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Subsequent to the recent adoption of the new land code, the government redefined attributions of the ministry of urbanism and housing.
The new code contains 736 articles and aims to improve land laws tackling speculation and expropriation, and solve the issue of dual registration of a single property, as well as that regarding construction in flooded areas and sell-off of rural lands.
In this...
From 2011 to 2017, the craft industry captured more than CFA8.7 billion of public investments according to data released by the ministry in charge of the sector.
Breaking the sum down, CFA3.8 billion was loaned to young artisans (CFA2.7 billion via the Accès des Jeunes aux Services Financiers-AJSEF; and CFA967 million for project development) and four billion was used to provide them with tool...
Togolese Paul-Harry Aithnard has been appointed new Managing Director of Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and Regional Executive, UEMOA designate.
Aithnard was previously head of the group’s securities and asset management division. He joined Ecobank in 2008, as the Group’s Head of Research. Before that, he worked at BBSP Investment Advisory. He will be coming into office in November this year,...
Last week, PROMECO, a project that aims to boost local economy by supporting agricultural and agropastoral activities, was launched in Tabligbo, in the Yoto prefecture (Southern region).
The project benefits from a FCFA100 million financing (spreading over two years) provided by the Tabligbo municipality and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), among others. It will initially...
The World Bank will lend Togo $30 million to advance its Urban Development and Infrastructures Program (PIDU). Related agreement was signed on Wednesday in Lomé.
Monies committed by the Bretton Woods institution will be used to improve access to basic urban infrastructures in Lomé, Kpalimé, Tsévié, Atakpamé, Sokodé, Kara and Dapaong.
PIDU is a project that will also boost these...
To tackle the significant decline of landline services in the country, spurred by mobile’s emergence, Togo Telecom decided to apply a single monthly tariff for landline calls.
From now on, all landline users, except major companies and the public administration, will be able to pay CFA4720 monthly to call each other; regardless of consumption levels.
Through this move which will be...
Togo and Ghana will soon connect their customs IT systems, in the framework of the First Port Duty Project.
Initiated by the Ghana Revenue Authority, this project aims to better secure customs transactions. In effect, it will help improve customs controls and ease data exchange between both countries’ customs services.
To speed up the project’s implementation, a joint committee will be set...
The President of the Arab Parliament, Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salmi, urged Togolese authorities, as well as those of Romania and Honduras to reconsider their decision to move their respective embassies to Jerusalem.
According to Bahrain News Agency, the AP president, in a letter addressed to the three nations’ parliaments, asked them to comply with the UN resolutions, adopted on December 21, 2017,...
In Togo, husbandry contributes 6.73% to national GDP, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Husbandry and Fisheries.
The sector thus participates highly to agriculture’s contribution to national GDP, which is estimated at 40%. Specific to agricultural GDP, husbandry represents 16.4% of the figure.
These good performances are mainly attributed to the Agriculture Support...
Keras Resources will at last commence its 10,000 tonne bulk sampling metallurgical testwork program at the Nayega Manganese Project in the Kpendjal prefecture, in northern Togo.
The AIM-listed British firm is active on the project through its subsidiary Société Générale des Mines SARL (SGM). The latter which detains 85% of the project, announced in a statement released last Wednesday that it...
Today, Aug 20, the coordinating team in charge of Togo’s mining development and governance project (PDGM) has launched a second meeting to assess the social and environmental impact of mining in Togo. The first meeting was held in March, this year.
The gathering aims to promote better practices in the sector, so as to reduce its negative impacts on populations and the environment.
Marcel...
From September 2-10, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé will be visiting China in the framework of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum (Focac), to discuss ways to broaden the nation’s cooperation with the Asian giant.
First, the Head of State will attend a high-level dialogue with his Chinese counterpart and the business community in Beijing, where the forum will be held from September 3-4. A...
The British group Eagle Scientific Ltd is eying Togo in the framework of its activities. Specialized in the manufacturing of scientific equipment and world-leading provider of scientific, vocational and medical training, this company is planning to establish operations in Togo in the coming months to support the industrial sector’s development and create jobs.
Indeed, during an exploratory...
Appointed last November as one of the five judges of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), Evelyne Hohoeto, High Magistrate and Executive Secretary of the National OHADA commission met with the press on August 16, at the Ministry of Justice. We thus had the opportunity to ask her a few questions regarding her new...
From August 27 to 30, Espace Culturel Level will organize in Lomé, a workshop to train young people in recycling tires into artwork. This, of course, it will do, while taking into consideration environmental concerns.
During the workshop, participants will be equipped with technical knowledge which will allow them to recycle old tires, turning those into chairs and tables. Pneumatic craft will...
African Development Bank’s (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, made a call to equip African farmers with new technologies that are able to transform the continent’s agricultural production. “Technologies to achieve Africa’s green revolution exist, but are mostly just sitting on the shelves. The challenge is a lack of supportive policies to ensure that they are scaled up to reach millions...