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The Togolese government plans to allocate 8.75 billion CFA francs in 2026 to subsidize butane gas, according to figures in the state budget. The measure is intended to keep household gas prices affordable amid volatile international energy prices.
The allocation is slightly lower than the 9.6 billion CFA francs planned for 2025, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The reduction reflects a...
Togo’s biometric ID card registration drive is continuing in the Maritime region, with enrollment starting in Zio prefecture on Jan. 19, 2026. The launch follows a workshop held earlier this week in Tsévié on the grievance redress mechanism, organized by the Ministry of Public Service Efficiency and Digital Transformation and carried out by the National Identification Agency (ANID).
As in...
Togolese credit institutions accounted for 16.2% of cross-border financing extended to the 400 largest corporate borrowers in the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) at the end of September 2025, according to data from the BCEAO, the regional central bank.
Togo ranks among the leading contributors, behind Burkina Faso at 33.1%, Benin at 21.0%, and Niger at 17.2%. These countries share a similar...
ECOWAS Parliament Speaker Memounatou Ibrahima outlined West Africa’s priorities on electricity access and the energy transition at the 16th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 10-12.
Speaking at IRENA’s Legislators and Regulators Forum, the Togolese official pointed to a regional mismatch between strong renewable potential and limited...
Togo’s National Institute of Agricultural Training (INFA) in Tove and the NGO Young Volunteers for the Environment (JVE-Togo) have begun a study aimed at improving the sustainability of farming systems in the Plateaux-Ouest area.
The partners signed a scientific cooperation agreement on Jan. 14 in Tove, near Kpalime.
The study will focus on four prefectures, Danyi, Kpele, Kloto and Agou, and...
Infrastructure developers in Togo with early-stage projects are invited to apply for EU funding under the Global Gateway Early-Stage Investment Mechanism.
The programme supports early-stage infrastructure projects in EU partner countries, including Togo, and is part of the bloc’s Global Gateway strategy to boost sustainable long-term investment in partner economies.
Priority sectors include...
The Togo Bar Association has elected Sambiani Yobe as its new president. He took office late last week, succeeding Claude Folly Adama, whose term ended. Yobe is the 15th president in the Bar’s history.
He will lead the association for the next three years, with a mandate to protect the profession’s interests and uphold the rule of law. He will be supported by 12 advisers.
The inauguration...
Togo ended its term as rotating chair of the Council of Ministers of the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT) on Dec. 31, 2025, and Equatorial Guinea took over on Jan. 1, 2026.
Sandra Ablamba Johnson, minister and secretary-general of the presidency of the Council, presented a report on Togo’s tenure on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. After talks with AFRISTAT...
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) plans to set up an agri-tech complex focused on smart farming training in 2026, it said in the December 2025 issue of its quarterly magazine, Entrepreneurs Mag.
The centre will be located in Agbélouvé in the Maritime region and is one of the chamber’s flagship projects for 2026. CCI-Togo said the site will serve as both a training...
The Women in Energy Network-Africa (WEN-Africa) is holding a meeting in Lomé this week focused on reducing gender inequalities in the energy sector. The event brings together institutional partners under the theme “Addressing Gender Inequalities in Energy: Partnerships for Sustainability.”
The conference, which ends on Wednesday, includes panel discussions led by partner institutions and...
Commercial activity in Togo rebounded in October 2025 after a decline the previous month. The trade turnover index rose 2.8% month-on-month after falling 1% in September, BCEAO data showed.
The rebound was driven mainly by retail trade, which added 3 percentage points to monthly growth. However, auto and motorcycle trade and repairs, wholesale trade and intermediation slightly offset gains....
Deposits at Togo’s microfinance institutions rose by 11.9 billion CFA francs in the quarter, up 2.7%, according to BCEAO data. Growth lagged Burkina Faso and Senegal but outpaced Benin and Niger.
Lending, however, slowed. Loans outstanding fell by 7 billion CFA francs, a 1.9% quarterly decline, as financing conditions tightened and lenders grew more cautious. Togo and Mali were the only...
Togo has set up a National Forest Seed Centre (CNSF) to support forest development and climate change mitigation. The Ministry of Environment, Forest Resources, Coastal Protection and Climate Change officially launched the facility last week.
The centre will distribute high-quality planting material with strong genetic and physiological characteristics, adapted to the country’s different...
Making her first official visit to Togo since her appointment, Nathalie Kouassi Akon, IFC Regional Director for the Gulf of Guinea, arrived in Lomé to meet government officials and private sector leaders. The visit comes as Togo seeks to scale up private investment, amid persistent challenges related to industrial development, SME access to finance, and long-term capital mobilization.
In this...
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) and the University of Kara are preparing to formalise a partnership, the two institutions said after talks held on Monday in Lomé.
The discussions brought together University of Kara president Prénam Houzou-Mouzou and CCI-Togo’s commissioner for the services sector, Péyébinesso Limazié, and focused on cooperation in training and...
The Kozah 2 commune held its first ordinary session of 2026 last week in Pya, during which it presented an initial budget of 176.7 million CFA francs.
The budget is balanced at just over 176 million CFA francs. Operating expenditure totals 123.2 million CFA francs, nearly 70% of the budget, while investment spending amounts to 53.5 million CFA francs, or 30.3%.
In addition to budget...