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The Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor Foundation (SEA), in partnership with UNDP, supplied startup kits to 30 young Togolese agripreneurs last weekend. The kits were donated at the SEA’s headquarters in Lavié (140 km northwest of Lomé).
With the kits, beneficiaries will be able to start their business, and consequently create jobs.
Before receiving the kits, the agripreneurs underwent two...
A few months ago, Nigeria stopped accepting degrees issued by Togolese and Beninese universities. A move resulting from a shocking investigation.
The University of Lomé, Kara, and the Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO) are the only three Togolese universities issuing degrees recognized by the Nigerian government.
Before the recent disclosure, Nigeria had stopped accepting degrees...
Togo has made significant progress in implementing its 2025 government roadmap, launched 4 years ago. Prime Minister Victoire Dogbé presented some of the roadmap’s achievements to the National Assembly on August 23.
According to Dogbé, implementation has faced major challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change effects, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and a volatile security...
Togo's High Authority for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption (HAPLUCIA) has launched regional workshops to reduce corruption in the public procurement process. The workshops kicked off on August 26, 2024, in Lomé, during a two-day meeting themed "Role and responsibilities of members of public procurement management bodies in preventing and combating corruption in public procurement "....
A project to build five mother-and-child hospitals across Togo was announced two years ago.
Togolese Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah Dogbé expects the project to be completed by the end of this year. She disclosed the forecast in her general policy statement to Parliament on August 23.
According to details dating from April 2022, each Togolese region will get one mother-and-child hospital....
Ahead of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), scheduled for 2025, Togolese Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, attended a preparatory ministerial meeting in Japan from August 21 to 25.
The meeting aimed to outline key discussion points for the upcoming conference. Among others, participants discussed current and future challenges facing the African continent....
Enrollment at the IFAD training centers for the 2024-2025 academic year has been pushed back to September 13. The Agence Education-Développement (AED), which manages the centers, recently announced the extension. The prior deadline for enrolling was August 8.
This extension provides a new opportunity for young Togolese aged between 16 and 29 to apply for the training courses. Applicants must...
The transitional government announced these appointments during its first cabinet meeting on August 23, 2024. Each governor will oversee one of the country’s regions.
The new governors are Affoh Atcha-Dedji, Komlan Adjitowou, Dadja Maganawé, Taïrou Bagbiegue, and Zouréhatou Kassah-Traore. They will oversee the Savanes, Kara, Plateaux, Maritime regions, and the Autonomous District of Greater...
Togo raked up CFA144.50 billion in non-tax revenues last year, against an annual target of CFA60.07 billion. In 2022, the country had mobilized CFA58.98 billion in non-tax revenues, according to a recent Ministry of Economy and Finance report.
The strong growth in non-tax revenues, which are not linked to taxes but to considerations such as remuneration for services rendered, miscellaneous...
Togo’s tax body, Office Togolais des Recettes (OTR), collected CFA990.1 billion in 2023. This is about 90 billion more than it aimed for the year (CFA912.1 billion).
Over the year reviewed, the OTR gathered CFA226.86 billion from income, profits, and capital gains taxes, and 493.07 billion FCFA from domestic taxes and duties on goods and services, according to the "Rapport d'exécution du...
Nigeria's electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has expressed frustration over unpaid debts from Niger, Benin, and Togo, which together owe $14.19 million for electricity supplied in the first quarter of 2024.
In a recent report, NERC criticized foreign electricity companies, particularly Société Béninoise d'Énergie Électrique (SBEE) in Benin and...
At present, Togolese citizens can travel to 61 countries visa-free. The Henley Passport Index recently disclosed these countries.
Over the past five years, Togo has increased its worldwide reach thanks to visa waiver agreements and changes in the travel policies of several countries, simplifying the procedures for obtaining visas (notably visa-on-arrival).
From 54 in 2018, the number of...
The University of Lomé (UL) and the Washington International Management Institute (WIMI) are set to sign an educational partnership agreement. The details of this collaboration were outlined on August 20, 2024, by UL President Adama Mawulé Kpodar and WIMI founder Bruno Mukendi.
The partnership will primarily focus on expertise and skill sharing. WIMI will leverage the UL’s expertise to...
Togo officially launched its National Energy Information System (SIE-Togo) in Lomé last week. This initiative is part of the operational phase of a broader West African energy sector development policy led by the Energy and Mining Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission.
The SIE-Togo is a digital platform designed to enhance data sharing, reduce entry errors, and speed up processing times. The...
Essowè Georges Barcola is Togo’s new Minister of Economy and Finance. The replacement of Sani Yaya was announced on August 20, 2024. Barcola, the former Director General of the Togolese National Lottery (LONATO) and a Commissioner at the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), where he oversaw the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
As Minister of Finance and...
The Plateaux and Maritime regions should record heavy rains in the next three months. Togo’s Weather Agency, ANAMET, disclosed the forecast to the press on August 20.
While the upcoming weather conditions are favorable for sowing, they also pose risks according to the ANAMET. The agency said there could be flooding in the watersheds of Lake Togo, Mono, and Ouémé.
To mitigate these...