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Togo wants its share of the IDA20 package raised to better achieve the structural transformation of its economy. Last Monday, November 20, Sandra Ablamba Johnson, Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, and Governor of the World Bank in Togo, asked for the increase. The Togolese official spoke during the launch of consultations in the framework of the elaboration of the new...
This week, a facultative insurance seminar was held in Baguida (Lomé). Launched on November 21, the meeting’s theme was: “Regulation of facultative insurance, scope of guarantees, and compensation procedures”. Facultative insurance covers risks to which goods are exposed while being transported (by sea, land, or air).
The seminar was organized by the Supervisory Authority of the...
Mawulolo Yomo, PhD student, Life and Environmental Sciences, is the only Togolese among the 20 women scientists selected for this year’s edition of the Sub-Saharan African Young Talents program. The list was recently published by the program’s promoters, Fondation l’Oréal and UNESCO.
The 20 women were picked by a jury, for their scientific achievements, out of 425 applicants from 16...
Abu Dhabi Exports (ADEX) will lend Togo $25 million to expand the output capacity of the Mohammed Bin Zayed Solar Plant in Blitta. ADEX mentioned in a statement issued on November 23, 2022, that both parties have signed the related financing agreement.
“The Abu Dhabi Export Board (ADEX), established by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), will grant the Togolese Ministry of...
The World Bank is preparing its next action strategy for Togo, through its 2023-2027 Country Partnership Framework. The Bank recently revealed that it is holding the first phase of consultations with Togo’s main development actors.
The meetings, which opened on November 17 and should close on November 25, aim to have the World Bank’s future strategy align with the major, current, and...
The Industrial Platform of Adetikope (PIA), located in Togo, has created over 3,000 jobs, direct and indirect, since it was commissioned in June 2021.
"The PIA has created more than 3,000 jobs for Togolese in several strategic sectors in Togo," the platform reported online.
The 3,000 jobs mark was passed with the help of the Training Center for Textile Professions, which hosts more than 500...
Started in 2016, the construction of Kara’s new market should be completed on November 24, 2022, according to sources close to the project.
The project should have been finalized in 2020 but was delayed for several reasons. Earlier this year, in January, the delay prompted Togolese officials, led by the minister of trade, Kodjo Adedze, to put pressure on the contractors hired to do the work....
Togo recently adopted a strategy to get rid of mercury, in small-scale and artisanal gold mining operations especially. The document, which was on the table since 2021, was validated during a workshop held on November 14-15, in Lomé.
By validating the tool, Togo aims to conform with the Minamata convention on mercury, which it ratified.
The validation was presided over by Col....
President Gnassingbe of Togo is in Accra, Ghana, for the Accra Initiative, a summit where several Heads of State are gathered to discuss security issues facing West Africa.
During the meeting, the leaders will define strategies to improve cooperation relative to security, in order to tackle violent extremism and cross-border crime.
President Gnassingbe, on the occasion, will reiterate his...
In Togo, The Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor Foundation (SEA Foundation) recently launched its agribusiness incubators for young Togolese. The launch ceremony took place on November 18, in Lavié, 140 km from Lomé. The minister for grassroots development and youth employment, Myriam Dossou-d’Almeida, was present.
The project, implemented by the football star’s foundation, aims to “create...
Togo earned more last year from its goods exports than it did in 2020. The segment generated CFA748.6 billion or 7.1% more than 2020’s CFA695 billion. The figures were posted by the Banque Centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO), in its latest report on external trade in the WAEMU.
Thus, last year’s performance sustains a growth trend that started since 2017; that year, Togo’s...
Togo earned CFA111.1 billion from exporting transport services (by land, sea, and air) in 2021, or 6% more than it did in 2020 (CFA104 billion). The WAEMU’s Central Bank, the BCEAO, recently released a report where the figure was disclosed.
According to the Bank, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire, in the WAEMU, are the biggest winners in this segment. Mostly, revenues generated by land and sea...
The European Union and Germany announced on November 18, 2022, additional financing to support the Emergency Program for the Savannes Region (PURS) in Togo.
In detail, the EU will disburse €5 million while Germany will increase bilateral funds for its ProEnergie project.
The EU allocation, a grant, will be mobilized under the crisis response component of the new "Global Europe"...
Togolese soybean actors officially launched the 2022-2023 sales campaign last Tuesday, November 15. The campaign will end on June 30, 2023.
This season, over 200,000 tons of soybeans will be sold, according to the national federation of soybean producers.
"We have agreed to set up a safety stock for the benefit of processors. The moratorium period that was given last year will not be granted...
Over 40,000 tons of pineapples were produced in Togo during the 2021-2022 season. The exact figure–44,391 tons—was reported last September by the PROCAT, a project that supports Togo’s pineapple sector.
Out of the volume produced over the period reviewed, 33,737 tons were grown organically.
Compared to 2019 when the country produced 30,149 tons, the recent output is up by 47%. In 2017,...
Over 99% of land titles have been digitized in Togo and this means all land procedures, including transfers, can now be completed online. This was disclosed two weeks ago (November 3) by the Commissioner General of the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR), Philippe Kokou Tchodie, during a virtual conference
"The procedures have been simplified to the maximum and the OTR has quickly adapted," Tchodie...