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Togo has launched a new effort to promote its cultural and tourism sites through its local municipalities. A training session for municipal officials on how to better develop and promote these sites was held in Lomé last week.
The initiative is part of a national place-branding strategy aimed at preserving Togolese musical heritage through municipal programs, encouraging the creation of sports...
To reduce gender inequality in taxation, female civil servants should be allowed to declare their husbands as dependents for Personal Income Tax calculations, just as men can do for their wives. This recommendation appears in an analytical brief published earlier this year by the Directorate General of Budget and Finance within Togo’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, which examines gender...
Togo is developing a national artificial intelligence strategy to guide the use of the technology in public administration. A forum was recently held in Lomé for representatives from ministries, public institutions and civil society under the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Governance.”
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, aimed to establish a...
Internet Society Togo on Saturday launched a community wireless network in the village of Atti-Akakpé, aiming to improve internet access in a long-underserved area.
The deployment, funded by the Internet Society Foundation, includes a solar power system and network infrastructure with access points installed across the village. Emmanuel Elolo Agbenonwossi, president of Internet Society...
The 20th Lomé International Fair opened Friday at the Togolese Center for Exhibitions and Fairs (CETEF) and will run until December 14.
This year’s anniversary edition, themed “40 years of history, 20 editions,” looks back at the fair’s legacy while highlighting the country’s economic future. In his opening address, Trade Minister Kossi Tenou said the fair is more than an exhibition,...
A study in Togo has identified an unexpected contributor to antimicrobial resistance: urban pigeons.
Research led by Siliadin Akuele, a biological engineer and PhD candidate at the University of Lomé’s ESTIS Doctoral School, found that more than half of the pigeon-dropping samples collected in Lomé carried Escherichia coli (E. coli) resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, a class of...
Togo’s Lomé-Commune Regional Hospital Centre (CHR) has put a new scanner into service to expand its medical imaging capacity, the hospital administration said in a statement on Thursday.
The purchase is part of a government program to modernize equipment at CHR Lomé-Commune and the Kara University Hospital Centre (CHU Kara), both of which are slated to receive new scanners this year. The...
Pan-African airline ASKY, based in Lomé, has reinforced its fleet with the arrival of a new Boeing 737 MAX. The aircraft, the 15th in the carrier's fleet, was received on the tarmac of Lomé–Tokoin International Airport on Thursday.
This Boeing 737 MAX is the second brand-new aircraft delivered to the pan-African carrier in 2025. It is expected to support the ambitions of both ASKY Airlines...
Togo has validated a $6.65 million environmental project for its Central region under the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) eighth funding cycle, the Togolese press agency ATOP reported.
The project document was approved during a workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday in Sokodé, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment with technical and financial support from the United Nations Development...
Road deaths in Togo have declined from levels seen in 2021 and 2022, according to data presented on Wednesday at the 14th African Road Safety Day.
Between 2022 and 2024, the country recorded 1,826 fatalities, an annual average of about 608, down from the roughly 700 deaths seen in earlier years.
The 2022-2024 period also saw nearly 21,000 accidents and 28,501 injuries. Officials say part of the...
Authorities in Togo’s Savanes region are moving to address repeated year-end cement price hikes. Governor Atcha-Dédji Affoh met distributors on Wednesday and restated that the official price remains 81,000 CFA francs per ton, after reports of sales at 100,000 francs.
The meeting came during the November-April period, which is often marked by supply strains and speculative practices. Market...
The Togo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI-Togo) is calling for International Monetary Fund financing to be more effectively directed toward the private sector. The issue was discussed on Wednesday in Lomé during a meeting between CCI-Togo president José Syménouh and Racheeda Boukezia, the IMF’s resident representative in Togo.
The two delegations reviewed the chamber’s initiatives...
Work to expand electricity grids in Togo’s urban centers is 34% complete in the Kara region as of Nov. 24. The update followed a field visit by Benjamin Neumann, country director for the French Development Agency (AFD), one of the project’s financiers.
The visit to the Kozah, Kéran and Assoli prefectures gave AFD teams, accompanied by officials from the Electric Power Company of Togo...
Togo is preparing to adopt 42 priority standards for its agri-food sector. A five-day workshop began on Tuesday in Lomé to move the process forward.
The workshop brings together experts from the Togolese Standardization Agency (ATN), the High Authority for Quality and the Environment, specialized partners, NGOs and research institutes.
The standards cover four key areas: rice, soy, poultry and...
Togo is moving forward with the revision of its national transhumance strategy. Two workshops were held this week in Dapaong and Tsévié to support the process, state news agency ATOP reported.
The meetings brought together local stakeholders, administrative authorities, technical departments and representatives of the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to review the draft...
The "Women And Finance" program launched its fourth cohort of 31 women entrepreneurs in Lomé recently.
The initiative, run by the SEPHIS Foundation in partnership with African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and Ecobank Togo, aims to support a total of 125 women business leaders through capacity building and preparation for access to credit.
Since its introduction in Togo in May 2025, the program has...