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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...
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...