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How can the challenges of sustainable development be tackled to make people more resilient? Faure Gnassingbé, the President of Togo, shared his take on this issue on October 16, 2023, at the ongoing World Investment Leaders Summit in Abu Dhabi.
The Togolese leader stressed that for national economies to develop, the dynamic of the strategic State must be supported. This, he believes, would spur...
So far into this year, the World Bank has committed $1,134.63 million in Togo, up about 381% compared to $238 million in 2018. This was disclosed by Sandra Johnson, Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency (photo) in charge of the country’s Business Climate Cell. The official spoke on the sidelines of a meeting last week with Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice-President for West...
In Togo’s Plateaux region, around 15,000 homes across 157 villages have benefited from the Social Nets and Basic Services project (Filets Sociaux et Service de Base or FSB) so far. This was revealed on October 11, by Katanga Mazalo, Managing Director of the ANADEB, the project's operational arm. According to the Togolese press agency, ATOP, Mazalo disclosed the figure during an assessment visit...
Lebanese companies active in Togo’s free-trade zone invested about CFA154 billion in the country in 2022. According to the Investment and Free Zone Promotion Agency (API-ZF), which compiled the statistics, these businesses created 8,723 jobs for nationals.
These figures were unveiled on Oct. 10, by the minister of investment promotion, Manualla Santos. This was during a meeting with the...
Over 1,300 experts and stakeholders of the microfinance sector should attend the sixth edition of the African Microfinance Week (AMW). Set to take place in Lomé, from October 16 to 20, the event’s theme is: "Towards inclusive and sustainable finance".
"Experts and players in the microfinance sector, from some sixty countries, in Africa and other parts of the world, are expected in Togo to...
The Togolese Ministry of Mining and Energy has several reforms in the pipeline to modernize these sectors, at the national level. The reforms were introduced by Mila Aziable, Minister of Mining and Energy, last Wednesday, during the council of ministers.
According to Aziable, the reforms should involve government players, municipalities, and the private sector.
One of the main reforms planned...
Togo: Social Security Fund joins Health Insurance Institute on the national health insurance project
The National Health Insurance Institute of Togo (INAM) is no longer the sole manager of the Universal Health Insurance (UHI) project in the country. The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has joined it, following the examination and adoption of a decree on October 11, 2023, at a Council of Ministers meeting.
According to the Ministers, associating the CNSS with the project should “accelerate...
Togo is taking part in the ongoing annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Marrakech, Morocco. The Togolese delegation is led by Sandra Ablamba Johnson, Minister Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic and Country Governor of the World Bank.
The delegation is meeting with bilateral partners to find ways to boost employment, gender...
Morocco’s OCP Group and the World Bank have signed, on Oct. 11, a partnership agreement to boost food security and agriculture in West Africa.
The agreement, a memorandum of understanding, was signed by Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice President for West and Central Africa, and OCP Group Chairman Mostafa Terrab in Morocco.
In detail, the deal will support programs targeting five million...
The Togolese telecom watchdog, ARCEP, is calling on the country’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reduce their rates, for mobile Internet, making them affordable for the population. Made via a press release on October 10, the call was prompted by concerns issued regarding the Wi-Fi zone activity in the country. These concerns were voiced by the Association of Wi-Fi zone operators in Togo,...
The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) is holding a 2-day meeting in Togo to introduce its loan and investment risk-mitigation solutions to private investors, local stakeholders, and development partners. The meeting started yesterday, October 10.
Participants will learn more about ATIDI’s risk-mitigation solutions, to enable the country to secure more foreign direct...
Togolese Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe, launched yesterday, Oct. 10, the Urban Water Security Project (PaSH-MUT). Launched in Lomé, the capital, the project will help more people have drinking water in the Greater Lomé area.
According to PM Tomegah-Dogbe, the PaSH-MUT should enable almost a million people in the Greater Lomé area to benefit from better services, related to...
In Togo, the Plateforme industrielle d'Adétikopé (PIA) and its risk-sharing-based Agricultural Financing Mechanism (MIFA) recently provided 22 agricultural cooperatives with tractors. The handover ceremony took place on September 29, in Lomé.
In detail, the cooperatives received 24 tractors and accessories including plows, cultivators, seeders, and trailers.
The equipment, according to the...
The military court of Lomé launched its activities last Monday, October 9. The court kicked off operations during an awareness-raising workshop attended by representatives of the various branches of the Togolese armed forces and other stakeholders.
The workshop sought to specify the cases handled by military courts, and the conditions under which these cases can be referred to them, according...
Augustin Favereau, the French ambassador to Togo, was given an audience yesterday, Oct. 10, by the country’s media regulator, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC). Participants exchanged their respective views on the HAAC’s activities, and explored prospects for cooperation between France and Togo in the media sector.
"I was able to visit a number of departments. This...
A European Union (EU) delegation met in Lomé with Togolese authorities on October 9, for their second dialogue. Amongst others, the participants covered the organization of Togo's upcoming legislative and regional elections, as well as the country’s actions against terrorism.
Regarding the elections, the EU called for inclusive and peaceful polls. “About preparations for the forthcoming...