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West African cashew exports to India have risen over the first quarter of this year, in a context where the Asian nation imported substantially less worldwide over the period.
According to N’Kalo cashew report, relayed by Commodafrica, Togo exported 1,035 tons of cashew to India in Q1 2019.
This volume makes Togo India’s seventh supplier in West Africa. It comes after Ghana, Côte...
Togo’s government is exploring ways to combine the World Bank’s school canteens project with local production by engaging small farmers.
The ministry of agriculture recently discussed the matter with a delegation from the World Food Program (WFP) led by its regional director, West and Central Africa, Christophe Niokoi.
In detail, Togolese authorities want to ensure the sustainability of...
Women participating in local elections next June 30 will pay a fee of CFA10,000 to this end. This is half the amount set for male candidates.
The measure decided during the ministers’ council of May 8, 2019, aims to “promote women candidacy and their participation in local governance.”
This is part of a more general move to get women and youth more involved in governance in Togo. A point...
Yesterday, the president of the West African Development Bank (BOAD), Christian Adovelande, and PNUD’s resident representative in Togo, Aliou Dia, met to discuss ways to better contribute to Togo’s development.
In effect, the talks focused on the mobilization of funds from the Green Climate Fund for Africa and Togo especially.
At the end of the “fruitful” meeting, Aliou Dia declared:...
Next June 6-7, there will be a social entrepreneurship forum in Togo. The event is organized by the US embassy, Ecobank, Alafia and organizations promoting social economy in Togo.
At this occasion, issues related to the legal framework defining social enterprises and possible advantages they could benefit from will be discussed. The latter could come as tax or administrative incentives aimed at...
Yesterday, a four-day workshop focusing on tackling global warming and the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) new policies and strategies was initiated in Lomé. Eight coastal countries are represented at the event which also aims at regrouping actors engaged in the environment sector and mobilize resources for environmental protection.
The workshop, it should be emphasized, takes place as...
Togolese artisans now have access to health insurance. The mechanism put in place by the National Health Insurance Institute (INAM) and the ministries of health and social protection was launched May 14, at the Palais de congrès de Lomé.
According to the ministry of craftsmanship, the measure falls under axis 3 of the PND. In the next three years, more than 100,000 artisans should in its...
Last Monday, a meeting regrouping economic operators, representatives of the Togolese chamber of trade and industry (CCIT), the national employers’ council (CNP), various finance institutions and the ministry of agriculture took place in Lomé.
The roundtable aimed at introducing to entrepreneurs business opportunities existing in Togo’s agricultural sector.
Multiple opportunities are...
The University of Lomé is hosting today, May 14, the pan-African Poultry Conference. Three hundred researchers from fifteen countries, from Africa and elsewhere, are attending the event.
The three-day forum is organized by the regional excellence center for poultry sciences (CERSA) and Togolese branch of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA). The latter wanted to gather the sector’s...
As the UK recently said it would boost cooperation with Togo, across different economic sectors, Togo First reviews the state of trade between the two nations.
According to latest data made available, trade between the UK and Togo in 2017 was valued at $48.9 million. Exports, since 1993, have been very meager totaling only $0.7 million in 2017. In contrast, imports grew rapidly,...
Togo is now a member of the development center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The country joined the center May 13, 2019.
President Gnassingbé lauded the achievement saying it would reinforce his country’s relations with the Paris-based institution and also facilitate experience-sharing related to development.
Founded 71 years ago, the OECD works with...
Ready Study Go International (RSG), French firm specialized in helping African students travel to study abroad, in France especially, started operations in Lomé at the end of last week.
Co-founded by French-Togolese, Komi Adandzi, the firm assesses applicants’ skills and assets, toward better guiding them. It is about enabling them “easily accomplish their goals and know how to get support...
Announced and presented in Lomé last April 1st by the ministry of foreign affairs, the Togolese diaspora roadmap will be presented next Saturday to the Togolese diaspora in France.
In a recent release, the Togolese embassy in France said a Togolese delegation from the ministry of diaspora will be in Paris to meet the Togolese diaspora in France and neighboring countries.
The roadmap aligns...
From XOF11.3 billion in 2016 and 2017, Togo’s budget support soared to XOF34.9 billion last year, data from the BCEAO shows. Quite a leap especially considering that the amount was almost null in 2014 and 2015.
The feat is due to the effective implementation of many governance reforms, paired with a growing commitment of Togolese authorities to pursue talks with partners such as the World...
On May 15 and 16, Kigali will host the Transform Africa Summit, a major event aimed at fostering digital economy in Africa. It is organized by Smart Africa.
Ahead of the summit however, the first council of African ministers of digital economy will be held. Cina Lawson will be the one representing Togo on this occasion.
The ministers will be discussing ways to grow a robust, emergent and...
In line with the Emergency Community Development Program (PUDC), the national agency supporting grassroot development (Anadeb) upgraded multiple markets in the Golf prefecture (Southern Togo). Some of the markets include that of Attiegou, Adidogomé, Baguida and Kpota Colas.
The socio-collective infrastructures have been equipped with stalls, PV-powered boreholes, toilets, and storage rooms....