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Yesterday, Togo’s chamber of commerce (CCIT) signed with the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) a partnership agreement to improve access to bank financing for business operators.
This was on the sidelines of a forum that regrouped industrialists, entrepreneurs, merchants and many others. The forum’s theme was: “Facilitating Access to Bank Financing for Togolese Businesses by Leveraging...
Togo will take part in the Expo 2020 Dubai which is set to take place between October 20, 2020 and April 10, 2021. This was announced by Kueku-Banka Johnson, general commissioner of Togo for the event.
Under the theme “Connecting minds, Creating the future,” the expo will regroup 192 countries and 25 million visitors, according to its promoters.
It should be noted that in line with the...
Togo and the permanent secretariat of the International Labour Organization (ILO) have inked an agreement to improve access to decent jobs in the country, with a focus on youth, women, and the disabled.
The agreement, a memorandum of understanding, falls under the Decent Work Country-Programme. It was signed yesterday in Lomé, by the government, the employers’ association, and ILO....
In Togo, Lomé’s biggest market will be rebuilt. An international tender has been launched to this end by the procurement cell at the prime minister’s office.
Only 17 companies can bid for the project which is divided into four parts, knowingly: site development, leveling, major works; secondary works; network installation, high and low power, carpentry and metalworks.
Interested...
Lomé is currently holding a three-day regional meeting gathering nine West African Francophone countries and top-level experts in the framework of a meeting of the West African Health Organization (WAHO).
The theme of the event which began on September 17 is: “How to achieve universal health coverage faster? Community health officers, a key link.” Through the meeting, the OOAS and other...
The tertiary sector contributes nearly 60% of Togo’s GDP, according to the latest data released by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
In detail, the sector, at end-April this year, had contributed 59.1% of gross domestic GDP valued at XOF2,935.7 billion. At end-June, it soared to 59.9%, thus representing a 0.8% increase.
Meanwhile, the primary and secondary sectors...
A Burundian delegation from the Rural Microcredit Fund (FMCR) is currently in Togo, precisely at the National Fund for Inclusive Finance (FNFI), to tap into the country’s experience relative to inclusive finance.
In effect, the mission’s goal is to learn from Togo’s good practices in terms of financial inclusion, in line with Burundi’s ambition to develop new types of financial products....
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 2019, a country-level meeting on information and appropriation of the SDG 13 and 14 is to take place in Lomé. This was announced by the Francophone Africa Maritime Cluster (CMAF).
The event is themed: “Better understanding of SDG13 and 14 to contribute to the sustainable development of the blue economy.” It will “help turn various participants and CMAF members...
Tchitchabalo Songaï N'dassim is the new head of the National Fund for Inclusive Finance (FNFI). The economist and financier who was previously the consultant for microfinance institutions assumed his new position at the beginning of this week.
The newly appointed Managing Director will have as main objectives the pursuit and expansion of a program launched a few years ago and which falls in...
ECOWAS has adopted a $1 billion five-year (2020-2024) plan to fight terrorism in the sub-region, Togo included. This was disclosed after an extraordinary summit of ECOWAS heads of State, last Saturday.
The new plan is based on eight strategic axes. Mauritania and Chad, two non-ECOWAS states are also adhering to the plan as they battle against terrorists as well.
Funds needed for the...
All over the country, 1,639 damaged boreholes equipped with manual pumps, will be rehabilitated, starting this month. The announcement comes from the ministry of water, rural equipment and hydraulics (MEERHV).
The boreholes were identified during an assessment of boreholes and small scale systems for drinking water distribution in rural and semi-urban areas.
Rehabilitation of the boreholes,...
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has launched a call for submissions of projects for its 2020 Abdoulaye Fadiga Prize. The initiative grants a XOF10 million funding to a researcher or team of researchers from any of the eight WAEMU States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo).
Limit age for applicants is 45 years (at December 31,...
Actors of the UN systems, in Togo and Benin, are holding a joint retreat in Lomé today, Sept. 16, 2019. Through this meeting, a first of its kind, the institution aims at boosting support to its government partners in both countries, amid trans-border challenges, knowingly security and emigration, which they face.
The retreat, according to the UN system’s representative in Togo, Damien...
Over the fifty finalists selected for the 2019 Africa Netpreneur Prize initiative, two Togolose women were selected.
They are namely, Aimée Abra Tenu Lawani, promoter of the Kari Kari soap, and Ahoefa Allah-Assogba, founder of Togossime, an e-commerce platform that deals in made-in-Togo products.
The next step, to get closer to winning the prize, for the two entrepreneurs is to be among the...
Application to the upcoming Mandela Washington Fellowship was launched last week and will close on October 9, 2019.
This year, just like the previous one, 700 Africans will travel to the US in the summer of 2020 for six weeks. In the trip’s framework, beneficiaries will get theoretical and practical training on the three following themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Engagement, and...
In Agoè Cacaveli, Lomé, works are ongoing to build a modern quality control laboratory just beside the Togolese Institute for Agricultural Research (ITRA).
The information was disclosed to Togo First last Friday by a source at ITRA. “We are building a laboratory for more precise analysis, and quality control of agro-food products,” the source said.
Construction works which are expected to...