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Togo has launched the second cohort of the Quality Boost (Q-Boost) program under the Alliance for Product Quality in Africa (AfPQ) project implemented by GIZ. Seventeen micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) were selected for the new phase.
Like the first cohort, the program aims to help MSMEs strengthen their competitiveness and improve market access by enhancing their quality...
Togo has launched a technology hub aimed at turning innovative ideas into market-ready digital solutions. Named Djanta Tech Hub, the initiative was officially launched on Thursday in Lomé by the Ministry of Public Service Efficiency and Digital Transformation.
The center is one of the first components of a planned nationwide network of tech hubs designed to support innovators and entrepreneurs...
China was Togo’s leading import partner in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to foreign trade data published by INSEED, imports from China reached 160.5 billion CFA francs during the period, accounting for 29.9% of the country’s total imports.
China ranked well ahead of France, which came second with exports to Togo worth 41.2 billion CFA francs, or 7.7% of total imports. Nigeria rounded...
Togo's Ministry of Finance and Budget is setting up a formal framework for consultations and performance assessments for Treasury Securities Specialists (SVTs), in a move aimed at strengthening governance in the public securities market. The reform was formalized under a decree signed by Minister Essowè Georges Barcola.
The decree provides for regular meetings between the General Directorate of...
A project aimed at building the capacity of women’s coconut oil cooperatives in four prefectures of Togo was launched on Tuesday in Aného.
Funded by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the Togo Coastal Communities Climate Change Resilience Project (R4C-Togo), the initiative targets six cooperatives in the Maritime Region....
Togo has established a one-stop mechanism to mobilize climate finance, named the "Fonds Vert Togo." The project was formalized through a decree adopted during the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, defining the mandate, structure and operations of the new mechanism, which is intended to centralize and channel funding dedicated to environmental and climate-related...
Young women in Togo have until May 20, 2026, to apply for École de la Chance (“School of Opportunity”), a free government vocational training program targeting 1,500 beneficiaries in the Autonomous District of Greater Lomé.
The program was launched under SWEDD+, a regional initiative supported by the World Bank. It is led by the Ministry of Development Planning, with support from the...
Togo is preparing feasibility studies for PRIME-GAS, a regional natural gas project aimed at strengthening energy links with Côte d'Ivoire and Benin.
Backed by the World Bank, the initiative seeks to develop a regional gas supply chain through infrastructure for LNG imports, transport, storage and distribution.
The plans include LNG import facilities as well as national and cross-border...
Cyril Segonds was appointed general manager of Brasserie BB Lomé in Togo on Monday, May 4, 2026, succeeding Victoria Diogo after her 18 months at the helm of the Castel subsidiary.
Castel said the appointment marks a new stage in the company’s growth. Segonds is expected to drive expansion at the brewer, one of Togo’s key industrial companies.
Amid rising demand for locally produced...
Experts from the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) began talks in Lomé on Monday on reforming the institution’s funding model, ahead of a special session of finance ministers scheduled for later this week.
The meeting is the first of its kind in nearly two decades and is focused on finding a more sustainable way to finance the organization.
Founded in 1993,...
Togo's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI-Togo) on Tuesday inaugurated its Grand Lomé regional delegation in Agoè-Nyivé 1, as part of a decentralization drive aimed at bringing services closer to businesses in the capital.
The new office is expected to provide companies with local access to administrative support, economic information, dispute resolution services and export...
Lomé has a new center promoting locally processed Togolese coffee. The facility, called “Maison du Café, Le Terroir,” was launched by the Coordination Committee for the Coffee and Cocoa Sectors (CCFCC), in partnership with the Inter-African Coffee Organization, and inaugurated on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
The center includes a showroom and retail space for coffee products, a tasting area and a...
Togo and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) signed a 15.3 billion CFA franc ($27.7 million) financing agreement on Tuesday in Lomé to support vulnerable communities exposed to climate and disaster risks.
The funding will back the Project to Strengthen the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in High Climate and Disaster Risk Zones (SAPO 48), after the initiative was approved in February...
In the space of twelve months, the share of non-performing loans in Togo’s banking sector has nearly doubled, according to data published in the Central Bank of West African States’ (BCEAO) March 2026 monthly bulletin.
In February 2026, the gross non-performing loan ratio at Togolese banks reached 13.5%, up from 7.2% a year earlier. In absolute terms, non-performing loans rose from 171.5...
Ecobank Togo reported record banking revenue for 2025 and double-digit loan growth, but higher taxes and a regulatory fine weighed on profit. The board nonetheless proposed a sharply higher dividend.
The Togolese subsidiary of pan-African group Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) posted banking revenue of 45.7 billion CFA francs (69.7 million euros) in 2025, up 9.9% year-on-year, according...
Togo and the Commonwealth are seeking to strengthen cooperation in several development sectors, following talks in Lomé on Tuesday between Togolese leader Faure Gnassingbé and Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchway.
Botchway said she visited to explore how the Commonwealth could support Togo’s institutions and broader development agenda.
“This is essentially an...