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Last week, the KYA-Energy Group delivered ten automated solar-powered handwashing kits to the ECOWAS Investment and Development Bank (BIDC) in Lomé.
Called KYA-SolWasherKit, the tools were made by a local solar power startup, Kya Energy Group. They are equipped with presence detectors, automatic soap, and water suppliers.
The move is the startup’s contribution to the fight against the...
Togo to seek XOF20 billion on regional financial market next week, its last issuance for the quarter
By June 5, Togo will attempt raising XOF20 billion on the WAEMU stock market. The money will be used by Lomé to finance its 2020 budget.
The funds should be raised by issuing fungible treasury bonds, at a nominal value of XOF1 million per unit, and a one-year maturity period. The bonds will start taking value on June 8 and reimbursement will commence on June 6, 2021.
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Togo’s ministry of culture, tourism, and leisure will rehabilitate the Kara hotel in the northern part of the country.
Rehabilitation works, which were divided into three parts will be financed by the Fund for the Promotion and Development of Tourism (FPDT).
In line with this project, the ministry of tourism has launched a tender which closes on June 11, 2020. Bidders can apply...
The UN development program’s office in Togo plans to set 6,894 solar light poles in the Maritime, Plateaux, Central, Kara, and Savanes regions.
The project will accelerate the country’s national electrification strategy and help get it closer to its goal of making renewables 50% of its energy mix by 2030.
In this framework, UNDP-Togo has launched a pre-qualification bid to...
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Togolese authorities plan to test more people and actively monitor suspected cases.
The information was recently given by the national coordination team for the Covid-19 response. According to the latter, Lomé’s strategy revolves around testing suspects, quarantining and treating them, and finally tracking them.
In line with this...
It is now possible in Togo to pay registration fees for commercial cases with prepaid cards. This adds to the already existing option allowing the use of Tmoney and Flooz to make this payment.
The new mode of payment aims at allowing holders of banking cards (MasterCard, Visa) who do not have a mobile money account to also easily submit their cases to the court.
The various...
Last week, the Nunya Lab incubator trained around 460 local artisans to make efficient face masks.
The goal of the lab is to produce one million, washable and reusable masks. This output, which will be subsidized, should be made available to the Togolese population, protecting more against the Covid-19 pandemic.
In the framework of the training, the incubator partnered with the...
Ecobank Group and Google are teaming up to help African SMEs keep pace in a fast-growing digital world. The partners announced they will develop a range of digital solutions that aim to make banking operations easier for customers. The packages will be available to Ecobank’s SME customers in May 2020.
“We are delighted to collaborate with Google to offer timely and relevant solutions,...
The agricultural processing areas that the Togolese government plans to set up, mainly through the creation of agropoles, will be developed through public-private partnerships (PPP). The elaboration of this strategy, as well as the instruments and incentives for its implementation, will be entrusted to a firm, to be selected by the government.
This firm will be responsible for proposing...
By mid-May, Benin, Togo, Guinea, and Mauritania managed to build up their entire fertilizer stocks, despite the drastic measures -border closures notably- aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Because of these measures, for several weeks, there was an atmosphere of uncertainty as to whether the agricultural campaign would start or not.
On the eve of the new season, the...
In a recent memo, Togo’s minister of agriculture, Noel Bataka, has urged all actors of the local poultry industry, especially importers and suppliers, to “take all immediate measures, through clear and concise contracts, to clear poultry products in stock and to ensure a regular supply of local poultry.”
In this framework, the ministry of agriculture issued an order giving 15 days,...
In Togo, the project supporting employment and insertion of youth in promising sectors (PAEIJ-SP) just partnered with four new microfinance institutions. These are UMECTO (which operates in all economic regions of the country), Coopec ADESEM (active in the central region), CEF MEF (central and kara regions), and Coopec SIFA (Savanes).
The institutions were selected through a call for...
Yesterday, May 19, the minister of agriculture, Noel Bataka, officially launched the 2020-2021 cotton campaign in Kara (412 km north of Lomé).
According to the official, “it is imperative to increase sowing areas, boost output, productivity, and farmers’ income.” However, he stressed on the need to take into account current limitations that emerged due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
The Togolese anti-pandemic mixed special task force, FOSAP, seized last week 285 cannabis bread pieces which were being smuggled into Togo, from Ghana.
The task force announced the seizure yesterday, May 19, indicating that it took place during a routine control at the border.
It was also during one of the new force’s routine controls that nearly 1,000 Togolese citizens were...
The new head of the Togolese power utility (CEET) is Laré Santiégou. He was recently appointed to replace Pauli Kakatsi Mawussi who had been holding the position since 2016 (and in 2009-2011 before that).
Before coming to the CEET, Santiégou was the chief of BBOXX Togo which is active on the CIZO rural electrification project. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Contour Global,...
The University of Lomé (UL) currently plans to launch a radio station. Called Campus FM, the project is supported by the European Union.
In the framework of the project, an ad hoc commission was set up and tasked to elaborate a draft editorial guideline, a charter of ethics and deontology as well as a bylaw for the planned media. On May 19, 2020, this commission handed its report to Prof Dodji...