo 2000”) will host the second edition of its health and wellness trade fair, HUMANIS 2026, from June 23 to 27 in Lomé. The event will bring together health professionals, companies, researchers, public institutions and wellness practitioners to discuss disease prevention and healthcare services.
The five-day fair will feature exhibitions,...
Togo and Poland signed a 24 million euro financing agreement in Lomé on Monday to support the local development of next-generation drones.
The agreement was signed during a visit by Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Gawkowski.
Backed by Cyber Defense Africa, Togo plans to launch Africa Drone Company to build national capabilities in drone design,...
President of the Council of Ministers Faure Gnassingbé used the third Biashara Afrika business forum, underway in Lomé until May 20, to outline his vision for a more integrated, competitive and prosperous Africa. The strategy is built around four priorities aimed at accelerating the continent’s economic transformation.
The forum, held under the theme “Powering Africa's Economic...
Togolese economist Kako Nubukpo praised the creation of the Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA) in an interview with Agence Ecofin and Togo First in Nairobi, on the sidelines of the Africa Forward summit co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron and William Ruto.
“I welcome the creation of the Adétikopé industrial platform in Togo, as well as the Glo-Djigbé industrial zone in Benin,” said the...
Togo launched the 31st edition of its Tour Cycliste International on Tuesday, May 19, as organizers seek to raise the race’s regional standing and eventually secure a place on the official calendar of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
Teams from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Belgium and Mali are taking part in the competition alongside Togo’s A and B...
Togo's average annual inflation held steady at 0.1% in April 2026, remaining at that level for a third consecutive month, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED).
The harmonised consumer price index (HCPI) stood at 104.6 in April, rising 0.1% month-on-month and 0.7% year-on-year. The subdued pace of inflation keeps Togo within...
Togo has abolished entry visa requirements for nationals of all African Union member states holding a valid passport, the government announced in an official statement released on Monday, May 18, 2026. The measure takes effect immediately.
The announcement was made by Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo’s Council, at the opening of the third edition of the Biashara Afrika Business Forum,...
A four-day regional workshop on digital social benefit payments opened in Lomé on Monday, bringing together officials and experts from 10 West and Central African countries to discuss interoperable payment systems, financial inclusion and the modernization of welfare delivery systems.
Organized by the World Bank in partnership with the Togolese government, the meeting has drawn participants...
Togo has launched a surveillance project aimed at preventing the return of lymphatic filariasis, nearly a decade after becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate the disease as a public health problem.
The initiative was launched Thursday in Kpalimé by the Health Ministry through the National Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme.
Togo was validated by the World Health...
Togo lost about 330 hectares of primary forest between 2002 and 2025, a decline of roughly 20% over the period, according to data presented last week in Kpalimé by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The figures underscore mounting pressure on the country’s forests.
The data were released during a workshop on forest landscape restoration in the western Plateaux...
Togo's National Assembly passed two bills on Friday aimed at improving protection of the marine environment and strengthening the country's ability to respond to maritime pollution risks.
The bills, approved in a first reading on May 15, 2026, authorize Togo's accession to two international maritime pollution agreements.
The first concerns the 2000 Protocol on Preparedness, Response and...
Togo has suspended the use of electronic fiscal stamps, known as e-timbres, for administrative procedures effective Monday, May 18, 2026. The decision was announced by the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR) in a press release seen by Togo First.
The tax authority attributed the suspension to "technical reasons affecting the operation of the platform for purchasing and using electronic fiscal stamps."...