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The Centre des Techniques Avancées (Center for Advanced Techniques) is the name of the new incubation center the Togolese government is setting up at the Chinese Center for Agricultural Techniques in Zanguera (a northwestern suburb of Lomé).
Last Tuesday, during a webinar co-organized by NEPAD and Ecobank, the minister of agriculture, Noël Bataka Koutera, said the government is looking...
Solar solution provider Bboxx just launched a new product: bPower20.
The product, designed for rural households and energy-efficient microenterprises, would first be deployed in Togo, Rwanda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - all markets where the firm operates. Other countries where Bboxx is active should follow by 2021.
“Thanks to a decade of experience and...
Togo’s power utility, Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET), will purchase nearly €2.5 million worth of new connection equipment. This will include anti-fraud equipment.
Following a bid tender, French firm Michaud Export won the contract for the project. The firm, let it be highlighted, is present in 70 countries and has a capital of €60 million.
Equipment...
Togo will review its national development plan to adapt to the coronavirus crisis which affects both the local and global economy.
This was announced by the minister of economy and finance, Sani Yaya, at the beginning of the 19th national review of reforms’ performances.
On the occasion, the official declared: “We can learn a lot from the Covid-19 pandemic (...), especially...
Major actors of Togo’s tourism have gathered in Kpalimé since last Wednesday to update laws regulating the sector.
At the end of the meeting, the country should have new laws that are better adapted to current needs and community policies.
For the government and concerned actors, the main objective is to make the tourism industry more competitive and attractive, and ultimately...
Works for the Adetikope industrial zone have started. The project, steered by ARISE IIP, covers 400 ha of land and is situated 27km from the port of Lomé.
The industrial platform will enable investors to build factories that will process local products in situ. It will include 700-truck parking, a 12,500 TEU container storage space, a loading and unloading warehouse, a storage unit...
The State secretary in charge of financial inclusion and the informal sector will set up a CFA20 billion credit line for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Togo. The move aligns with measures announced at the recent State summit held concerning the response to Covid-19.
An agreement was signed last Friday by the National Fund for Inclusive Finance (FNFI) and Orabank-Togo in this...
For its third simultaneous bond issue on the UMOA-securities market this year, Togo garnered more than CFA76 billion. The operation which closed last Friday thus recorded a subscription rate of 255% since the country was seeking CFA30 billion.
While both issues involved fungible treasury bonds, their maturity periods differ. The first, which enabled Togo to mobilize over CFA50 billion from...
After serving as head of the EU delegation in Togo for the past three years, Cristina Martins Barreira ended her mandate in the country last week.
In this framework, she was received on August 21 by Togolese PM, Komi Selom Klassou who bid her farewell. “From Togo, I keep in mind the welcome of the Togolese people, good relations with authorities. I have always felt at home and I...
Yesterday, the ministry of health received 20 all-terrain vehicles from the World Bank. The move, which supports Togo's Covid-19 response, falls under the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement Program (REDISSE) of the Bretton Woods institution.
The vehicles, worth CFAF 350 million, were received by the minister of health, Prof. Mustapha Mijiyawa, in the presence of the WB's...
A $365,000 cash transfer fund will be set up in Togo for local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In its pilot stage, 50 enterprises will be selected to be supported by the fund.
The UNDP and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), which are spearheading the scheme, are seeking a microfinance institution that will facilitate MSMEs'...
On August 19, Togo and the Republic of Congo signed multiple political and economic cooperation agreements.
The documents were signed by the nations' ministers of foreign affairs, Robert Dussey and Claude Gakosso. The latter was in Togo for an official visit.
The first agreement signed concerns the reciprocal exemption of diplomatic and service visas between the two countries,...
Togo's water utility, Togolaise des Eaux (TdE), inaugurated on 18 August 2020 two new commercial agencies, in Adétikopé (Agoè-Nyivé prefecture) and Djagblé (Zio prefecture) respectively.
According to TdE’s management, the agencies will provide water to people of these localities and enable the company to offer its customers better services.
"After completing these facilities as part of...
Serge Ekue is the new boss of the West African Development Bank (BOAD). The Beninese thus takes the place of his fellow countryman, Christian Adovelande, who had been in office since 8 February 2011.
In a statement issued by the Bank, Togo’s minister of economy and current chairman of the WAMU council of ministers, Sani Yaya, announced Ekue’s appointment - a decision that was approved during...
In the past soybean marketing year (Oct. 2019 to July 2020), Togo’s export revenues amounted to around CFA 50 billion. The figure was disclosed last week by the interprofessional soybean council and relayed by republiquetogolaise.com.
Overall, the country which is striving to become a leading producer of organic soybean produced 167,100 tons of soybeans (organic and non-organic) over the...
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) seeks consultants to implement a program to strengthen electricity grid infrastructure in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
A call for proposals was launched in this framework. Applicants picked for the project will work closely with power companies, country regulators, and the ECOWAS regional center for renewable...