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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wants Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbé, to act as a mediator in the political conflicts affecting the West African region. The request comes in a context where ECOWAS is yet to have officially approved the request made by Mali’s ruling junta for Gnassingbé to mediate in the crisis prevailing in the country.
On a working visit to Lomé,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) will train and provide technical support to 80 youth-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Togo.
This is part of a mentoring program initiated and backed by the AfDB’s Multi-Donor Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Trust Fund (YEI MDTF).
Businesses that applied and were enrolled in the mentoring...
France will provide Togo a little more than CFA33 billion or €50 million to manage waste in its capital city Lomé, and build rural roads across the territory. The money will be disbursed as concessional loans through the French Development Agency (AFD).
In detail, the AFD will provide Togo with €20 million (around CFA13.2 billion) to partially finance stage four of the Urban...
In the recently-ended agricultural campaign, Togo had a rice deficit of 88,000 t. In this context, the country received 3,000 t of rice from Japan on May 12. The donation was received in Lomé by the Director of Cabinet of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Dindiogue Konlani.
The estimated cost of the rice given under the Kennedy Round 2020 project is CFA1.5 billion....
OMOA Group, a company specialized in digital payment, officially started operations in Togo on May 12, 2022. The group’s subsidiary, Operator Payment System, will contribute to Togo becoming an innovative service hub for digital skills and a reference in Africa.
OMOA will take steps to boost financial inclusion and bridging the gap between people and banks. It has committed to “foster...
Africa Ceo Forum and Ecobank will hold on May 19, 2022, a forum that will showcase investment opportunities in Togo.
Investir au Togo (Invest in Togo), as the program is called, will especially focus on opportunities available in the following sectors: infrastructure, agribusiness, digital, and energy.
The event will also host a panel on the Togolese ecosystem, especially its...
The Togolese ministry of trade has fixed a new ceiling on prices of necessities–VAT-exempt local and imported goods. The move follows the new increase in the price of petroleum products, due to a shift in oil and dollar rates, according to the government.
In detail, a 2.5 kg bowl of corn will now sell for 650 CFA francs in Greater Lomé and the Maritime region, 550 CFA francs in the Plateaux,...
Soon, the Togolese Public Procurement Regulator (ARMP) could oversee even Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). A draft decree was adopted by the council of ministers on May 11 in this framework. The decree covers the attributes, structure, and functioning of the new form of the regulator, the ARCOP.
Sources close to the matter told Togo First that the transformation should expand the...
Gathered for their weekly council on May 11, Togolese ministers issued a decree that defines the structure and functioning of the new National Fund for Culture Promotion (FNPC), formerly the Culture Support Fund or FAC launched in 2013.
The fund will aim “to bolster the cultural value chain through the professionalization of the sector and the emergence of true cultural and creative...
Lomé currently hosts the first edition of the Festival la Marmite (FESMA). The culinary event is organized by Focus Yakou Communication. Started on May 10th, it aims to get one or more Togolese meals on the UNESCO’s heritage list, like Senegal’s most famous meal, the Tiep Bou Dien.
The fair was officially launched by the minister of tourism, Kossi Lamadokou. It gathers cooks from all...
The Togolese state will spend 17.68 billion CFA on fertilizer subsidies in the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign. The figure was disclosed on May 9, by the Center for Input Supply and Management (CAGIA).
Already, the government said it has purchased 76,000 t of fertilizer for the campaign. It will pay a CFA13,000 subsidy for the 50-kg fertilizer bag which will thus cost farmers CFA18,000. "Today,...
GIZ, the German Cooperation Agency, will map out Togo’s digital actors. To this end, it has launched a project to collect data on key components of the Togolese digital entrepreneurship ecosystem, reads a statement released on May 10, 2022. On the same day, surveys related to the project were started and should cover the whole country.
The project, according to Urbain Amoussou, Mission Manager...
Launched in August 2021, WEZOU, a State program that supports pregnant women and newborns in Togo has already drawn over CFA950 million from the government. According to data recently published by the ministry responsible for universal access to healthcare, the program now covers 680 health centers across the country.
The CFA950 million it mobilized so far was used to enroll more than 160,000...
On May 9, 2022, the High Committee in charge of the African Roots and Diaspora Decade assessed major ongoing projects that fall under the Decade’s agenda. The meeting, chaired by the Togolese minister of foreign affairs, Robert Dussey, was held online.
In detail, the participants reviewed Morocco’s business forum project aimed at leveraging fintech to cut remittance costs, and Togo’s...
The Togolese Agency for Identification, ANID-TOGO, will partner with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to explore ways AI can help Togo better fight poverty. According to the Togolese Presidency, Annie Duflo, IPA’s executive director, met with President Faure Gnassingbé last Monday in Lomé to discuss the partnership.
"It was a great honor and pleasure to exchange with the President...
Like in the past years, Togo had an output surplus across several agricultural sub-sectors in the latest campaign. The ministry of agriculture, which disclosed the news, added that agricultural output increased by 3.56% overall.
In the cereal sector, there was a surplus of 179,000 t, including 159,000 t of corn. Roots and leguminous surpluses respectively stood at 751,700 t and 139,100 t. There...