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Togo’s national food security agency (ANSAT) has released a new product: organic maize flour with no iron debris.
The product comes in bags of 1 kg and 5kg. These cost respectively 260 and 1300 francs. It can be preserved a whole year with no issue.
With the new product, ANSAT wishes to boost consumption of local products, such as maize which is the most used cereal in Togo.
In comparison to...
For the 2018-2019 agricultural season, the State granted farmers fertilizer subsidies, cutting cost of three bags to CFA27000, from CFA39000 during the past season. The subsidy is to benefit only the most vulnerable farmers.
At the end of the past week, the Agricultural Input Supply and Management Centre (CAGIA) informed farmers in the Plateaux region about the process that they need to go...
Ensuring road safety through the respect of the Highway Code. That is the major adventure on which the Togolese ministry of transports and infrastructures recently embarked on.
Mid-May, an interministerial decree to reduce costs of motorbike (two and three tires) driving licences was adopted to ensure that motorcyclists conform to traffic regulations.
From CFA10000, the cost of an A1...
The European Union will keep supporting Togo’s efforts to improve its business environment. This was revealed last week by the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica.
Addressing President Faure Gnassingbé in a speech, Mimica “strongly” reaffirmed EU’s commitment to improve its cooperation with Togo and provide support to the leader’s vision...
To raise funds for its 2018 budget, the Togolese State proceeded to another issuance of fungible treasury bonds, totaling CFA20 billion, on the UMOA-Titres regional market.
The new issuance occurs after the postponement of another, targeting the same amount and initially planned for May 18, 2018.
Truly, nominal value for the newly issued securities is the same as that of previously issued ones,...
The U.S. embassy just released the names of the 10 young Togolese selected for the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF), which is the major program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).
The young leaders will be leaving Lomé in June for a six-week training in the U.S. They operate in various domains:
Leadership and civic commitment
Aicha MALLE
Nouhoum Jonas...
Today, the new cotton season opened in Kara, in the northern region. For this 2018/19 season, the country eyes an output of 140,000 tons based on 180,000 ha of sown areas. This production is about 20% more than that recorded during the past season, knowingly 117,000 tons.
This season, price to producers will be lower, standing at 250 CFA, against 260 CFA last year, and 240 CFA the year before...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD), based in Lomé, plans to raise CFA50 billion each year for projects aiming to mitigate global warming, such as clean energy projects.
“We have engaged various processes aiming to expand our portfolio of climate projects that are likely to be submitted to financial mechanisms of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We wish to raise...
New appointments were made within Togo’s ministry of finance and economy.
Sallah Ataovi Soeké, previously central inspector was appointed general inspector of treasury.
Emegnimo Elonyo, previously central inspector of treasury was raised to the position of deputy director general of treasury and public accountability.
Next is Atekissim Alimondom, who was previously central inspector of...
In Togo, the Active Youth Association (RJA) which fights global warming just made a significant investment in cashew farming in Kara, in the North.
On Monday, May 29, 2018, this group provided 7,000 cashew seedlings worth CFA5 million to farmers, via institutions in charge.
Through this, they wish to, not only boost cashew output, but also help fight desertification.
The move is surely good...
In the 2017/18 season, Togo’s cotton output rose by 8% to 117,000 tons, sources from the government revealed Wednesday. This is far below initial target which was 130,000 tons.
Average price to producers was increased to CFA260/kg as compared to CFA240 the previous season.
According to Nana Adam Nanfame, Managing Director of Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo (NSCT), cited by Reuters,...
To meet growing power demand, Togo’s government plans to build in the port area another thermal plant, with a 60 MW output (extensible). This was revealed to Togo First by the minister of energy and mining, Marc Ably Bidamon.
The new plant will be supplied mainly with liquefied natural gas (LNG) coming from Equatorial Guinea, which intends to make Togo a hub that will supply landlocked...
Last April, Togo and Equatorial Guinea’s respective ministers of energy signed a memorandum of understanding to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the second nation to the first.
Now, the Togolese minister, Marc Ably Bidamon, revealed that Equatorial Guinea actually intends to use Togo’s port as a medium to supply landlocked nations of the region with LNG.
Once at the port of Lomé,...
World Bank could provide a budget support to Togo this year. This was disclosed by President Faure Gnassingbé, after meeting with a World Bank delegation led by the institution’s director Pierre Laporte in Togo.
The commitment -$40 million- was actually announced by Laporte, and according to President Gnassingbé, it aims to sustain a cooperation of quality between the institution and Togo, a...
On May 28, a new milestone was reached by Togo and Burkina Faso regarding regional integration. On that day, IT systems of both countries’ tax offices were connected. The related ceremony took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital.
The interconnection project was developed by the WAEMU, with the financial support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Technical support...
Safer, an independent firm that finances road maintenance, has just launched a call to tender for the supply and installation of a video surveillance system at the tollbooths of Alédjo, Défalé and Sotouboua, as well as improving the axle load control post of Djéréhouyé (Atakpamé).
Delay to carry out the project is three (3) months and it will fully be funded by Safer.
Tenders must be...