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A united front and large-scale actions. Those are the two wishes expressed last Sunday by Togo’s assembly president, Yawa Tsegan, at the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VIII) in Tunis.
“We (Togo) urge our States to come together and reiterate our invitation to partners for more coordinated actions for peace and security,” Tsegan told 5,000 participants...
Through a simultaneous bond issue scheduled for September 2, 2022, Togo will seek CFA30 billion on the WAEMU market.
The bonds, recovery bonds, have respective maturities of five and seven years. They have a nominal value of CFA10,000 and carry interest rates of 5.75% and 5.90% per annum respectively, from the first year.
The upcoming issue targets socially responsible investors,...
Between 2020 and 2022, the Togolese State earned CFA658 million from transhumance in the Anié 1, Haho 1, and Est-mono 1 municipalities (all located in the Plateaux region). This was disclosed last Thursday, by the Intercommunal Association for Development in the Plateaux (AIDAP), during a meeting with its members.
Respectively, the activity generated CFA225 million and CFA432 million in Anié 1...
Togo produced 1.3 million and 1.45 million tons of phosphate in 2020 and 2021, respectively. While still far from its level in the 80s and 90s (+2 million tons), the country has not recorded such performances since 2003.
From 2020 to 2021, the country’s output was up 10%. Sales also shot up to nearly 1.39 million tons last year–the highest since 1999. Both the rise in output and sales are...
Japan’s PM, Fumio Kishida, announced last weekend that his country will spend $30 billion on various African projects over the next three years. This was during the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VII).
Speaking in a videoconference, the Asian leader said Japan “prioritizes an approach that values human investment and quality growth.”
Togo sent a...
The government of Togo will tighten procedures to select trusted providers of cybersecurity services. This aligns with the country’s ambition to become a leading cybersecurity hub in Africa.
The move was disclosed last Thursday, during the council of ministers. On the occasion, the authorities adopted a draft decree on trusted cybersecurity firms and the approval of evaluation centers.
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Some Togolese state representatives will soon respond to a code of conduct that sets standards for integrity, loyalty, and professionalism. Held on August 25, 2022, the council of ministers adopted a draft decree in this framework.
The upcoming code of conduct, the council wrote in a statement, will “help maintain respect for the principles of integrity, loyalty, and professionalism of...
The African Drug Agency will start operating soon. The African Union (AU) disclosed the news in Lomé last Tuesday. It was during a panel of experts organized as part of the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
"The treaty was adopted in 2019. We needed 15 countries, and now we have 23 countries that have ratified the treaty for this drug agency," said Dr. Minata Samaté...
In Togo, outstanding loans granted by microfinance institutions (decentralized financial systems) rose by CFA38.3 billion in Q1 2022, compared to Q1 2021. The country recorded the second-largest increase in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), after Burkina Faso (+27.8%). This was disclosed in the latest report of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO in...
The cancelation was announced last June by the Togolese minister of affairs, Robert Dussey.
China recently canceled part of a debt Togo owes it. The news was confirmed on August 18, by the Chinese minister of foreign affairs, Wang Yi.
Though the Asian side is yet to disclose the exact amount canceled, Robert Dussey, Togo’s minister of foreign affairs, put it at ¥16 million (about...
The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa will test Togo’s hospital contractualization system in other African countries. Matshidiso Moeti, director of WHO Africa, announced the move last Tuesday, Aug. 23.
Moeti revealed the plan during a tête-à-tête with Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, a meeting held within the framework of the ongoing 72nd session of the WHO...
One year into its launch, the Wezou scheme, which provides medical and financial support to pregnant women and newborns, has mobilized over CFA1.3 billion. The figure is found in the latest update of the Togolese Presidency on this program. The update covers the period between September 2021 to July 2022.
The money was used to help more than 376,500 women go to over 206,000 prenatal...
Early next month, Lomé will host the 6th edition of the African Transitional Justice Forum. Togolese authorities recently met with a delegation from the AU and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), who organize the forum, to discuss its execution.
The forum, where transitional justice in Africa is reviewed, will, according to its organizers, gather stakeholders who...
Togo is the first country, worldwide, to eradicate four neglected tropical diseases, namely dracunculiasis, lymphatic filariasis, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), and trachoma. On August 22, 2022, the West African country received from the World Health Organization (WHO) a recognition certificate for this feat. This was at the launch of the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for...
Togo is hosting the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa. At the event’s opening, on Aug. 22, Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, said health is a priority for social cohesion, a priority which is at the heart of his government's development policy. The leader then went on to list some of the steps taken by the national health system.
According to Gnassingbé, one of...
Togo: Social security fund launches app to help pensioners and annuitants get their dues more easily
All Togolese pensioners and annuitants (residents and non-residents) can now go through with the country’s social security fund’s life verification operation remotely. The fund or CNSS just launched Biosecu, an app that integrates facial recognition, in this framework.
"Facial recognition allows us to confirm that your face perfectly matches the picture available in CNSS Togo’s biometric...