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Togo plans to fiberize all its power lines, now that it is connected to Google's Equiano submarine cable, which will be operational in the fourth quarter of this year.
“Our cost-effective strategy is to deploy fiber infrastructure on power lines. One of the costs of deploying fiber is digging the ground and burying the cable deep. Instead of doing that, we will deploy the cables on poles that...
Sandra Johnson, Togo’s Minister, Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, pleaded on Sunday for the reallocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to African states. This was during the ministerial meeting of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) held from March 26 to 27, where she represented Togo by video conference.
Participants mainly...
Ivorian fintech CinetPay has recently deployed a new payment gateway to secure operators on its online transaction platform.
According to the start-up, this payment gateway is equipped with a special protocol called CSP (CinetPay Secure Payment) for securing all payments via Mobile Money, Bank Cards, and Wallets. It helps increase revenue for businesses...
The new interface also...
Togo's western neighbor, Ghana, will reopen all its borders as of Monday, March 28, 2022, after two years of closure due to Covid-19. This is what Nana Akufo Addo, Ghana's president, said in an announcement reported by several local media.
"From tomorrow, Monday 28 March, all land and sea borders will be open. Fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to enter through land and sea borders...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will disburse $3.56 million (about CFAF 2.12 billion) in the form of a grant to strengthen the pharmaceutical industry sector in ECOWAS over the next two years. The facility, approved by the Bank's Board of Directors on 24 January 2022, was the subject of an agreement between the pan-African institution and the Commission of the Economic Community of West...
The government of Togo has established an office especially for promoting road safety, according to a statement issued by the ministers’ council on March 27, 2022. The National Road Safety Office (ONSR), as it is called, has a mission to “study, research, and implement all measures that could improve the safety of road users,” the statement reads.
The measures include preventing accidents,...
The Tinga Fund, set up to boost access to electricity in Togo, will enter its pilot phase on April 1, 2022. The fund, which has a seed capital of CFA3 billion, was presented by Mila Aziable, minister of energy and mines, at the last Council of Ministers held on March 25.
The pilot phase of the facility will extend over nine months, deployed in the regions of Kara and Savanes. "The fund will...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the Togolese Ministry of Sports and Leisure inked on March 24, 2022, a partnership framework agreement, through which both parties commit to promoting sports in schools and universities.
The convention, signed by Lidi Bessi-Kama, Minister of Sports, and Serge Ekué, President of BOAD, according to the Togolese official, aligns with his ministry’s...
K-Pital Invest, the Togolese fundraising platform set up by the Centre Urbain de Business et d'Entrepreneur (CUBE), an incubator based in Lomé, has been picked to participate in the BM Prime Capital Pitch Competition. The latter is a contest organized by New York-based venture capitalist BM Prime. It targets startups that operate in French-speaking Africa.
“We are pleased to announce that our...
The Togolese Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo is the new Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO). He was appointed on Friday, March 25, 2022, by the Governing Body of the institution. The appointment took place during a meeting in Geneva.
Houngbo, who currently heads the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), beat the French Muriel Penicaud in the second round of the...
Last Tuesday, Togolese deputies voted, unanimously, for Togo's adhesion to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, on the conservation and management of fish stocks.
The law gives States rights to manage fisheries resources, situated within and beyond the exclusive economic zones.
“Togo aims to practice responsible fishing espousing the trilogy of conservation, sustainable...
In Togo, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on March 24, 2022, that fertilizers would be subsidized during the 2022-2023 agricultural season. This is despite the global surge in input costs caused by the war in Ukraine.
“The government, aware of the issues and objectives it aims to achieve through its roadmap 2020-2025, particularly concerning improving yields and agricultural productivity,...
In Togo, the Banm Lab, a startup incubator based in Dapaong (650 km from Lomé), is opening the recruitment of young project holders for its second cohort of incubates.
"Registrations are open until April 3rd for the recruitment of the second cohort of young entrepreneurs wishing to master the contours of the creation and management of a business. Shortly, for this business creation...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé received this Wednesday in Lomé, at the opening of the summit on cybersecurity, the African champion of cybersecurity award.
"I am very humbled to receive this award because it is rare to receive an award before the start of the mission. I assure you of the achievement of the mission assigned to me," said the Togolese leader who added that this...
Seventeen (17) African heads of state and government have confirmed that they will attend Africa’s first summit on cybersecurity that will open in Lomé on March 23, 2022. The summit’s organizers, in addition to disclosing this information, said more than 700 participants, including the private sector and civil society leaders, have registered to take part in this event.
At the Lomé...
Importing electric or hybrid vehicles or converted thermal vehicles must now be approved by the government, from the ministries of environment and trade to be specific. Disclosed by the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR), the measure aligns with new provisions taken by the government.
The Commissioner-General of the OTR announced in a recent official note that “for the completion of the formalities...