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Egypt’s new ambassador to Togo, Ahmed El Samawi, recently met with the President of the Special Consular Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo, Nathalie Bitho. During the audience, El Samawi talked about Cairo’s interest in encouraging Egyptian businesses to invest in Togo.
Covid-19 has impaired efforts and economic assets but it is time activities between our two...
To develop the poultry, corn, rice, and tomato sectors by 2030, Togo greenlit last week a strategy that requires CFA1,800 billion.
This plan should raise corn yield per hectare from 1.23 metric tons now to 6 metric tons while expanding cultivated areas dedicated to the crop to 35,000 ha for a yield of 211,000 t. According to the FAO which led the plan’s elaboration, this ambition...
The government of Togo has launched a vaccine passport, in line with its Covid-19 vaccination strategy.
This passport is reliable, secure, and can be verified. “It is unforgeable, accessible to all, and proves that a person was fully vaccinated against Covid-19,” the government said.
Delivered freely, the official document contains information related to the required number of...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has disbursed additional financing of CFA5 billion for the Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed plant in Togo. The plant, which was inaugurated on June 22 by Faure Gnassingbé, had already benefited from a CFA7 billion facility from the regional lender.
The news was disclosed at the end of last week by the BOAD itself.
The new funds, the bank says, will...
India opened on Saturday, June 26, its embassy in Togo. That day, Sanjiv Tandon, the Indian ambassador to Togo, presented his credentials to Togo’s foreign affairs minister Robert Dussey.
The embassy was opened a day after Exim Bank of India signed an agreement to lend Togo CFA22 billion for a major electrification project covering 350 communities.
Also, Amea Power, an Indian power...
A few days ago, the executive board of the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) approved the disbursement of CFA10.7 billion for some agricultural development works in Togo.
The works, which fall under the PATA-OTI, a project covering the Oti region, will specifically be carried out in the fourth zone (Sadori, Fare, and Koukombou) and fifth zone (Nali and Koulifiekou) of this...
Jonas Aklesso Daou, CEO of Zener (formerly Sodigaz), won the African Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Bamako Forum held last month. The forum, a top-level brainstorming gathering focused on Africa’s future, is held once a year and it has been over the past two decades.
The award recognizes the commitment of the young Togolese entrepreneur, who, with his company, makes an...
Cocoa and coffee farmers will receive, in the coming agricultural campaign, 1,195,000 seedlings from the Technical Support and Council Institute (ICAT). These respectively break down into 635,000 coffee seedlings and 560,000 cocoa seedlings.
They were produced and picked by the ICAT to boost the country’s output, as performances in the previous campaign were...
A draft decree to identify the most relevant segments of Togo’s telecom sector was examined during the council of ministers held last Thursday.
The decree, which takes into account the sector’s needs and demands, also aims to find out who are the most “powerful” operators in the key segments identified.
The move, according to the government, aims to help optimize the...
Last Thursday, Cina Lawson, the Togolese Minister of digital economy and digitalization, inaugurated the Operating Maintenance Center-Radio, a facility tasked with monitoring, in real-time, the quality of mobile networks’ services in Togo.
Established by the ARCEP, the country’s telecoms regulator, the new center has cutting-edge technology directly connected to Moov and...
Next July 1st, a panel on agroindustrial transformation in Togo will be held during the Forum Afrique 2021. The information was disclosed by the event’s organizer, the Conseil français des investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN).
The panel will be hosted by Shegun Adjadi Bakari, the Presidential Advisor. He will showcase the efforts Togo made regarding agro-industrial transformation and also...
The council of ministers adopted last Wednesday a draft decree defining the ARCEP’s conflict resolution, sanctions, and conciliation processes. The ARCEP is Togo’s e-communication and posts regulator.
“This draft decree, which simultaneously aims to protect consumer rights and the interests of operators in the sector, aims to specify the rules for conciliation, the handling...
The World Bank announced last Thursday it approved additional financing of $20 million (about CFA11 billion) by the International Development Association (IDA) for Togo. The latter will use the funds to boost support to people who are most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the World Bank, the facility will be dedicated to the Social Nets and Services (FSB)...
Togo and Exim Bank of India signed on Wednesday, June 23, a financing agreement under which the former will provide the latter $40 million (about CFA22 billion) to supply power (PV solar) to 350 communities. The facility is the third credit line the Asian lender is giving the West African country, to boost electrification.
The money will serve to set up 2,000 solar irrigation systems...
The Adetikope Industrial Platform (PIA) authority is looking to buy teak wood from loggers operating across the country. The information was disclosed in a statement made available to Togo First.
Since it is now forbidden to export sawn timber in its raw and semi-raw forms in the Republic of Togo, the PIA is offering to purchase available teak wood stock from loggers, the statement reads....
Togocom, a telecom operator and Togolese subsidiary of the Malagasy group Axian, has partnered with RightCom, a startup specialized in the development and provision of experience management software.
RightCom, which is present in Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, and Ivory Coast, will help TogoCom automate its customer experience management and develop new tools to bolster this...