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From September 24 to October 4, 2024, Lomé will host the 3rd extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament, alongside the 2nd parliamentary orientation seminar for the 6th legislature.
The upcoming extraordinary session will focus on adopting the ECOWAS’ 2025 draft budget, ensuring budget stability, and implementing reforms to modernize the institution, according to the National...
Throughout the first half of the year, outstanding loans extended by microfinance institutions active in Togo reached nearly CFA400 billion (CFA395.697 billion), up by 13.3% year-on-year. The Microfinance Directorate (DMF) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance disclosed the figure on September 20, during a meeting organized by the Professional Association of Decentralized Financial Systems...
Togo seeks to secure new World Bank funding to support education, health, social protection, and gender equality initiatives. Related talks began last week in Lomé between Prime Minister Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé and a World Bank team.
During the meeting, the Togolese side highlighted how it used past World Bank financing to boost human capital. According to the latest United Nations Development...
The Togolese capital, Lomé, is hosting a high-level regional training course focused on port development. This event, which started on Sept. 23 has gathered delegates from 16 ports in West and Central Africa. It is the fruit of maritime cooperation efforts between Togo and Malaysia.
The training runs until September 28. It will cover organization and strategies in the international maritime and...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé is in New York. He participates in the 79th UN General Assembly, which started on September 22, 2024. This year's theme is "Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations”.
During this annual event, President Gnassingbé will discuss the Sustainable...
The Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA) dry port is going digital. On September 19, 2024, the PIA administration announced the official launch of a digital platform for logistics management. However, the platform has been active since June 2024.
The new platform aims to simplify and improve operations at the dry port. With it, users can track containers in real-time–arrival at the Port of...
The Togolese government is working to standardize the management of local authorities, especially at the communal level. On September 17, 2024, the process began to create organization charts and administrative, financial, and technical procedure manuals for local authorities in Lomé.
This meeting was organized by the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Customary...
Togo’s Education and Development Agency (AED) and the Training Center for Industrial Trades also known as Centre de Formation aux Métiers de l'Industrie (CFMI) have partnered to improve vocational training for young people. The related agreement was signed on September 17, 2024, in Lomé.
This collaboration will enhance the training content at the Institutes of Alternating Training for...
The NanaTech digital training program is expanding its support for women in Togo. Currently, twenty women traders and entrepreneurs are participating in a training course as part of the "NanaTech Immersion" program in Tsévié, which runs until September 21, 2024.
During this week-long training, participants will learn about digital transformation, digital marketing, financial management using...
South Korea donated computers and printers to the Togolese municipalities of Lacs 1, Agoè-Nyivé 1, and Agoè-Nyivé 2. The equipment was handed over on September 17 by Moon Dongkyu, the Minister Counselor of the Republic of Korea in Togo.
"In the digital age, it is timely to provide this support to local authorities to better serve their constituents," Moon Dongkyu declared.
In March...
Togo has made significant strides in cybersecurity, ranking among the top 10 African countries according to the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) report published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The country achieved an impressive score of 88.8 points, placing it in Tier 2, labeled "Advancing." This is a remarkable improvement from its previous score of 33 points.
The GCI...
Leonardo Santos Simão, head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), was recently in Togo. He met with President Gnassingbé on September 17. They discussed peace and security in the region.
During the meeting, Simão praised Togo's efforts to maintain peace and stability. "I congratulated the President on his peace policy and initiatives to strengthen stability in the...
The Togolese Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced new priorities for the 2024-2025 school year, including the launch of "écoles-projets", an initiative aiming to blend theory and practice in education, allowing students to engage in real projects related to their studies.
"Each school/school establishment draws up a project that is the result of learning," said Minister...
Togo and Benin’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry will soon host their first annual meeting on entrepreneurship and trade. The roundtable falls under the Regional Program for the Integration of Agricultural Markets (PRIMA).
In preparation for the meeting, whose date is yet to be disclosed, a delegation from CCI-Benin was in Lomé from September 9 to 14. The delegation met with CCI-Togo...
Lomé-based African Lease Group (ALG) earned CFA10.4 billion in sales revenues last year. The leasing and factoring firm, active in West Africa, also recorded consolidated net income of CFA5.4 billion over the same period. It loaned out CFA55.3 billion across its entire WAEMU market.
Rating agency Bloomfield Investment confirmed ALG's long-term issuer rating of A with a stable outlook....
The European Union’s new Ambassador-designate in Togo, Gwilym Jones, is officially in. On September 13, Jones presented his Letters of Credence to Robert Dussey, Togo's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Dussey.
“I was so pleased to welcome and receive copy Letters of Credence from Mr Jones Gwilym Ceri,” Ambassador-designate of European Union to Togo, Dussey wrote on X.
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