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In Togo, the US embassy through its Emerging Voices Center has launched a call for applications to select 12 young Togolese entrepreneurs with tech projects.
Six men and six women, 35-year old maximum, will be recruited and receive a two-month training combining theory and practical.
The Emerging Voices Center’s purpose is to support professional training, education, and networking and boost...
For the second time this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has scaled up its growth forecast for the Togolese economy.
From 5% to 5.1% in March, the Bretton Woods institution now projects the figure at 5.3% by the end of the year.
“After considerable slowing in 2017 amid socio-political tensions, economic activity regained momentum in 2018 and maintained this momentum throughout the...
As part of the INNOV’UP Togo program to coach young entrepreneurs, the businesswomen entrepreneurship centre will receive on September 20, 2019, Sahouda Gbadamassi-Mivedor (photo), managing director of the Support Fund for Youth-led Economic Initiatives (FAIEJ).
The meeting, which marks the sixth edition of “Innov’Up coach,” will focus on experience sharing and on this occasion FAIEJ’s...
Togo has cancelled its upcoming issuance of fungible treasury bonds of the UMOA-securities market. This was disclosed by the regional debt planning agency.
Indeed, in a statement released Sept 11, UMOA-securities “informs investors of the Union (WAEMU) that the State of Togo has decided to abort the issuance of fungible treasury bonds, with a maturity period of 364 days for an amount of...
In Lomé, representatives from various African countries are currently discussing socio-economic models related to 5G. The meeting which started last Monday is organized by Togo’s posts and telecommunications regulatory organ (ART&P) but was prompted by the International Telecommunications Union. It falls under a regional economic forum on telecommunications in Africa.
In detail,...
Currently, in St Petersburg, Russia, a Togolese delegation is attending the 23rd general assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the 62nd meeting of its African commission.
Both events will host a top-class forum on health and medical tourism, another on innovation and sustainable development in tourism, as well as a ministerial debate on education and employment in this...
Lomé is presently home to a regional reflection workshop on climate action. Started yesterday, the workshop which regroups actors of the Global Climate Change Action Plus (GCCA) will end Sept. 13, 2019.
In effect, participants will look at the implementation of the Paris Agreement, relative to the mobilization of available green funds especially.
In parallel to the ongoing workshop, the GCCA...
Earlier this week, the African Development Bank (AfDB) was recognised for procurement excellence by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS). AfDB is hence the first multilateral development to receive this recognition, worldwide, a communiqué on its website indicates.
“Winning this globally-recognised award is a piece of welcoming news and we are delighted to be commended...
Traditional medicine should be soon taught in Togo’s public universities. This was disclosed by Dr. Koffi Koudouvo, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology lecturer at the University of Lomé and traditional medicine expert at the West African Health Organization (WAHO).
The reform could be effective this academic year since related legislation and curricula have already been approved and made...
Lomé-based pan-African carrier Asky Airlines will start serving Cape Verde next April 1, Ecofin Agency reports.
The corresponding line will travel from Lomé to Praia, via Dakar. There will be three weekly flights to the destination (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) using a 168-seat Boeing 737-800, offering 12 seats in business class and 156 seats in economy class.
Cape Verde will thus become...
Come November 6th and 7th, 2019, Lomé will host, for the second time, the Afromarketers days.
The announcement was made by the event’s promoter, Kossi Assiobo (photo). On this occasion, he declared: “Seeing how the digital world is getting more and more complex, marketing, communication, and internet professionals must be aware of latest tech and marketing innovations, going from social...
Togo intends, according to a document from the UN Industrial Development Organization, to establish a traceability system in the pineapple, cashew, and shea nut value chains.
The project aims at ensuring that Togolese outputs meet international certification standards, and subsequently ramp up agro-food exports, especially in the previously mentioned sectors which have great potential for...
“If current reforms are sustained in the second half of 2019, Togo will, for the third consecutive year, meet WAEMU’s 3% standard for budget deficit.” This was declared by the latest IMF delegation in Togo, at a press conference held in the framework of its fifth review of the extended credit facility (ECF), on Sept. 10, 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by Togo’s minister of...
The Delegation for Informal Sector’s Organization (DOSI), in partnership with the citizenship directorate, organizes fairgrounds to provide a citizenship certificate to nationals who do not have one.
The campaign aims at “easing the obtention of this important document and most importantly deliverance of driving licenses to taxi-bike drivers.” Officially, the operation’s main concern is...
Togo’s national social security fund (CNSS) urges employers, especially school directors and founders, to get their employees registered. It also reminded them of the importance of paying, in full, their due social security contributions (respectively 17% and 4% for employers and employees).
“The registration of companies and their employees is a legal obligation and fundamental right...
Last Saturday, Dona Etchri, the Togolese entrepreneur and founder of the E-agribusiness platform, said he has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for West Africa with Chinese Group Quanfeng Aviation specialized in precision farming.
This should enable Togo to secure a major position in the agro-tech industry across the region.
In effect, under the agreement, a centre for the...