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Yesterday ended a two-day workshop to validate a master plan for irrigated agriculture in Togo, in a context where only a few farmers in the country use irrigation, according to experts.
“In Togo, only 1% of agriculture is irrigated, the average in the world is 20%,” says Hugo Van Tilborg, head of the European Union's cooperation in Togo.
To draw the master plan, Togo has the financial and...
In Togo, the number of Mobile Money users grew by about 7% in 2021, to stand at 4,588,386. This figure was disclosed by the country’s telecom regulator, the ARCEP. According to the source, the increase was driven by the resumption of economic activity, and digitalization.
The performance recorded last year was lower than that recorded in 2020: 24%. That year, freshly-introduced...
Sandra Johnson, Minister, Secretary General of the Togolese Presidency, and Governor of the World Bank in Togo received on July 18, Fily Sissoko, the new resident representative of the World Bank. The meeting was also attended by Coralie Gevers, Director of Operations of the Bretton Woods institution for Togo.
The audience revolved around "the issue of a win-win partnership between Togo and the...
The Togolese government plans to invest nearly CFA37 billion on environmental protection projects in 2023-2025, according to its budget planning.
In detail, the authorities intend to spend CFA19 billion in 2023, and about CFA9 billion in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
This should contribute to Lomé’s project to plant a billion trees by 2030–that is an average of 100 million trees per...
A week ago, on July 19, Togo’s minister of maritime economy met with economic operators from Burkina Faso. They talked about issues the operators face at the dry port of Adétikopé–mainly slow stuffing and unstuffing operations, delays in container transfers, and their high costs.
Some of the solutions proposed by Tengue to tackle these issues include hiring more staff, setting up a...
In December 2021, CanalBox became the leading provider of fixed broadband in Togo, by users. The fiber-to-the-home supplier of Vivendi Africa Group (GVA) stripped the crown from Togo Telecom.
It doubled its number of subscribers from 18,000 to 36,000 in the past year, while Togo Telecom lost more than 4,000 of them (Ed. note: from 32,000 to 28,000).
CanalBox dominates the market...
Application notices for land registration are now available on the digital portals of the Office Togolais des Recettes (OTR) and the Journal Officiel de la République Togolaise. This was revealed by Philippe Kokou Tchodié, Commissioner General of the OTR, in a press release issued earlier this month.
The step, according to the source, is part of reforms to dematerialize land deed...
Togolese citizens are no longer required to get a visa to travel to Morocco. They can do so just with their passport now. In Rabat, a deal was inked to this end on July 21, 2022.
“Dear fellow citizens, I am pleased to announce on behalf of the President of the Republic, that from today, July 21, all Togolese holding the ordinary passport of our country can enter and leave Morocco (vice...
The President of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, his Prime Minister, Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé, and several ministers, were in Dapaong on July 20, 2022, to meet with the people of the Savanes region. The visit comes shortly after terrorists killed many in that part of the country.
The President reiterated his commitment, through the defense and security forces (DFS), to deal with the...
At its heart, the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA) aims to protect coasts in several West African countries.
In Togo, for example, the goal of this World Bank program is to mitigate or stop natural erosion along the country’s coast. This is as the phenomenon is accelerated by the soil type, a low and flat topography, heavy rains and floods, and human activity such as...
The FAO will grant Togolese Forestry and Agricultural Producers Organization (OPFA) several financings, ranging from $5,000 to $70,000, this year. The UN agency’s local office launched a call for proposals to this end this month.
In effect, the FAO will collaborate with the National Coordination or Farmers’ Organizations and Agricultural Farmers (CTOP) to support actors...
Fily Sissoko is since July 1st, 2022, the World Bank’s new resident representative in Togo. The Ivorian officially took office in Lomé this week, according to a statement released today, July 20, by the Bretton Woods institution.
"It is with great enthusiasm that I take office in Togo, to strengthen the already fruitful partnership between the country and the World Bank Group. I come to...
In Togo, the government spent nearly CFA206 billion on health initiatives between 2019 and 2021. The figure was disclosed by the budget and finance directorate.
In detail, CFA45 billion were spent on health programs and projects in 2019, slightly over CFA81 billion in 2020, and CFA80 billion in 2021. Thus, spending on health increased by around 44% over the three years.
This year and the...
The Togolese government dedicated nearly a third (32%) of its budget spending to public investment over the past three years, according to data compiled by Togo First.
From CFA241.2 billion in 2018, capital expenditures rose to CFA379.8 billion in 2019 and peaked at CFA394.2 billion in 2020. This represents an average increase of 59.8% over the period. It is, however, below what the...
The Togolese government has spent more than CFA25 billion on fuel subsidies since the beginning of this year. Togo First obtained the information in a context where fuel prices were increased, again, in the country.
To cover the recent price hike, the government subsidized super unleaded, kerosene, and diesel. The respective subsidies are CFA178, CF160, and CFA233 for the three...
Togo will get $5.39 million from the AfDB to boost its food sovereignty and help its small farmers be more resilient as the war in Ukraine continues. The grant was recently approved by the regional lender.
"The sharp rise in fertilizer prices and the difficulty for small and vulnerable producers to obtain fertilizer are likely to cause a drop in the rate of fertilizer use and affect...