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Under the supervision of the Ministry of Health of Togo, the Industrial Platform of Adétikopé (PIA) launched on April 4, 2022, a campaign for free cataract surgery covering all the regions of Togo. The program, "Vision for All", is fully initiated and financed by ARISE IIP/PIA, and aims to provide ophthalmological treatment to the entire Togolese population.
In effect, the beneficiaries will...
Last Friday, Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA, met with Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe. On the occasion, he presented the leader with a project aimed at digitizing custom procedures along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
"We have already secured the funds needed to achieve this agenda. Currently, we are ready to work with ECOWAS and the Togolese government. The thing now is to see to what...
The Autonomous Financing Company for Road Maintenance of Togo (SAFER) is seeking a consultant to audit all the works it has financed in 2021-2022. The related call for interest was published on May 3, 2022, in Togo Presse, a local newspaper.
The recruited consultant will, in effect, conduct a technical and financial audit of the road maintenance programs carried out by the Public...
Launched four years ago, Togo’s Employment Opportunities for Vulnerable Youth (EJV) project has come to an end. It received a "Highly Satisfactory Rating" from the World Bank, which supports the initiative, on April 29, during a closing workshop in Lomé.
Besides the World Bank and the Ministry of Grassroots Development, the meeting brought together various actors and beneficiaries, including...
In Togo, the 50-kg fertilizer bag (151515 NPK; 46% N Urea) will be sold at CFA18,000 during the upcoming agricultural season. Set by the government, the price was disclosed by the minister of agriculture, Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni.
Though it is 44% more than the price set last year (CFA12,500), the new price is lower than the region’s average – between CFA19,000 and CFA25,000, depending on the...
Togo retained CFA33 billion from investors in its latest issue on the WAMU securities market, on April 29, 2022.
Overall, Lomé mobilized 40 billion from 14 regional investors, while it was seeking CFA30 billion–thus representing a 133% subscription rate.
For this operation, the treasury issued recovery bonds with a nominal value of CFA10,000, a maturity period of 120 months, and a fixed...
Between 2020 and 2021, the waiting time of ships in port on the Togolese coast, ie, vessels that anchor in territorial waters around the port infrastructure waiting to call or not, has fallen from about 27 hours to 22 hours. This is according to data provided by the Ministry in charge of the maritime economy.
Over the period, container transit time fell from 13.4 to 11.45 days for containers...
Consequent to receiving the parliament’s approval last Friday, April 22, the Togolese government said it will officially apply to join the Commonwealth next June.
The application will be submitted during the Commonwealth Summit in Rwanda. Christian Trimua, the Togolese minister of human rights, said the move would mark the beginning of a new phase in the adhesion process, which Lomé intends...
The Togolese government has spent in April alone more than 12 billion CFA on fuel subsidies. “Regarding petroleum products subsidies, we have exceeded CFA12 billion for April alone,” Kodjo Adedze, Minister of Trade, told journalists during a press conference on April 28, 2022. He co-hosted the conference alongside his peers, the minister of human rights, the minister of communication...
By the end of the year, Togo will have its very own agricultural processing agency, towards accelerating the sector’s development. This was disclosed Wednesday, April 26, by President Faure Gnassingbé, during his address to the nation on the 62nd independence anniversary of the country.
The agency is already being set up, according to the minister of communication Prof. Akodah Ayewouadan....
Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, former governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) was made Grand Officer of the Order of Mono by Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbé, on Tuesday, April 6.
Through the distinction, the Togolese people are showing recognition to Koné who is –since April 19– Côte d’Ivoire’s Vice-President. According to the Togolese presidency, the ...
To counter the rising inflation and consequent cost of living in his country, President Faure Gnassingbé, announced four measures during his address to the nation on the 62nd anniversary of Togo’s independence.
The first measure concerns public servants, parapublic workers, and retirees. From next month to the end of the year, they will be exempted from reimbursing the one-year front...
The new ambassadors of the USA and Brazil to Togo, respectively Elizabeth Fitzsimmons and Nei Futuro Bitencourt, presented their credentials to the Togolese Head of State, President Faure Gnassingbé, on Tuesday 26 April 2022.
On this occasion, they reviewed their bilateral cooperation with Lome and discussed the opportunities for political and economic cooperation.
Economy, good governance,...
The construction of the new building of Lomé’s main market resumed on the morning of April 26.
The works thus resume after a two-year hiatus spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic. They were launched by Minister Zouréhatou Kassa-Traoré.
At the time of its launch, it was announced that the building would be a modern 5-level commercial building covering an area of 8656 m2. According to...
The Togo Aquaculture Development Project (PDAT) is beginning to show "satisfactory" results on Lake Nangbeto. The statement was made by Edem Kokou Tengue, Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection, after visiting the Lake last Friday.
Launched in 2020, the PDAT which aims to boost local tilapia production, provided Nangbétô’s fishermen with CFA380 million worth of...
Togo’s Food Security Agency (ANSAT) launched, on April 25, the second phase of its nationwide campaign to purchase rice from producers. More than CFA140 million will be poured into the phase.
Already, the agency has bought 200 t of Paddy rice at CFA32 million in Kpendjal, and 100 t at CFA16 million in the Oti.
The campaign will help the agency boost its food stock, hence enabling it to cope...