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Lomé has established the rules for distributing the Fonds d'Appui aux Collectivités Territoriales (FACT) for the 2025 financial year. This program aims to support the new regional councils and ensure local authorities receive proper funding.
Approved by the Council of Ministers on February 13, 2025, the funding plan includes a basic amount and additional funds to help balance resource...
Togo plans to create Regional Administrative Conferences (CAR) and Prefectural Administrative Conferences (CAP). The related project was reviewed during the Council of Ministers held on February 13, 2025.
These new bodies aim to improve coordination between the central government and local authorities, particularly in the regions. According to the Council of Ministers, CARs and CAPs will help...
The Togolese government is reforming the institutional framework of the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR) to align it with international standards. On February 13, 2025, the Council of Ministers adopted a bill to improve the governance and efficiency of the institution responsible for collecting tax and customs revenues.
The reform seeks to strengthen the OTR’s governance, optimize its Board’s...
Lomé will host the 10th Festival de l'Immobilier (FestImmo) from May 9 to 11. The Centre Togolais des Expositions et Foires (CETEF) Togo 2000 will host the major real estate fair.
Organizers announced the event at a press conference last week. FestImmo is a place where professionals, investors, and people looking to buy property can all meet.
“Real estate is an essential lever for...
The Togo-Vietnam partnership turned 50 on February 8, 2025. The two countries recently reflected on their friendship and explored new avenues to consolidate their ties.
The source, the Togolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says the relationship is "fruitful", adding that both sides share a mutual understanding of key global issues and support each other in various multilateral...
The Fourth International Crafts Market of Togo (MIATO) will run from April 23 to May 4, in Lomé. “Protecting handicrafts: issues and challenges” is the theme.
The fair will focus on raising craftsmen’s awareness of protecting their work and finding ways to achieve that goal. Burkina Faso is the guest of honor for the event.
Besides discussions, the event will feature exhibitions and...
Togo’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI-T) is introducing the latest tax reforms to SMEs active in the country. The Chamber launched a series of meetings in this framework on February 10. They are hosted across the country, including the capital.
At the end of the program, participating businesses should better understand tax issues, thus contributing to a more competitive business...
Togo is participating in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France. Opened on February 10, 2025, the summit has gathered heads of state, researchers, companies, and civil society representatives.
Togo is represented by Cina Lawson, Minister for Digital Transformation. On February 11, Lawson spoke at a conference themed: "AI at the service of development: solutions for a...
Togo will send six film productions to the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), set to run from February 22 to March 1, 2025. The figure, a record, reflects a dynamic and expanding local film industry.
The selected films span a variety of categories, showcasing the breadth of Togolese talent. These include entries in critical review, series, animation,...
Togolese entrepreneurs can apply to the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) startup funding program and get seed funding of $5,000.
Last Friday, a TEF awareness session was held to inform entrepreneurs who may be interested. The Ministry of Grassroots Development and Youth Employment, and the National Agency for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) backed the workshop....
Mila Aziablé, Minister of Water and Sanitation of Togo, was in the Plateaux region on February 3. She inspected two key water and sanitation facilities in the region: the Ohoundjè landfill site, in Ogou 1, and the Iwolobo water treatment center, in Amou.
The visit underscored the ongoing challenges in waste management in the region. Minister Aziablé lauded waste management practices in place...
Lomé seeks to become a major arbitration center in sea and financial disputes, joining big cities like London, Hong Kong, and Paris. Last week, from February 3 to 5, the Togolese capital hosted The Power of Lomé Arbitration Week (L.A.W). According to Martial Akakpo, who heads the Centre International d'Arbitrage et de Médiation (CIAM), the L.A.W supported the ambition.
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The Gnassingbé Eyadema International Airport (AIGE) of Lomé, Togo, is slated for further expansion works. This project was a key topic during discussions at the National Assembly concerning the 2025 Finance Law in late December 2024.
The expansion aims to increase the airport's capacity and support Togo's ambition to become a regional logistics hub. The expansion should help the facility...
The Djanta Tech Hub in Lomé, Togo, will offer Human Centered Design (HCD) training on February 21 and 22, 2025.
The two sessions, organized with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), target digital and innovation professionals—from entrepreneurs to students—to enhance their skills in design thinking and product creation.
Participants in these interactive workshops will learn to design innovative...
During the third quarter of 2024, outstanding loans by microfinance institutions in Togo stood at CFA395.6 billion. This is CFA35.8 billion more than the previous quarter (+9.9%). The figures were disclosed in a recent report from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). Togo surpassed Senegal (4.4%), Côte d'Ivoire (4.8%), Burkina Faso (3.1%), and Benin (2.5%) in quarterly...
Last week, the Togolese Ministry of Social Action and Women's Rights announced a national campaign to provide 1,000 women with supplementary judgments in place of birth certificates.
This initiative, part of the International Women's Rights Day 2025 celebration on March 8, is a collaboration with the Ministries of Territorial Administration and Justice. The goal is to ease the difficulties faced...