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Lomé will host on December 15-16, 2022, the 33rd ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Inter-African Conference on Social Security (Cipres). This session will mainly focus on the extension of social protection to all strata, not only employees. Specifically, the conference will assess a strategy for expanding social coverage, submitted by experts gathered for a brainstorming...
For the year 2023, the Golfe 1 municipality in Togo should use a primary budget of CFA2.65 billion. This was decided during a City Council held on Friday, December 9, and chaired by Joseph Gomado, mayor of Golfe 1. The budget forecast is 18% higher than that adopted in 2022–CFA2.23 billion.
According to available details, operating expenses will capture 76.83% of the budget projected for 2023...
Togo recently joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (IGF). The country officially joined during IGF’s 18th Annual General Meeting on Nov. 7-10, 2022, in Geneva.
Togo’s main goal in joining IGF is to develop its mining sector and bolster the socioeconomic impact of mining activities on populations. Besides, Lomé expects the move to help...
As the year comes to an end, the Togolese government will tighten its grip on the sales of fake, expired, counterfeit products in the country.
In a statement issued on December 12, 2022, the minister of trade, industrialization, and local consumption, Kodjo Adedze, said his department would “reinforce controls by competent services all over the territory.”
While reminding consumers...
Togo hopes to achieve 100% electricity coverage by 2030, against 59% now. By then, the share of renewables in the energy mix should be 50%, according to the country’s ambitions.
To this end, Lomé has carried out several projects such as building energy infrastructures, aimed at first reducing shortages, and consolidating achievements toward setting up an environment that is fit...
Faure Gnassingbe, the President of Togo is currently in Washington, US. Invited by Joe Biden, the Togolese leader represents his country at the Leaders Summit which is taking place in the American capital on December 13, 14, and 15. The Togolese presidency disclosed the news on December 12, 2022.
"This high-level international meeting takes place in a particular global context, marked by...
The Global Development Policy Forum (GDPF 2022) will take place in Lomé on December 14 and 15. This year, the theme picked for the forum is “Innovative policymaking for global sustainable development”.
The talks, which will focus on public management and leadership, are organized by the Tod’Aers Network and the Lome Business School (LBS), in partnership with London-based One Young...
Last week, Togo’s Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbé, launched works to rehabilitate 43 km of rural roads in the Vo prefecture.
Carried out by Entreprise des Grands Bâtiments et Routes (EGBR), the works should take 11 months. They will help open up several communities of the prefecture, such as Klologo, Kponou, Togoville Kouenou, Sévagan, Sévatonou, Tchadomé, and Djokoto, which...
Togo launched the 2022-2023 cotton commercialization campaign last Friday, December 9. During this campaign, launched in Korbongou (Savanes region), the country should sell 52,000 t of cotton. The forecast was made by the Nouvelle Société Cotonière du Togo (NSCT).
A kilogram of cotton will be sold for CFA300, as the sector’s actors decided last April. For its part, the NSCT said it will...
E-bike maker M Auto has partnered with TotalEnergies, the French oil group, to speed up the transition to electric mobility in Togo. The two signed an agreement in this framework on December 9, 2022. On the same day, the new partners inaugurated their first “Swap and Go” kiosk (for charging and swapping batteries), located at TotalEnegies’ filling station in Totsi (Lomé).
With the new...
Togo will renew its partnership with Togo’s National Agency for Volunteering (ANVT), for another five years. This was announced on December 5, 2022, on the International Day for Volunteering (IDV).
Over the past five years, the EU delegation helped deploy around 155 volunteers in Togo and contributed about CFA100 million as part of its partnership with the ANVT.
"Togo is exceptional regarding...
The National Agricultural Transformation Agency of Togo (ATA) should be operational in January 2023. This was recently revealed by the ministry of agriculture.
On December 5th, the source launched a call for applications to recruit members of the top management of the ATA. The ministry said it is looking for "People of Togolese nationality, highly dedicated, combative, and entrepreneurial,...
A week ago, on December 6, the minister for investment promotion, Kayi Mivedor, met with actors of the Togolese private sector. The two parties discussed the Industrial Platform of Adetikope (PIA) and how the local private sector can gain from joining it.
"We would like, eventually, that the Togolese private sector, for its investment projects, reinvestment or diversification, thinks of...
Sandra Ablamba Johnson will attend the 2022 Gala Dinner of the African Observatory for the Promotion of Good Governance, an organization based in Côte d'Ivoire, which will be held on December 23. On the occasion, she will be doubly acknowledged for her good governance as the current Minister, and the Secretary General of the Togolese Presidency.
According to our sources, she will receive two...
In Togo, the Groupe de réflexion et d'action Femme, Démocratie et Développement (GF2D), has just obtained a grant of more than 150 million CFA ($250,000) for various awareness-raising activities targeting certain vulnerable social groups. This facility was recently symbolically received in Lomé by Michelle Aguey, its Secretary General, from the First Counselor at the American Embassy, Ronald...
Germany will provide Togo with over CFA13 billion to build important infrastructure in 60 of its municipalities. The deal was inked on December 8, 2022, between Togo and the German Development Bank, KfW, which will mobilize the funds. The 60 communes are located in the Plateaux, Central, and Kara regions.
The agreement results from the partnership between Germany and Togo, through the...