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The Port Autonome de Lomé (PAL) has launched a new mobile money payment system for entrance tickets. The news, revealed on May 22, stresses that the payment system operates through two partner platforms: Mixx by YAS and Coris Money.
The move, steered by the Ministry of Coastal Protection, aims to streamline administrative procedures and increase transparency in port operations.
With the new...
Togo’s public agencies are stepping up to improve financing access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On May 21, the National Agency for the Promotion and Guarantee of SME/SMI Financing (ANPGF) and Togo Post Company (SPT) signed a partnership agreement to expand local financing solutions nationwide.
ANPGF’s Naka Gnassingbé De Souza and SPT’s Kwasi Kwadzo Dzodzro signed...
Lomé has allocated CFA4 billion to the country’s first Regional Councils, established earlier this year as part of ongoing decentralization efforts. Koumtchané Siangou, Technical Secretary for the management of the Fonds d'appui aux collectivités territoriales (FACT), announced the funding on May 21 during a press briefing in Lomé.
FACT mobilized this funding to help the new regional...
The Golfe 7 municipality in Lomé, Togo, is drafting a Municipal Development Plan (PDC) to steer local development over the next five years. The plan will establish a strategic framework for participatory budgeting and development.
A workshop was held on May 20 in the capital to kick off the process. The meeting brought together elected officials, civil society representatives, technical...
Six West African countries are meeting in Lomé, Togo, to strengthen cooperation against illegal fishing in the Gulf of Guinea, a region vital to local economies and food security.
Representatives from Togo, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria gathered on May 19 for a three-day summit organized by the West Central Gulf of Guinea Fisheries Committee (CPCO). The meeting aimed to...
Togo recently started a study to demarcate road rights-of-way and classify its national road network. The Permanent Secretariat for Monitoring and Evaluating Public Policies disclosed the news.
According to the source, a report, the study will cost CFA165 million and will be conducted in two phases by specialist firms. The first phase will cover the Maritime and Plateaux regions for CFA85...
A delegation from Mali’s telecommunications regulator, the AMRTP, visited Togo last week to exchange knowledge on telecom service quality governance.
The visit focused on the Quality Management System (QMS) implemented by the Togolese telecom watchdog, the ARCEP. This system, certified in September 2023 and audited in September 2024, aims to improve organizational efficiency through continuous...
In Dapaong, Savanes region, the Gens des Médias de la région des Savanes (GEMESA) association launched a community resilience program on May 15 aimed at improving economic access for young people and rural women.
The project, funded with over CFA272 million by Luxembourg’s Action Solidarité Tiers Monde (ASTM), will run from 2025 to 2029. It targets the prefectures of Cinkassé,...
Togolese political leaders convened on May 19 to review preparations for the upcoming communal elections scheduled for July 10. The meeting took place during the 20th session of the Permanent Consultation Framework (CPC), a forum aimed at facilitating dialogue among political actors.
Chaired by Mr. Tchassona Traoré, the session focused on assessing the electoral process and making necessary...
The African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE) concluded a working visit to Lomé on May 16. The visit aimed to boost cooperation with financial institutions in Togo, officials said.
The visit occured during Meet-Up Finances Togo, a week-long series of technical and strategic meetings focused on financing local economies.
During the mission, FAGACE signed or renewed partnership...
The government of Togo is continuing biometric registration for its new electronic identity card (e-ID) across Greater Lomé.
Since May 12, 2025, residents of the Gulf prefecture have been registering and getting their Unique Identification Number (UIN), a central element of the World Bank-supported WURI program aimed at improving access to public services.
Nearly 600 registration centers have...
The government of Togo has introduced a free training program aimed at young people aged 18 to 35 to develop skills in emerging digital professions.
The initiative, launched in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), seeks to equip a new generation of content creators and digital communicators with practical skills.
The program offers five modules covering content...
On Monday, May 19, tax and customs officials from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) gathered in the Togolese capital to discuss strategies for managing tax risks in the mining sector.
The week-long meeting, organized by the WAEMU Commission, aims to strengthen member states’ capacities to combat tax evasion, avoidance, and false invoicing related to mining activities....
African Union (AU) co-facilitators convened in Lomé, Togo, on May 17 to coordinate efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The meeting, chaired by Togolese Prime Minister Faure Gnassingbé, sought to harmonize approaches to restoring peace and stability in the Great Lakes region.
Former African leaders, including Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria,...
Last week, the World Bank handed out equipment to fishmongers and market gardeners in Togo’s Lacs 1 and Lacs 3 communes. The gear aims to strengthen their work along the vulnerable Gbodjomé-Sanvi-Kondji coastal stretch, which faces serious marine erosion.
The donation, valued at CFA26 million, was provided to 30 groups of fishmongers and 40 groups of market gardeners. The equipment includes...
On May 16, the municipalities of Sotouboua 2 and Doufelgou 1 in northern Togo started drafting their municipal development plans (PDC). The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supports the effort with technical and financial aid.
The drafting process aims to equip these local governments with tools to identify their communities’ needs and set priority...