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Togo increased its municipal council seats from 1,527 to 1,667, adding 140 new seats. The change takes effect for the local elections set for July 10.
The President of the Council approved this decision, following a proposal from the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Traditional Chieftaincy. The move followed consultations within the Cadre Permanent de Concertation...
The Togolese Local Authority Support Fund (FACT) has distributed more than CFA41.8 billion over the past five years. According to a May 21 report, the Fund’s annual allocations rose steadily from CFA2.63 billion in 2020 to CFA9.5 billion in 2025, up by over 260%.
The FACT helps boost local governments’ capacity to address priority needs in areas like water, sanitation, education, and urban...
The Ministry of Higher Education of Togo announced on May 21 the opening of its scholarship program for final-year high school students interested in attending college in Morocco.
The initiative, set up in partnership with the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI), is part of ongoing bilateral educational cooperation between the two countries.
Eligible candidates must have...
A documentary film shot in Togo, The Soul of Africa, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, marking the West African nation’s first official participation in the prestigious event.
Directed by Egyptian-Senegalese filmmaker Gabriel Souleykan and co-produced with Acofin Productions, the film was screened at the festival’s Afriques Pavilion. It was filmed during the 10th...
In Togo, the government has halved deposit fees for candidates in the upcoming local elections scheduled for July 10.
The country’s leader, Faure Gnassingbé, announced the reduction on May 21. Male candidates are now required to pay CFA25,000. Female candidates now pay half that amount–CFA12,500. Before the cut, they had to pay CFA50,000 and CFA25,000, respectively.
The Ministry of...
A Cameroonian delegation of budget experts was in Togo last week, from May 20 to 22. They came to study Togo’s approach to green budgeting.
The Cameroonians examined in detail the key steps taken by Lomé to build a green budget. They focused on identifying and analyzing sectors promoting sustainable growth and climate change resilience.
Green budgeting has been on Togo’s priority list for...
A new modern sports complex has been inaugurated in the Agoè-Nyivé 4 municipality on May 21, 2025. The complex was built under the third phase of the Lomé Urban Environment Project (PEUL III). The District Autonome du Grand Lomé (DAGL), which steered the project, handed over the facility to local authorities.
The French Development Agency (FDA) financed the complex with CFA750 million. The...
The Port Autonome de Lomé (PAL) has launched a new mobile money payment system for entrance tickets. The news, revealed on May 22, stresses that the payment system operates through two partner platforms: Mixx by YAS and Coris Money.
The move, steered by the Ministry of Coastal Protection, aims to streamline administrative procedures and increase transparency in port operations.
With the new...
Togo’s public agencies are stepping up to improve financing access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On May 21, the National Agency for the Promotion and Guarantee of SME/SMI Financing (ANPGF) and Togo Post Company (SPT) signed a partnership agreement to expand local financing solutions nationwide.
ANPGF’s Naka Gnassingbé De Souza and SPT’s Kwasi Kwadzo Dzodzro signed...
Lomé has allocated CFA4 billion to the country’s first Regional Councils, established earlier this year as part of ongoing decentralization efforts. Koumtchané Siangou, Technical Secretary for the management of the Fonds d'appui aux collectivités territoriales (FACT), announced the funding on May 21 during a press briefing in Lomé.
FACT mobilized this funding to help the new regional...
The Golfe 7 municipality in Lomé, Togo, is drafting a Municipal Development Plan (PDC) to steer local development over the next five years. The plan will establish a strategic framework for participatory budgeting and development.
A workshop was held on May 20 in the capital to kick off the process. The meeting brought together elected officials, civil society representatives, technical...
Six West African countries are meeting in Lomé, Togo, to strengthen cooperation against illegal fishing in the Gulf of Guinea, a region vital to local economies and food security.
Representatives from Togo, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria gathered on May 19 for a three-day summit organized by the West Central Gulf of Guinea Fisheries Committee (CPCO). The meeting aimed to...
Togo recently started a study to demarcate road rights-of-way and classify its national road network. The Permanent Secretariat for Monitoring and Evaluating Public Policies disclosed the news.
According to the source, a report, the study will cost CFA165 million and will be conducted in two phases by specialist firms. The first phase will cover the Maritime and Plateaux regions for CFA85...
A delegation from Mali’s telecommunications regulator, the AMRTP, visited Togo last week to exchange knowledge on telecom service quality governance.
The visit focused on the Quality Management System (QMS) implemented by the Togolese telecom watchdog, the ARCEP. This system, certified in September 2023 and audited in September 2024, aims to improve organizational efficiency through continuous...
In Dapaong, Savanes region, the Gens des Médias de la région des Savanes (GEMESA) association launched a community resilience program on May 15 aimed at improving economic access for young people and rural women.
The project, funded with over CFA272 million by Luxembourg’s Action Solidarité Tiers Monde (ASTM), will run from 2025 to 2029. It targets the prefectures of Cinkassé,...
Togolese political leaders convened on May 19 to review preparations for the upcoming communal elections scheduled for July 10. The meeting took place during the 20th session of the Permanent Consultation Framework (CPC), a forum aimed at facilitating dialogue among political actors.
Chaired by Mr. Tchassona Traoré, the session focused on assessing the electoral process and making necessary...