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Togo has joined the Covax Initiative, which is aimed at accelerating the access of African countries to Covid-19 vaccines.
Prime Minister Victoire Sidemeho Tomegah-Dogbe mentioned this during an extraordinary general assembly of the United Nations devoted to the fight against the pandemic. Held on December 3 and 4, the meeting took place virtually.
According to Tomegah-Dogbe, the...
To better secure its digital ecosystem and protect users against cybercrime, notably, Togo plans to set up a Personal Data Protection Authority (IPDCP).
A draft decree in relation to the project, which falls under the law on the protection of personal data (passed about a year ago), was discussed last Wednesday during the council of ministers held that day.
The IPDCP will carry out...
In Togo, six associations and federations of road hauliers formed the Togolese Road Hauliers Employers Organisation (FPT2R), on December 8, 2020.
Among the six that came together, there is the Union Nationale des Transporteurs Routiers du Togo (Unatrot), the Union des Syndicats des Conducteurs Routiers du Togo (Usycort), and the Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs des Transports du Togo...
Starting next April, it will be possible for anyone to get their criminal records online. The date was set during the latest council of ministers held on December 9, 2020.
The project, which aims to modernize Togolese justice, was initiated three years ago. In effect, it will enable Togolese citizens to proceed to complete application and payment procedures necessary to obtain their record...
The Togolese government is working on a plan to develop the coastline and coastal area. A draft bill on the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline was reviewed by the Council of Ministers gathered on December 08, 2020.
Beyond developing the economic and tourist potential of the coastal strip (which spans about 50km), the authorities want to improve its management.
This...
This year (2020), the West African Development Bank (BOAD) approved the disbursement of CFA652.8 billion for multiple projects in the eight WAEMU states it covers.
Among others, the regional institution injected CFA20 billion in the installation and exploitation of a cement factory by CIMCO SA, provided Togo CFA25 billion to pay part of the energy debt it owes Nigeria.
The BOAD also...
On Dec. 8, the ministers of industry and experts from the OAPI’s 17 member States gathered in Lomé for the 60th ordinary session of the entity’s administration council.
The meeting was held at the 2 Février hotel. It was chaired by Togo’s minister of trade, transport, industry, private sector development and local consumption promotion, and chairman of the OAPI’s administration...
In Togo, Gozem drivers can now get low-cost loans from Coris Bank International Togo to buy bikes.
A partnership was signed by the transport startup and the lender on December 8, 2020, in this framework. According to Gozem, it aligns with its Vehicle Financing Solutions program which makes it easier to buy new vehicles at a cheap cost.
In detail, only the best drivers will be...
Announced a few weeks ago, the law of military programming covering the 2021-2025 period was adopted on December 8 by the Togolese assembly.
With this legal tool, Togo wants its army to adapt to new security contingencies and emerging threats.
Most importantly, the programming will involve planning on how much military expenses will amount to, over the period concerned and how these...
Abidjan-based Bourse régionale des valeurs mobilières (BRVM), WAEMU’s stock market, plans to open an office in Togo.
The news was disclosed by the institution’s director-general, Edoh Kossi Amenounve, last week after a meeting with Togolese PM Victoire Tomégah Dogbé.
“We want to make sure that the financial market can support the State and the private sector in financing...
Construction works for the new market of Tsévié (around 36 km from Lomé) are 96% complete.
Progress on the project was assessed by Prime Minister Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé who carried out a field visit at the site on December 7, 2020.
The new market is built-in line with the modernity standards set by the Agence d’Exécution des Travaux Urbains du Togo (AGETUR-TOGO). It covers...
Last Thursday, Togo’s PM, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbé, launched in Kpovégan (in the Haho prefecture located 100 km from Lomé) the Rural Roads Support Program (PAPR).
This is one of the flagship programs of the government’s new five-year development roadmap. In its framework, rural roads will be built to foster physical and economic integration in rural areas where cotton, coffee, and...
Togo’s new center for intellectual property documentation (CDPI) was inaugurated on December 4, 2020, by Denis L. Bohoussou, Director-General of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI). Present at the inauguration ceremony were representatives from the ministry of trade, industry, and local consumption.
The center which cost CFA500 million was financed by the pan-African...
After months of talks between negotiators from the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the two parties reached an agreement on a political treaty that will replace the Cotonou Agreement. The latter which has already expired was signed in 2000 and regulated free-trade between ACP states and the EU.
The new agreement, reached...
The Economic Governance Support Project (PAGE) will finance the elaboration of a manual to reinforce deputies’ capabilities concerning the assessment of projects that fall under the Finance Act.
In a context where Togo switched to a program-budget model, the projected manual will be structured so that deputies will be updated regarding budgetary principles, procedures involved in the...
SouthBridge Group advised Togo regarding the transfer of the Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo and Adédikopé’s integrated industrial platform (PIA) to Olam and its subsidiary Arise Special Economic Zone, respectively.
According to a recent statement, the pan-African finance and investment consulting firm is a strategic partner in the two major deals.
Regarding the PIA, the...