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One year into its launch, the Wezou scheme, which provides medical and financial support to pregnant women and newborns, has mobilized over CFA1.3 billion. The figure is found in the latest update of the Togolese Presidency on this program. The update covers the period between September 2021 to July 2022.
The money was used to help more than 376,500 women go to over 206,000 prenatal...
Early next month, Lomé will host the 6th edition of the African Transitional Justice Forum. Togolese authorities recently met with a delegation from the AU and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), who organize the forum, to discuss its execution.
The forum, where transitional justice in Africa is reviewed, will, according to its organizers, gather stakeholders who...
Togo is the first country, worldwide, to eradicate four neglected tropical diseases, namely dracunculiasis, lymphatic filariasis, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), and trachoma. On August 22, 2022, the West African country received from the World Health Organization (WHO) a recognition certificate for this feat. This was at the launch of the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for...
Togo is hosting the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa. At the event’s opening, on Aug. 22, Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, said health is a priority for social cohesion, a priority which is at the heart of his government's development policy. The leader then went on to list some of the steps taken by the national health system.
According to Gnassingbé, one of...
Togo: Social security fund launches app to help pensioners and annuitants get their dues more easily
All Togolese pensioners and annuitants (residents and non-residents) can now go through with the country’s social security fund’s life verification operation remotely. The fund or CNSS just launched Biosecu, an app that integrates facial recognition, in this framework.
"Facial recognition allows us to confirm that your face perfectly matches the picture available in CNSS Togo’s biometric...
Starting tomorrow, August 23, Togo’s Revenue Office (OTR) will be auctioning more than 1,000 vehicles at the Port of Lomé. The news was disclosed in a notice issued earlier this month by Philippe Kokou Tchodié, Commissioner-General of the OTR.
A total of 1,021 vehicles will be auctioned. Tomorrow’s auction is part of a larger operation pursuant to court decisions issued on July 20,...
Last Friday, Togo secured CFA33 billion on the UMOA securities market. While that is the amount Lomé retained, it mobilized around CFA59 in the related issue.
The country raised the funds through a simultaneous issue of Treasury Recovery Bonds (OdR), with the bonds having a nominal value of CFA10,000.
According to the UMOA securities agency, the two issues will mature over five and...
The African Guarantee Fund Group (AGF) has set up a €50 million credit guarantee line for African SMEs. The BGFI network will distribute the funds, according to an agreement that both institutions signed on August 12, 2022, in Libreville.
The joint statement disclosing the partnership indicates that the deal was signed by Henri-Claude Oyima and Jules Ngankam, the respective CEOs of...
Coming from all parts of the country, nearly 300 taxi-bike riders gathered, last Thursday, to set up the central union of taxi-bikes and trike riders (COSTT). The entity will directly handle talks with the government, relative to the formalization of the moto-taxi activity.
“Bringing together all taxi-bike unions into a group that will formalize is important, essential even, for the sector to...
Afreximbank, Ecobank-Togo, and BIA Togo put together €145 million (more than CFA95 billion) for Arise Group to build infrastructure at the Adetikope Industrial Platform (PIA). All parties signed a financing agreement last Tuesday, Aug 16.
In detail, Afreximbank, the deal’s lead manager, provided €85 million, and Ecobank and BIA Togo (a subsidiary of Attijariwafa Bank) disbursed...
Togo will soon host a regional cybersecurity hub: the African Cybersecurity Center. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will help the country build the facility. Both parties have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to this end, according to a joint release dated August 16, 2022.
“The Togolese Republic and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa...
Togolese authorities secured CFA504 billion in taxes between January and July, this year. That’s 62% of what the country’s tax revenue office, the OTR, expects for the year–CFA814 billion. The money will finance State spending, in line with the 2022 State expenditure law.
Philippe Kokou Tchodie, Head Commissioner of the OTR, disclosed the results last week, during a mid-year review...
No fishing is allowed at Nangbéto Lake, Togo, from August 15 to November 15, 2022. This corresponds to the period for the biological rest of fishes, Edem Tengue, the minister of fishing and coast protection, wrote in a statement.
“Biological rest, established on the lake of Nangbeto as part of sustainable management measures, aims to allow for the lake’s repopulation in halieutic resources,...
In Togo, Moov Africa launched a challenge for entrepreneurs: Moov Africa Start Up Challenge. This is the first edition of the project and it rolled out on August 12.
Deployed in all markets where the Maroc Telecom group operates, the challenge aims to foster digital transformation as well as “modern and innovation entrepreneurship.” Also, it should, according to Abdellah Tabhiret,...
On August 11, 2022, Togo and Japan sealed a CFA1.75 billion financing deal that will benefit vulnerable people in the West African country. The agreement was signed by the Togolese Minister of Agriculture, Antoine Lekpa Gbégbéni, and the Japanese ambassador to Togo, Ikkatai Katsuya.
As part of the deal, which is part of the Kennedy Round Project, Togo will get white rice for vulnerable people....
Over the next decade, Togo and other sub-Saharan African countries will get $2 billion from the U.S. under a program aimed at bolstering democracy on the continent. The funding was disclosed by the U.S. State Secretary, Antony Blinken, on Aug 8, during a trip to South Africa.
These funds will be deployed under the "Global Fragility Act," a State Department mechanism that aims to foster...