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A Chinese-funded rural water project in Togo's Plateaux region is ahead of schedule, with key infrastructure already being handed over to local communities.
Of the 300 boreholes planned under the Village Water Supply Project, 230 have been completed, accounting for about 76.7% of the total, according to project director Huang Xianzhou. Of those completed, 113 boreholes have already been...
Togo’s data protection authority and national cybersecurity agency have launched a campaign to educate young people on how to protect their personal data and stay safe online. The initiative, held late last week in Lomé, trained about 3,000 participants on responsible digital practices and basic cybersecurity measures.
Organized by the Personal Data Protection Authority (IPDCP) and the...
Togo will launch a nationwide data collection campaign on November 6 to update its database on financial inclusion among households and businesses. The month-long campaign, running through December 6, 2025, is being carried out by the government in partnership with the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
Authorities said the initiative aims to strengthen policy planning to expand access...
In a small workshop in Agoè, Patient Pouwereou Bodjona welds together the hull of a steel canoe for a new client. In a country where wooden boats dominate the waterways, the 30-something entrepreneur is betting on a different material, recycled steel. Since founding Bo-Bateaux in 2016, he has been trying to build a local boatmaking industry rooted in innovation, sustainability, and resilience,...
Lomé will host a regional workshop on November 3-4 focused on sharing experiences and best practices in local government budget management to improve public access to basic services. The event is organized by the Association of Togolese Municipalities (FCT) and the Council of Local Governments of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (CCT-UEMOA), with financial support from German...
As African education ministers grapple with chronic financing shortfalls, Togo presented a practical approach to maximizing limited resources through data management at the Association for the Development of Education in Africa Triennale this week ( ADEA 2025, in Accra; Ghana).
Speaking at a panel on sustainable education financing (on Thursday 30 October 2025), Alex Gbeteglo, head of...
Ecobank Group has launched a new instant cross-border transfer service in Togo, in partnership with Singaporean fintech Thunes. This innovation marks the start of a continental rollout that will eventually cover the banking group’s 35 markets.
The system enables Ecobank customers, both individuals and businesses, to send and receive money in real time from or to more than 130 countries. The...
Council President Faure Gnassingbé urged African countries to develop frameworks to channel their substantial domestic financial resources into regional infrastructure, industrial, and energy projects. He spoke on October 28 at the third Luanda Summit on Financing African Infrastructure in Angola.
Gnassingbé noted that large pools of African capital, from pension and sovereign wealth funds to...
A food security and resilience project in Togo has reached over 25,000 direct and indirect beneficiaries in the Kara and Savanes regions since its launch in 2022, according to the final program evaluation released Tuesday in Kara.
The assessment highlighted "encouraging" results for local agricultural resilience under the Inclusive Food Security and Resilience Project (SAIRT 1), implemented by...
Cotton sector stakeholders in Togo are moving to revitalize the industry, which has struggled with years of lackluster production, by drafting a new five-year roadmap for 2025 to 2030 aimed at a sustainable national production recovery.
Producers, experts, and institutional representatives have been gathered in Kara since Tuesday, October 28, 2025, for a planning workshop organized by the...
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the pan-African banking group headquartered in Lomé, reported strong results for the third quarter of 2025, driven by revenue growth across all business segments.
The bank's net profit for the nine months ended September reached $460.6 million, marking a 34% increase year-on-year. Pre-tax profit rose by 33% to $656.6 million.
Net banking...
Togo’s National Assembly swore in 14 new lawmakers on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in a plenary session. The Constitutional Court appointed them to replace legislators who left their seats after taking up government or administrative positions, or who resigned voluntarily.
A court ruling on Oct. 25 confirmed that several prominent political figures had resigned their parliamentary seats. Among them...
Togo is setting up a system to link the different branches of its education sector, making it easier for students to move between them and ensuring a more consistent national training framework.
The reform, announced by the Ministry of Education, was detailed in a decree published in the official gazette on Oct. 23, 2025, as part of the implementation of the country’s Education Sector Plan....
Togo’s flagship tech and innovation summit, GRIT, officially opened on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at the Lomé International Conference Center (CICL). The two-day event was opened by Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Service Efficiency and Digital Transformation.
The summit brings together startups, investors, and digital leaders from across Africa. Its goal is to foster dialogue on technological...
In Lomé, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) gathered more than 100 religious leaders of various faiths on October 28–29, 2025, for a seminar focused on their role in preventing money laundering and terrorism financing (AML/CFT). The event, held at the Hotel Sancta Maria, is part of GIABA’s regional community awareness strategy led from its...
From its base in Togo, Gozem continues to expand its footprint in West Africa’s tech landscape. In seven years, the startup has generated more than $90 million (about CFA55 billion) in earnings for 40,000 driver-partners, referred to as its “champions,” who contribute to the company’s growth model.
In parallel, over 7,000 vehicles have been financed for a total of $20 million...