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Togo's government is moving forward with the restructuring of governance for its industrial free zone. The Cabinet reviewed a proposal to complete the transformation of the Free Zone Administration Company (SAZOF) into the Investment Promotion and Free Zone Agency (API-ZF).
Established in 1994, SAZOF has been a key instrument of Togo's export-oriented industrialization policy. A total of 141...
Power disruptions have affected Lomé and other major cities across Togo for several weeks. Débo-K'mba Barandao, director general of the Compagnie énergie électrique du Togo (CEET), addressed the situation on state broadcaster TVT on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
Barandao said the outages stem mainly from capacity constraints on the national grid, combined with strong electricity demand. Some...
Togo has approved a new framework for allocating radio spectrum across its telecommunications sector. The reform was adopted Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Faure Gnassingbé, president of the council of ministers.
The government approved a decree endorsing the National Frequency Allocation Plan (PNAF), updating the regulatory framework to reflect changes adopted in 2023 to the...
Togo plans a two-part debt issuance on March 20, targeting 25 billion CFA francs through the WAEMU government securities market, in its second operation of the year.
According to a tender notice seen by Togo First, the Togolese Treasury plans to raise part of the funds through Treasury Assimilated Bills (BAT) with a 364-day maturity. The securities, with a nominal value of 1 million CFA francs,...
Togo’s microfinance sector served more than 4.69 million beneficiaries as of the end of December 2025, Finance and Budget Minister Essowè Georges Barcola told lawmakers.
Deposits held by microfinance institutions reached 447.5 billion CFA francs, while the sector’s outstanding loan portfolio stood at 352.1 billion CFA francs. Total assets exceeded 578 billion CFA francs, Barcola said.
He...
Lome, the capital of Togo, is hosting a continental workshop on aquatic biodiversity conservation and the implementation of international legal instruments governing marine resource management. The meeting opened Tuesday and runs through March 12.
The workshop is organized by the African Union's Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in collaboration with the Togolese government and...
Togo's National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a bill aimed at combating counterfeiting and other offences involving currency in member states of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU), during a plenary session in Lomé.
Lawmakers approved the text at first reading during the fourth plenary sitting of the first extraordinary session of the year. The session was chaired by National Assembly...
Around 300 students at the University of Lomé (UL) in Togo began work on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, to develop digital solutions addressing challenges faced by local businesses. The initiative is part of the fourth edition of Crunch Time for Technological Innovation, organized by the École Polytechnique de Lomé (EPL) and running until March 14.
Working in multidisciplinary teams made up of...
Togo’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, March 10, that a nationwide polio vaccination campaign will run from March 12 to April 18, targeting children under five.
The campaign will take place in two phases: the first from March 12 to 14 and the second from April 16 to 18. It aims to vaccinate about 1.8 million children through door-to-door visits to households. Vaccination teams will...
Egypt's Orascom Group, led by billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who ranked seventh on Forbes’ 2025 list of Africa’s wealthiest individuals, is moving closer to entering the Togolese market. Togolese Minister of Investment Promotion Arthur Lilas Trimua said on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, that he met with the Egyptian businessman in Lomé to discuss potential investments in the country.
Orascom, whose...
Togo’s Fonds Tinga programme, launched in 2022 to expand electricity access for low-income households, had delivered nearly 100,000 new connections by the end of 2025, the Ministry of Energy and Mines said earlier this week, highlighting the initiative’s role in accelerating rural and peri-urban electrification.
Operating across several regions, the scheme targets economically vulnerable...
Togo is hosting the seventh edition of the Scientific Days of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES), which opened on March 9 in Lomé.
The biennial gathering brought together ministers, researchers, experts and university leaders from more than twenty countries to discuss ways to deepen scientific cooperation and build a shared research policy across French-speaking...
Togo's government has announced new measures to unify the geographic reference systems used in cartography, urban planning and land management. The reform, officials say, will modernise the country's geospatial infrastructure and improve the reliability of spatial data nationwide.
The measures were unveiled on Monday, March 9, 2026, by Minister of Finance and Budget Georges Barcola and Minister...
Togo’s capital is currently hosting the regional mid-term workshop for the third edition of the Harmonized Survey on Household Living Conditions (EHCVM 2025/26). Scheduled to run until March 13, 2026, the event is organized by the WAEMU (UEMOA) Commission as part of the Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa Project (HISWACA/PHASAOC), a World Bank-funded initiative...
Togo and the World Bank held a meeting last week to review projects and programs financed by the lender in the country. The session brought together stakeholders involved in implementing the projects to assess the overall portfolio, identify constraints and propose solutions to improve delivery to local communities.
The World Bank's portfolio in Togo currently totals $1.49 billion and...
The Lomé Diplomatic Club opened its 2026 agenda with a session focused on strengthening economic relations between Togo and Turkey. Organized last weekend by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration, the event brought together diplomats, government officials and business leaders to discuss Africa–Turkey relations.
Speaking at the forum, Turkey’s ambassador to...