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Lomé-based pan-African banking conglomerate Ecobank is one of the winners of 2020 Speak Up Africa Awards. Awarded by Speak Up Africa, an advocacy and policy action tank, the prize celebrates “individuals and organizations that demonstrate exemplary leadership and bring a positive impact through their work and initiatives.”
Ecobank received the award for its commitment to fighting malaria....
In Togo, Maison Junior plans to train 15 young Togolese in audiovisual writing. In this framework, the association which provides such training in many African countries has partnered with Yobo Studios.
The two partners have launched a call for applications to give a 10-month training on writing for animated series, fiction, and TV magazines.
The fifteen young Togolese who will be...
The National Agency for the Promotion and Guarantee of Financing to SME and SMIs (ANPGF), the Artisans Savings and Loans Cooperative (CECA), and Togo’s General Society of Windmills (SGMT) sealed last week a partnership to launch a credit line for bread makers in Togo.
With this facility, bakers will be able to get loans at favorable rates, enabling them to purchase modern equipment and...
Due to a Covid-19 outbreak, the West Africa Cement plant has shut down for two weeks.
“On October 30, 2020, the national coordinator in charge of the response against Covid-19 informed me about an outbreak at the WACEM, a company located in the free trade zone,” reads an official note from the minister of trade and industry.
The closure is to prevent the virus from spreading...
So far this year, the Togolese digital payment Semoa has handled CFA1 billion worth of transactions for its clients. This is very encouraging according to the fintech with greater ambitions.
“With one billion CFA worth of transactions recorded in 2020, via big banks in the country, a new milestone has been reached,” sources at the startup indicated.
Launched by Edem Adjamagbo,...
The national health insurance institute (INAM) will spend more than CFA686 million to acquire a system to produce Secure cards for its clients.
The move is driven by INAM's desire to provide better services to its customers and tackle fraud more efficiently.
The system will be delivered by Suris and Help, two French companies selected following a tender launched in June 2020. Two...
The US Department of Agriculture has donated more than 600 tons of rice, bulgur, oil, lentils, and soybeans to Togo, in support of its school canteen program. The foodstuff, destined for around 66,000 Togolese students, was secured through the Catholic Relief Services, a humanitarian organization active in more than 30 African countries.
The donation is the first of many which should...
During its first council of ministers, the new Dogbé government examined the first draft of a bill aimed at restructuring the military over the 2020-2025 period.
The move aims at helping Togo reinforce its defense and keep the population safe, in a context where terrorism is gaining grounds in the region.
The law concerning the army’s restructuring falls under the first axis...
The Autonomous Port of Lomé (PAL) authority has completed the digitalization of procedures for clearing goods and stopped cash payments at its windows.
According to the statement disclosing the information, clearance payments will now be made only through T-Money, Flooz, and bank wiring. In this framework, the PAL has activated, in partnership with banks and mobile operators a dedicated...
In Togo, volunteer teachers will benefit from new financing under the Novissi program. The news which was disclosed yesterday at the end of the first council of ministers of the Dogbé government aligns with authorities’ ambition to accelerate the resumption of classes.
The government took steps to disburse a new tranche of funds before school resumption; in line with an...
Following a bill adopted last January, it will soon be mandatory for Togolese officials and all public workers exposed to corruption and related offenses to declare their properties and assets.
According to the report of the ministers' council held on October 28, a draft organic law has been reviewed to set the content, organization, and functioning of the services of the Mediator of the...
After being shut down for 8 months, places of worship, churches, and mosques notably, have been allowed to fully resume activity all over the country except in Grand Lomé which covers the Golfe and Agoè-Niyvé prefectures. These prefectures are the primary centers of the pandemic in Togo.
The decision was taken on October 28, 2020, at a council of ministers. According to the meeting’s...
Adama Mawulé Kpodar is the new director of Togo's national administration school (ENA). The public law professor was appointed last Wednesday at a council of ministers.
Before his appointment, Prof. Kpodar was the vice president of the University of Kara.
Established in 1958, the ENA is a top-level institution that trains the public administration’s senior and middle...
Togo is studying the possibility of joining the Global Green Growth Institute. The project was discussed on Tuesday at the ministers’ council.
In effect, the government is reviewing a draft bill relative to the adhesion which should mark a greater commitment to sustainable development.
Based in Seoul, South Korea, the Global Green Growth Institute promotes low-carbon sustainable...
Last Tuesday, BBOXX-EDF and Canal + Togo launched together, a new TV offer for rural populations.
The offer, payable over 36 months, includes a Canal + Home Premium package (160 international, African TV and radio stations) and a BBOXX solar kit. According to Patrick Emungu, managing director of BBOXX-EDF Togo, “as long as a customer’s power subscription is active, he will enjoy Canal...
Congruent with its modernization efforts, the University of Lomé (UL) received last Tuesday a new IT and audiovisual equipment from the UN Development Program (UNDP). The tools, worth more than CFA52 billion, were provided under a partnership between the UN body and public universities.
For the UL which has been investing more in online training due to Covid-19 restrictions, the support...