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In Togo, the block-release training institute for development (IFAD) of Elavagnon will be giving online and distance classes since schools and other training centers have been closed due to the current Covid-19 outbreak.
In effect, the institute where aquaculture is taught will make sure learning continues while waiting for live classes to restart when current restrictions imposed to...
An average surplus of 70,000 tons of grains (corn, sorghum, millet, local rice) was recorded in the 2019-2020 campaign. This was reported by the managing director of Togo’s agency for food security (ANSAT), Ouro-Koura Agadazi.
Regardless of the surplus, says ANSAT’s head, “many grain production areas currently have stocks that have not been distributed.” There is, for example,...
Recent debt relief measures will have very little impact on Togo’s needs for financing, according to US rating agency Moody’s.
In a recent assessment of the Togolese economy released on April 27, 2020, the agency explains that for 2020, debt servicing to official lenders (bilateral and multilateral) equals only 1% of the GDP, while payment of external interest rates for its part...
Launched three weeks ago in the Grand Lomé region, the Novissi scheme has now been extended to the Tchaoudjo prefecture (330km from Lomé).
All informal workers, above 18 years old, who have a valid voter’s ID and can prove they have lost their income due to the Covid-19 response are eligible to benefit from the scheme.
Beneficiaries, women, and men, respectively get XOF12,500...
Edem Kokou Agbobli, PhD in communications, will be promoted on July 13 to the prestigious position of vice-Chancellor of research, creation and dissemination at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The university’s board of directors appointed him during its meeting on April 30.
"It is with pleasure that I welcome Christian Agbobli to the UQAM management team. His scientific...
Yesterday, May 3, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, officially started his new five-year term as head of Togo. The leader was sworn in in the presence of various officials and important figures.
“I, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, elected President of the Republic, following the Laws of the Republic, solemnly swear to respect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Togo, to loyally fulfill the...
Togo’s ministry of health has announced that the National Institute of Hygiene (INH) will set up an office in Kara (412 km north of Lomé) to better manage the Covid-19 outbreak.
The decision comes as multiple cases were recently discovered in the northern part of the country (7 cases in the Mô prefecture and one in Wawa). The cases, according to official sources, returned from...
To help the agricultural sector face the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lomé has decided to deploy a tailored response plan. The latter will support farmers and boost the country’s output.
The plan seeks to increase the sector’s revenues by around XOF230 billion. To this end, it has set target outputs for cotton to 225,000 tons, nearly 2 million tons for corn, around 332,598 tons...
The African Development Bank will spend an additional €12.33 million in the construction of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
This was disclosed last Wednesday in an official statement from the pan-African institution. In the document, the AfDB said it approved the funds’ provision to the Ecowas commission two weeks ago. The money will be used to partly pay studies for the...
The Coronavirus is disrupting supply circuits across African borders. For example, Kobo360, the Nigerian Uber-like app for trucks, said that 30% of its fleet is inactive due to the various measures taken by governments to contain the outbreak.
“There is no clarity around what can move around...or what is essential transportation,” said the startup’s co-founder, Ife Oyedele. He added...
Launched three weeks ago, the Novissi cash transfer scheme has provided nearly XOF4.86 billion to populations that are most affected by the government’s Covid-19 response.
In detail, more than 1.275 million people registered to benefit from the initiative. Out of these, 475,579 have so far been declared eligible to get the money. Out of the eligible are 166,913 men and the rest...
The World Bank will provide Togo $8.1 million to help it fight the coronavirus.
The funds will enhance the country's testing capacities and healthcare, by acquiring and setting up a mobile laboratory, treatment centres, and buying top-notch medical equipment. “They will surely improve Togo’s reaction against the pandemic,” said Hawa Wague, resident representative of the World...
On April 29, the World Bank approved the disbursement of $273 million for Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger, by its International Development Association (IDA).
The funds are allocated for the West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) program. The latter, which is currently in its second phase, seeks to facilitate access to services for people in the...
Togo will set up a coastal protection entity as part of the second phase of the multinational project for the rehabilitation of the Lomé-Cotonou road.
In this framework, the ministry of infrastructure and transport launched a call for manifestation of interest to hire a firm that will conduct studies related to the project. The deadline for the submission of applications is May 26,...
In Togo, the minister of agriculture, Noel Bataka, just gave 72 agricultural tractors to farmers.
The donation falls under a project steered by the MIFA and KFB Group, a private firm.
The tractors, which cost a total of XOF1.8 billion, will help sustainably develop food production chains, “through improved agricultural practices which increase output and boost food security,”...
The ceremony will take place in the afternoon (4 PM), at the presidential palace.
The information was disclosed by the Constitutional Court which stressed that given the actual health crisis, the event will be organized in a very simple manner, with a limited number of people.
Faure Gnassingbé won the elections (held on February 22, 2020) with more than 70% of the votes. For his...