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With seven other laureates of the 2018 Pitch Agrihack Talent, Togolese Dona Etchri who developed E-agribusiness, won €15,000 (about CFA10 million) each. The awarded laureates were picked out of 26 finalists.
Launched by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) on the sidelines of the 8th Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Kigali, Rwanda, the contest aims to...
International trade firm, Zhejiang Native Produce & Animal By-Products I/E Group Co., said it plans to set a tomato processing plant in Togo to serve the ECOWAS region.
Indeed, due to the high costs incurred by its product and international trade chain, the Chinese firm wants to strengthen its footprint in West Africa where it already exports food products (Togo, Benin, Ghana, Côte...
Invited by Togo’s Head of State, Afreximbank’s president, Benedict Oramah was in Hangzhou last Friday, for Togo’s first Business Forum.
The Nigerian executive came to support Togo in showcasing its 2018-2022 national development plan to Chinese investors.
More effectively, his presence could translate into a financial support from Afreximbank to Togo. Indeed, last July, Oramah had...
From October 3 to 6, 2018, the third Chicago Economic Forum will take place. Ahead of the event, its promoters on September 6, gave some reasons why Togolese businessmen should attend the forum.
First, Togo is the event’s guest of honor. The second is the event’s theme which is “Digitizing Companies: An asset for the future”. Togolese businessmen should thus leverage the...
Last Thursday, top executives from Chinese firm Andaz Group met with President Faure Gnassingbé to discuss investment opportunities in Togo.
The group which invests mainly in infrastructures, energy, real estate and agricultural development, in Africa and elsewhere, eyes Togo’s transport and power sectors.
If concretized, the project would significantly boost Togo’s electrification...
Last Thursday, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé visited Alibaba’s Xixi campus, in Hangzhou.
The African leader and his delegation had the chance to, in the presence of tech mogul Jack Ma, be introduced to Alibaba’s major projects.
The various projects cover smart logistics, financial and agricultural inclusion, and artificial intelligence. Following the introduction, Gnassingbé...
In Togo, the national programme for investment, food and nutritional security (PNIASAN) is bearing fruits.
Only a few months after its launch, this programme has registered 147,235 direct beneficiaries already out of a target of 150,000 by end-2018. This was revealed by the minister of agriculture, Ouro-Koura Agadazi, as he reviewed the Agriculture Support Programme (PASA) which falls under...
Ahead of the Togo-China Business Forum taking place today, in Hangzhou (China), Togo’s president, Faure Gnassingbé, chaired Sept 6 a roundtable gathering Chinese and Togolese business operators.
Present at the meeting was the chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products. There were also the president and vice-president of Togo’s...
Yesterday, Ecobank’s CEO, Ade Ayeyemi, arrived in Hangzhou, China, where he attends the very first business forum organized by Togo.
Organized in partnership with the private sector, the ongoing business forum aims to get Chinese investors involved in Togo’s major projects falling under the 2018-2022 National Development Plan (2018-2022 PND) adopted last month. The event will focus on five...
On September 6, President Faure Gnassingbé signed with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping various bilateral cooperation agreements. The signing ceremony was held in Beijing and comes at the end of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
Gnassingbé took this occasion to congratulate Jinping for having successfully organized FOCAC. The African leader lauded the eight initiatives that...
Vlisco, the Dutch Wax Hollandais manufacturer has launched its yearly competition VLISCO FASHION FUND aimed at emerging African fashion designers. The competition is open to passionate young designers with less than three years experience.
At the end of this competition, the jury will choose the seven most creative and innovative designers who will receive funding equivalent...
Ahead of the Business Forum in China, President Faure Gnassingbé met various business moguls from the Middle Empire.
On Wednesday September 5, 2018, the leader met CEO of China Merchant Group Holdings, which holds 50% of Lomé Container Terminal (LCT). According to the communication cell of Togo’s presidency, the Chinese firm has most of port management assets in China, but its operations in...
On September 5, Togo’s chamber of commerce and industry (CCIT) launched the very first edition of the 'Quinzaine commerciale des vacances', in Baguida (24km from Lomé).
The event is a trade fair and its opening was chaired by Johnson Kuéku-Banka, managing director of Togo’s center for expositions and fairs as well as representative of the minister of trade and private sector...
On September 5, 2018, Togo’s chamber of commerce and industry (CCIT) signed with the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), an agreement to boost economic cooperation between Togo and China.
The agreement signed by the respective heads of CCIT and CCPIT, Germain Méba and Jiang Zengwei, aims to ease access to the two markets. This would subsequently help increase trade...
Togolese construction firm Gelloq-Togo has opened a subsidiary in Niamey, Niger.
The new branch will focus on activites such as studies, public works, civil engineering, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of buildings, roads and hydraulic infrastructures.
The firm is interested in sanitization, siding, maintenance, painting, plumbing and electricity; import-export, trading and...
In Togo, the ministry of infrastructures plans to rehabilitate or build regional directorates of public works and sectors, as well as the rural roads directorate.
Leveraging a credit line falling under the 2018 State budget, the ministry seeks to hire a contractor who will carry out technical studies and elaborate bidding documents for targeted works.
The ministry has in this regard...