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Wari users can now access the firm’s services via WhatsApp. The Senegalese company made the announcement in a recent statement.
The move “aims at enabling the public, through strategic partnerships, to have access to Wari’s services all over the world,” the statement reads. Commenting on the new development, Wari’s President and CEO, Kabirou Mbodje, declared : “We have been...
Togo plans on creating 500 new eco-villages for XOF7 billion. The project follows a successful pilot stage in Donomadé, a village of the Yoto prefecture, 104 km south east of Lomé.
Communities created under this project will have eco-friendly socio-communal infrastructures (schools, health centers) and their people will have access to social services.
The pilot stage of this project which is...
Togo-EU forum: A preliminary meeting in Paris to discuss business opportunities related to the event
A meeting is being held today in Paris ahead of the coming Togo-EU economic forum in Lomé, Togo.
The present meeting is an opportunity for participants to discuss investment and business opportunities Togo offers, in line with its 2018-2022 national development plan (PND).
Sandra Johnson, minister delegate in charge of improving business climate, and Kodjo Adedze, minister of trade, are at the...
The first digital entrepreneurship and student forum (FENES) will begin next May 31 at the Palais des Congrès of Lomé. This was disclosed yesterday by the event’s organization committee at a press conference.
Promoted by Enginnova and backed by the German cooperation, the forum aims to “democratize and foster digital entrepreneurship among students and young startups,” according to Joël...
Next June 12, The 2019 AfroMarketers Tour will stop by Lomé, at the Eda Oba hotel.
Roundtables, keynotes, workshops and networking sessions revolving around digital technology and its professional and marketing use are planned in the event’s framework. There will also be a challenge co-organized with a major local university.
More than 150 decision-makers, marketing and digital communication...
This is the right time to organize this forum, declared Cristina Martins Barreira, Chief of the European Union Delegation in Togo, commenting on the first Togo-EU forum which will take place in Lomé next June 13-14.
Among reasons backing this statement, the EU official mentioned the launch, a few months ago, of the national development plan. The latter which spans from 2018 to 2022 aims at...
The European Commission’s Vice President, Jyrki Katainen, will co-chair the opening ceremony of the Togo-EU economic forum which will take place in Lomé on June 13-14, 2019.
Katainen, in this framework, urged European investors to “cease this unique opportunity to diversify their investment portfolio and expand their footprint towards a win-win partnership between the European Union and...
A total of 391 applications were submitted in response to the call for projects relative to the coming EU-Togo economic forum. Out of these, 100 will be selected by the event’s organization committee.
Projects submitted are in the following sectors: agro-food, agriculture, banking and insurance, construction and related materials, trade, services, transport and logistics.
Selected applicants...
To tackle global warming effects, the PNUD will inject $500,000 in a project that will help Togo implement its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) in line with the Paris Agreement. The objective here is to turn the INDC into an investment plan pegged to the country’s national development plan.
This was disclosed by the PNUD’s communication cell, after a meeting May 20...
Yesterday, the West African division of International Francophonie Organization (BRAO-OIF) started in Togo a workshop on emerging technologies. The four-day event is held at Woelab Prime, a tech center founded by Togolese architect Sénamé Agbodjinou.
Participants will learn about technology trends currently shaping the digital world, startups’ model in relation to innovation and...
Last Friday, a workshop on Leadership, Citizenship, and opportunities related to the 2018-2022 national development plan (2018-2022 PND) was held. This was in the Amou prefecture (168 km north of Lomé)
The meeting’s theme was “challenges related to the PND and opportunities for youth.” It is part of a battery of workshops organized by the ministry of youth aiming to inform Togo’s youth...
Togo’s minister of posts, digital economy and technological innovations received last Saturday, the Alumni Public Service Award from Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). She thus becomes the first female African political figure to win this award.
“What great honor to receive today the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Public Service Award,” the Togolese official declared. “I hope this prize will...
Some European firms regrouped at the end of last week in Lomé, to discuss the creation of a Togo-EU chamber of commerce.
This chamber should help boost trade between the two entities, making their relationship more sustainable as well.
Actually, a memorandum of understanding to this end is expected to be signed by the Togolese chamber of commerce and industry (CCIT) and its European...
On May 17, 2019, Togo successfully closed its eighth issuance on the regional financial market.
A total of XOF22 billion was raised by issuing fungible treasury bonds which have a maturity period of five years and an interest rate of 6.5%. The country, it should be noted, expected to retain XOF20 billion, however, overall subscriptions for the operation exceeded XOF60 billion.
Just like the two...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has invested so far XOF199.780 billion in Togo, according to data updated this month. This was revealed May 16 by Togo’s finance minister, Sani Yaya during a session to review the institution’s portfolio in Togo.
In effect, the funds were spent on 12 projects revolving around economic reforms, agro-food processing (agropoles), road rehabilitation and coast...
South African Diges Group, which designs, makes and manages hydraulic infrastructures will help Togo with its clean water project.
Recently the firm inked with the country’s minister of water, Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni, a memorandum of understanding in this regard.
Let’s note that under the third axis of Togo’s 2018-2022 national development plan, authorities want to provide access to...