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Togo-based incubator Energy Generation is a finalist of the Ashden Awards 2022, a Britsh contest that promotes access to renewables. The incubator which trains young entrepreneurs and technicians runs in the Energy Access Skills category.
Other finalists include Zimbabwe’s Zonful Energy which trains rural youths in the solar energy sector, Community Energy Malawi which creates training...
On July 14, 2022, the Togolese Minister of Maritime Economy, Edem Tengue, met with the Director General of Niger’s Council of Public Transport Users (CNUT), Tchima Moustapha. The latter was in Lomé on a work trip.
During the meeting, the two officials reviewed trade relations between their countries and good transit to Niger, via the dry port of the Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA). This...
The Tunisian-African Business Council (TABC), which supports Tunisian investments and businesses in Africa, will dispatch a delegation to Togo from September 11 to 15, this year. The news, disclosed by the organization on July 12, was relayed by several Tunisian media.
The delegation will be carrying out an economic mission, the first of its kind. This mission will be organized in...
Seven civilians were killed and two injured on the night of July 9 to 10, 2022, in Margba, a village located in the Tône prefecture, northern Togo. Subsequently, the Togolese army announced it would investigate the incident.
The investigation revealed that it was the army that accidentally shot the civilians, mostly teenagers, mistaking them for terrorists. “An aircraft on night patrol hit a...
Joining the Commonwealth is interesting for Togo on three levels: commercial, diplomatic, and political. That is what the country’s minister of foreign affairs claimed in a recent interview.
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"On the commercial level first, given the Commonwealth’s two billion inhabitants, Togo gains in terms of business, and export of its products," Dussey said.
The country will,...
Gozem is adding electric motorcycles to its fleet in Togo. Raphaël Dana, the co-founder of the startup, disclosed this on his LinkedIn profile.
The project, currently in its pilot phase, should extend to the other markets where the firm operates.
Let’s note that not long ago, Gozem teamed up with IFC to provide financial support to 6,000 of its bike drivers. It also recently...
On the night of July 7 to 8, two trucks were seized in Sokodé as they were exporting food from the country, without the necessary authorization.
The trucks carried 25 tons of food: 251 100kg-bags of gari and tapioca. The goods will be sent to the ministry of local consumption for further procedures,” said Fioklou-Toulan Erick, Regional Manager of the Central Customs
This seizure, the...
In 2019, Togo fully started its decentralization, holding municipal polls for the first time. In this article, Togo First looks at how the country’s territorial communities financed themselves and how they spent their budget since that year.
At the dawn of the decentralization era in Togo, in 2019, a record was set by the nation’s territorial communities. They mobilized CFA21.4 billion in...
From January to June 2022, 7,195 new businesses were registered at Togo’s Center for Business Formalities (CFE). That is 1.5% lower than the number recorded over the same period in 2021.
Out of the 7,195 businesses created last semester, 6,092 were registered by Togolese and the rest by foreigners. The man-to-woman ratio is 59% (4,288) to 41% (2,907), with men leading. Also, natural...
Last week, the ministry of trade, in collaboration with the directorate of metrology, conducted an unannounced visit to check if gas pumps in service stations meet commercial measurement standards. The operation was carried out in the greater Lomé area.
Agents of the directorate of metrology were the ones who carried out the operation. They used reference materials to ensure that measuring...
The Industrial Platform of Adétikopé (PIA) announced an app that traces organic products.
“The application will provide Togolese farmers with details regarding all cultivation steps, as well as on the location of plantations using integrated geolocation functionalities,” the PIA said in a note published at the beginning of the week.
With this tool, farmers will quickly...
Over the next three years, Africa will get $65 billion from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s arm that helps the world’s poorest countries. This amount represents 70% of the $93 billion support package that IDA committed under its IDA20 replenishment program.
In Africa, 39 countries, including Togo, will be covered by the program which extends to...
Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) will expand its terminal with €50 million (CFA32.79 billion). Besides the expansion, part of the money will serve to buy equipment, including cranes and trucks.
Expansion works at the terminal started last Friday, July 8, in the presence of Edem Tengue, minister of maritime economy. They will yield a storage space spanning five or six...
Seven people were killed by a deadly blast in northern Togo last Saturday night. The incident, according to the country’s armed forces, happened in the Tone prefecture (Savanes region).
An investigation was started to identify the cause of the explosion, shortly after members of the Koundjouaré unit were deployed to rescue the injured.
"An investigation has been opened to clarify...
In Togo, 11 out of the 16 fully-public companies generated a turnover of CFA167 billion in 2021. That is 11.5% more than in 2020 when they generated CFA149.8 billion.
The increase was driven mainly by three companies: UTB (which is being privatized), the Autonomous Port of Lomé (PAL), and LONATO.
Together, these three firms generated CFA154.3 billion, or 92% of the total reported for the...
The government of Togo wants to set up a free-trade zone in its textile and clothing sector. The Council of Ministers held last Wednesday examined and adopted a draft bill that aligns with this goal.
“This draft bill defines an incentive framework for the textile and clothing industries. It is part of efforts to make the legislative framework for investment more attractive, hence...