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Opened in 2015 to boost cross-border trade, the external trade single desk is meeting expectations.
Indeed, the desk whose purpose was to simplify clearance processes, ease goods transportation, reduce related costs and delays and improve transparency in the sector, has helped Togo improve its logistics performances.
According to the World Bank’s 2016 index on logistic performance, Togo has...
According to Abby, Toyi, head of State domains and cadaster affairs (DADC), delays for complete transfer of land titles under Doing Business (283 days namely) is far from realities.
“I shout high my disapproval as the first person in charge”, the official said during a workshop on business climate at the administrative centre for economic and financial services.
“In 2016, we were at about...
Togo’s Threshold Programme could be approved in the weeks to come now that political dialogue has been initiated. This was told Nana Akufo-Addo by acting chief executive of the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Jonathan Nash, as the Ghanaian president was in US for a work visit. The Ghanaian leader, let it be noted, was recently in Togo to act as chief mediator to find a solution to the...
The training and information meeting between the Business Climate Cell (CCA) and media actors came to an end last Friday. It was themed “Business environment in Togo: Concepts, reforms and outlook”.
Talks at the meeting revolved around seven main topics namely transfer of ownership, business creation, access to power, access to loans, cross-border trade, construction permit and contracts...
Orange Africa, the telecom operator, has entered into an agreement with the French online course platform Openclassroom to provide 3-18 months courses on digital professions, French magazine Jeune Afrique reported.
In effect, Orange Africa will help provide its courses to public employment services, such as ANPE in Togo. Others countries involved in the program are Tunisia, Morocco and...
In Togo, as agriculture fares well, poultry is not left out it appears. Indeed, according to data released by Dr. Daniel Batawui, Head of Husbandry, poultry production recorded a major increase, from 8 million chickens, in 2011, to 25 million in 2017, thus tripling over the period.
The surge results from various efforts made in the sector, knowingly under the National Programme for Agricultural...
On Feb. 22, 2018, ECOWAS launched the first phase of its companies incubation programme by creating a first pilot centre in the framework of the agricultural entrepreneurship scheme, at Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso.
Developed by ECOWAS and NEPAD Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment, the incubation programme aims to support women in rural areas, across West Africa.
It will, among others, help...
Togo will benefit from a $3 billion investment that Turkey will inject into the ECOWAS over the next five years. This was announced on the sidelines of the ECOWAS-Turkey economic forum taking place in Istanbul and ending today.
Turkey through its new commitment, according to website Horizon-news.net, wishes to create financial opportunities and foster technology transfer to boost...
Under reforms established by the government to improve business climate in the country, access to land-related information has been democratized for all.
The announcement came from top officials at the State Domains and Cadaster Office (DADC), on Feb. 21, 2018. This was on the first day of the training and exchange session between press actors and the Business Climate Cell.
The new...
The University of Lomé was ranked 82nd best university in Africa, in the 2018 Top 200 African Universities of UniRank. This a is significant improvement compared to 2017’s edition where the university was 109th or even to 2015’s where it was not even on the index.
On this rankings which can be accessed at www.4icu.org/top-universities-africa, South African universities dominate the Top 10...
Soon, it will be possible to sign documents digitally at a notary’s office in Togo. This was revealed yesterday by the new president of the chamber of notaries of Togo, while he was assuming office.
The new measure is a significant milestone in dematerializing processes and it should save both notaries and their clients a lot of time with paperwork.
While it aims mainly to improve quality of...
On Feb. 21, 2018, German NGO, Transparency International released its yearly report on corruption in public sector for 2017.
According to this year’s edition which ranked 180 countries, up from 176 a year before, Togo is no more corrupted than last year, or the year before that. Indeed, since 2015, the country’s score has been stagnating at 32, against 29 in 2014 and 2013.
Togo loses a...
As announced earlier on, telecom operator Teolis SA will launch its activities on Feb. 22, 2018.
With the arrival of this new internet service provider, the third in Togo, populations’ access to broadband would very likely improve.
More so considering the upcoming operationalization of a fourth actor, Groupe Vivendi Africa (GVA). This would contribute to a significant decrease in...
The Informal sector represents 20-30% of Togo’s gross domestic product (GDP) according to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Compared to its neighbors, Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso and most countries in the sub-Saharan African region, Togo is doing well. A feat which is to be attributed to the various efforts of the government to make private sector the economy’s...
David Koffi Tsolenyanu took office as the new head of the national chamber of notaries of Togo on Feb. 21, 2018, a statement sent to Togo First indicates.
Appointed last Feb. 16, during an elective general assembly, he will be replacing Daniel Ekoue Dosseh-Adjanon. He will lead the institution in a context where the government engaged many reforms which are yet to be respected by members of this...
The government of Togo should raise another CFA230 billion on the regional financial market of the WAEMU this year, according to the provisional annual plan for issue by tender of the union’s State members.
In detail, the State plans to raise CFA40 billion in March, another CFA40 billion during Q2, CFA90 billion in Q3 and CFA60 billion in the last quarter.
So far, the government...