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Togo seeks a consulting firm that will carry out a study assessing the living conditions of people located in the country’s mining areas. This falls under its Projet de Développement et de Gouvernance Minière - PDGM (Project for Development and Mining Governance).
In depth, Lomé’s goal is to know more about the positive and negative impacts of the mining sector on women and other...
After Lomé, where it started operations in 2018, Gozem is expanding to Kara, northern Togo.
Initially, only the firm’s zemidjan (moto-taxi) service will be available in the city. Other offers such as taxis, tricycles (for people and goods) should follow later.
Gozem is an uber-like startup founded by Nigerian Emeka Ajene. It operates through an app available on the Google Play...
Turkey’s minister of foreign affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, is currently in Lomé.
The official’s visit aligns with the Asian nation’s will to boost its bilateral -diplomatic and economic- relations with Togo. In this framework, Ankara announced it would increase its investments in Togo in response to Lomé’s desire to build new partnerships with Turkish private businesses, in line...
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) plans to set up at the University of Lomé a state-of-the-art biogas production unit.
A virtual workshop was held last week at the WASCAL’s headquarters, which is located at the university. The meeting focused on laying foundations for the project, which falls under the Programme de développement des...
Togo could lose as much as XOF200 billion of tax revenues by the end of 2020. The information was relayed by the country’s minister of finance, Sani Yaya, who indicated on the same occasion that Togo was already recording a deficit of XOF35 billion in its tax income.
The official attributes the negative forecast to the cancellation of many taxes and customs duties in support of...
Togo’s minister of trade has recently ordered audits to “uncover the truth” about the alleged financial scandal involving the committee in charge of monitoring fluctuations in prices of petroleum products - the CSFPP.
The news, reported by Komlan Kondo who is the new coordinator of the CSFPP, comes after the dismissal of his predecessor, Francis Sossa Adjakly.
The Petrolegate...
For the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the ministry of economy and finance is hiring firms to audit the accounts of businesses, public companies, funds, or independent institutions that benefit from state subsidies. The related tender will close on August 14, 2020.
The audit is to check if the funds provided by the States to the aforementioned parties were used as intended.
Firms...
Works to asphalt the 30km-long national road N°17 from Katchamba (in the Kara region) to Sadori (in the Savanes region) are scheduled to commence this semester. The news was disclosed by the minister of infrastructure and transport, Zouréhatou Kassa-Traoré.
Financed by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD), with XOF20 billion, the project will ease traffic along the...
Togo just received €10 million (XOF6.5 billion) to build and rehabilitate infrastructures that supply drinking water, in line with its PASCOO project. The latter aims at improving sanitary conditions in rural areas and schools across the country.
The donation made by the French Development Agency (AFD) will be dedicated to the Savanes and Kara regions. The related agreement was...
The latest updates on the Covid-19 in Togo reflect relative stability in the contagion rate and improvements regarding recoveries. The figures were disclosed on July 15 during the weekly press conference of the national team that coordinates the response to the pandemic (CNGR).
“Last week, from July 1 to 7, we confirmed 39 new cases and 65 recoveries. This week, from July to 14, we...
On July 15, 2020, the Togolese Chamber of Trade and Industry (CCIT) launched a project to open an incubator of industrial businesses.
The project carried out in partnership with the International Federation of Consular Chambers for Africa (FICA) aims to support Togolese SMEs and SMIs and foster local processing and products. The incubator will be situated in the Agbelouve...
Togo’s water utility, Société Togolaise des Eaux (TDE), has launched an international tender to purchase equipment it needs for expanding its infrastructure network.
Firms eligible to bid must specialize in the manufacturing and sale of equipment such as connection tools, spare parts, and water meters which the TDE seeks.
The tender notice was issued a few days after public...
Last week, the Higher authority for the prevention and fight against corruption and related offenses (HAPLUCIA) met with actors engaged in the fight against corruption. The theme of the meeting was “Fighting corruption via efficient and effective legal systems.”
The meeting, organized on the 4th African Anti-Corruption day, was opened by Pius Agbétomey, Togo’s minister of...
To hasten their economic recovery, post-Covid-19, West African nations should rely on their youth. The statement was made by the African Development Bank in its recent regional economic outlook for 2020.
In the report, the institution said “West Africa’s burgeoning youth population offers a strategic workforce which can be harnessed for employment and economic growth, despite a...
Last year, youth and female entrepreneurs won around XOF30 billion of public contracts. This is compared to 12 billion the year before - which was the first year the Togolese government made effective its decision to set aside 20% of all its contracts to this group of entrepreneurs.
The figure was disclosed recently by the minister of youth, Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé, in a Facebook live. On...
In the framework of the first edition of The Nest Afrique Francophone contest, Paul Harry Aithnard, regional director of Ecobank, announced the bank’s commitment to financially back 20 bankable projects identified by its relationship management team.
The 20 projects concerned fall under the second edition of a pro-entrepreneurship investment program led by Reckya Madougou’s think tank....