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At last, after 7 years of reconstruction, Kara’s new market is completed. The facility was inaugurated last Monday, by President Faure Gnassingbé.
Located in the Lama district, the renovated market spans nearly six (06) hectares. It includes a three-story building, a green space, an esplanade, and a parking lot. The market is equipped with 736 individual stalls, 72 stores, 5 premises...
Togo received yesterday, 25 April, 6,000 tons of fertilizer from Japan. The fertilizer, which is worth CFA2.5 billion is to help the African nation boost its rice output.
The donation was sealed with agreements signed in the presence of the Togolese minister of agriculture, Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni, and Japan’s ambassador who is based in Abidjan, Katsuya Ikkatai.
"This very salutary...
Last week, President Faure Gnassingbé kicked off a project to install 50,000 autonomous and smart solar street lamps in Kadjanga, a village located in the Binah prefecture (northern Togo). The project aligns with Togo’s ambition to achieve 100% electrification by 2030. It will cover 4599 communities across the country, with emphasis on the Savanes region.
The solar street lamps initiative...
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) officially launched Lon’Kèlèw, a project fostering the digitalization of local SMEs. The initiative is carried out in partnership with Expertise France, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), through the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), and the European Union.
Initially called DigiTin'Ga, the Lon'Kèlèw project...
Togo obtained on April 25, a €70 million contribution from the EU, for two Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs) aimed at supporting agro-businesses, energy, and connectivity in the West African country. Two agreements–one for €30 million and the other for €40 million–were signed in Brussels in this framework, by Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International...
Lomé raised CFA33 billion on the regional money market on April 24, 2023. The amount is three billion or 10% more than the country was seeking.
According to the report of the securities market, the Togolese treasury obtained CFA26 billion through fungible treasury bills which mature over 182 days. The remaining CFA7 billion came from 3-year fungible treasury bonds.
The report further...
Since it launched in April 2022, the Tinga Fund has reached over 100,000 people in the Togolese regions of Kara and Savanes. The figure was disclosed by the country’s Presidency last week, after a meeting between President Gnassingbe and some of the Fund’s beneficiaries in Pagouda (in the Kara region).
The Minister Delegate to the President, in charge of Energy and Mines, Mila Aziable,...
In Togo, the Dogta-Lafiè hospital, formerly Saint Peregin, will be inaugurated tomorrow, April 26. The inauguration, according to the government, will be chaired by President Gnassingbe, as part of celebrations for Togo’s 63rd independence anniversary.
Since March 1, 2023, the hospital has been offering imaging, radiography, and mammography services. After its inauguration, more departments...
The construction of the Regional Center for Agricultural Mechanization (CRMA) in Kara, northern Togo, began last week, on April 20. President Faure Gnassingbe laid the foundation stone for the facility in Tchitchao, where it is located.
The CRMA is being built on a 3-ha piece of land. It will be equipped with modern materials and equipment to facilitate the various stages of agricultural...
From now till June, Togo will record heavy rains and could face some flooding. Since March, early and heavy rains have been recorded throughout the country, especially in Lomé, the capital. According to hydrometeorological forecasts for April-May-June, the situation is not expected to subside any time soon, the Minister of Civil Protection revealed on 19 April.
Yark Damehame, Togo’s minister...
Togo inked a €10 million financing deal with the European Union (EU), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Program (WFP), last Thursday, 20 April 2023. The deal was sealed at the closing of the last stage of the Regional Fora of Togolese Agricultural Producers (FOPAT) in Kara.
Part of the funds will finance the Pro-SADI, a project aimed at strengthening food...
Kara’s new market has just been inaugurated. President Faure Gnassingbé inaugurated the facility as part of a one-day tour organized in honor of Togo’s 63rd independence anniversary.
The central market of Kara is built on a 6-ha piece of land. It has hundreds of stalls, stores, and administrative buildings. The infrastructure is part of the PARMCO, a project that supports...
Mario Giro, a special envoy from Italy, was in Lomé on Wednesday, April 19. He met with President Faure Gnassingbe. The Italian official asked for Togo’s support of Italy’s application to host the World Expo 2030.
Rome, the Italian capital, is competing for the spot with Busan, Odessa, and Riyad.
Securing Togo’s support is essential since the West African country is a Bureau...
The Ministry of Grassroots Development of Togo recently gave away some money and equipment to 160 vulnerable young artisans of Mango, northern Togo. The related ceremony was held on April 13, and it was presided over by the minister herself, Myriam Dossou.
The initiative is part of the Emergency Program for the Savannes Region (PURS), which supports young people’s businesses in the...
Sani Yaya, the Togolese minister of finance, met with some members of the World Bank Group involved in cooperation with Togo. Yaya met, notably, with Sergio Pimenta, vice president of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the WB’s private sector arm.
The two men talked mostly about bolstering the Bank’s investments in Togo, with a focus on the IFC’s strategy in the West African...
The Togolese government recently released an update on its actions to develop agriculture in the Kara region (northern Togo). The data covers planned agricultural development zone (ZAAP), financing for farmers, infrastructural support, and output, among others.
The Kara region, authorities reported, houses 71 ZAAPs. And out of the region’s 76 cantons, 61 house at least one ZAAP.
The...