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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...
A week ago, on November 10, the national forum for social dialogue closed in Kara (420km north of Lomé). Participants, during the meeting, adopted a roadmap to reorganize and revitalize social dialogue in Togo.
Actions laid under the roadmap should foster conditions for “sustainable social peace which will support the productivity of businesses and public administrations and consolidate...
Togo imported CFA214 billion worth of food products in 2021, according to a report that was recently released by Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO). The figure is slightly higher (0.14%) than that recorded in 2020: CFA213.7 billion.
In detail, the country spent CFA31.2 billion on meat and fishery products (Livestock-Meat-Fish). Most of this amount (75%) was spent on...
Togo is no more the country with the cheapest internet offers in the WAEMU. According to the ARCEP, the country’s telecom regulator, it was dethroned by Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
In a press release issued on November 15, 2022, the ARCEP stated that Canalbox (Groupe Vivendi Africa, GVA) and Togocom (operating in Togo) were outpaced by Moov Africa’s subsidiaries in Côte...
Togo’s Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe, met with around 20 western businessmen mobilized by the Tony Blair Foundation. She presented them with business opportunities her country has to offer.
Among others, the PM told the businessmen about the more attractive business climate, the better legal and tax regulation, natural potentialities, as well as the peace, stability, and security that...
This year, the Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO) is holding its annual meetings in Lomé. The five-day event was launched on November 14 by Togo’s Minister of Trade and Local Consumption, Kodjo Adedze.
"African coffee has a major role to play in our State's development. It will, if we can set up here, on the continent, all the chains of value that it generates," said Minister Adedze at...