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Between the 2017/18 and 2018/19 campaigns, Togo’s cotton output soared by 17%. The information was disclosed as the new cotton campaign was launched in Kara, Northern region.
From, 117,000 tons in 2017/18, volumes of cotton produced by the country exceeded 137,000 tons during the past season. While significant, the increase remains lower than expected.
The country had indeed forecasted its...
Three slaughterhouses will be built in Kara, Sokodé and Kpalimé, respectively. This aims, according to the ministry of agriculture and husbandry, at boosting meat production and quality, in line with the Agriculture Sector Support Project (PASA).
Building the facilities will cost more than XOF400 million and each of them will include: an operation building, an administrative building, a...
Togo’s ministry of water recently provided a contract valued at XOF194 million to ECM Sarl, a solar power specialized firm, and Vergnet Hydro, French firm that provides safe water supply systems and pumping equipment to rural areas especially.
Under the contract, solar-powered drinking water supply systems are to be installed in Nadiégou, Polougou, Kankangbane and Djalière, villages located...
Yesterday, a session to review and validate a new mining policy in Togo was opened in Lomé. The policy should pave the way to a new strategy to exploit mining resources.
The policy under review “determines types of investments, fostering economic growth on one side and helping reduce poverty through mining-related activities,” says Togo’s minister of mining, Marc Ably-Bidamon, who...
Five information desks have been opened across the country under the national project for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship (PNPER).
These facilities will receive, inform and direct the project’s potential beneficiaries. According to sources close to the project, they are already operational.
Laurent Stravato, Director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
Cameroonian Ferdinand Ngon Kemoum is Oragroup’s new Managing Director. Former deputy MD of the group between October 2009 and September 2015, he replaces Binta Touré Ndoye who resigned after steering the group’s wheel since 2016.
The Cameroonian will assume office next June 1. Until now, he was MD of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) in Douala. ECP it should be emphasized holds a majority...
WAEMU set a mechanism to support SMEs and SMIs which is currently at the heart of an information workshop held at the Togolese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT). The workshop is organized by the committee in charge of identifying mechanisms and facilities supporting SMEs and SMIs in Togo.
According to the CCIT, WAEMU’s “mechanism aims at providing an appropriate solution to the issue...
Quality managers of private firms operating in Togo are currently undertaking a two-day workshop (started yesterday) focused on the 9001 ISO standard v 2015. This norm specifies quality standards imposed on these firms.
Organized by the West African Federation of Employers’ Organizations, the workshop will equip local companies so that they can tackle issues related to...
Lomé-based Oragroup was the leading bank in Togo in 2017, sources released by the BCEAO indicate. According to the apex bank, the bank whose assets were valued at XOF545 billion that year is followed by Ecobank Togo whose assets amounted to XOF416 billion over the period.
The country’s best bank two years ago was Union Togolaise de Banque (UTB), with total assets estimated at XOF303 billion....
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...