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After more than 60 years of diplomatic relations, Togo and Israel have decided to actualize their cooperation. This is one of the major outcomes of the recent visit of the Togolese Minister of foreign affairs, Robert Dussey, to the Hebrew State.
The actualization aims to “better match cooperation to the current context and to the strategic options of the two States,” especially “at the...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will provide Togo and nine other African countries hands-on training to help their country code top-level (ccTLD) registries compete in the domain industry.
Besides Togo, the other nine registries are from Niger, Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Angola, Liberia, Zimbabwe, and Gambia. As part of the pilot...
Soon, Togolese citizens will be able to travel to Morocco without a visa. This was revealed by the country’s minister of foreign affairs, Robert Dussey, during a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, on the sidelines of the first Ministerial Meeting of the Atlantic African States on June 7, 2022. A deal should be signed to this end soon.
"Togolese holding an ordinary passport...
Initially scheduled to end on June 7, 2022, the census of the Togolese Diaspora has been extended to June 30. This was this Tuesday by Safiou Radji who heads the project.
The extension, she said, will allow more Togolese living outside their country to get registered.
The census should provide the Togolese public administration with accurate and reliable data, especially on the number of...
In Togo, vulnerable farmers will receive CFA500 million worth of NPK 15-15 and Urea fertilizer from the ANSAT throughout the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign. The State-run agency started distributing the product last weekend in the Tchamba prefecture (Central region).
The fertilizer was obtained from the Central Supply and Management of Agricultural Inputs (CAGIA).
According to ANSAT’s...
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has a new governor. His name is Jean-Claude Kassi Brou and he’s Ivorian. The Bank’s new boss was appointed last Saturday, June 4, during its latest extraordinary summit which was attended by the presidents of WAEMU states, including Togo’s leader, Faure Gnassingbé.
Before his appointment, Brou was the chairman of the ECOWAS Commission. A...
KingCafé, a Togolese company specializing in the industrial processing of coffee and cocoa, will open up its capital in two or three months. The firm which has been active in Togo for around four years will do so through fundraising of $1.5 million (CFA900 million).
The news was disclosed to the press on June 6 by KingCafé’s CEO and sole partner, Paul Kpelly. The project, he...
The first African Women Entrepreneurship Academy was launched in Togo last week, on June 2nd. The program aims to train and boost the capacities of 25 female Togolese entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship.
Backed by the US State Department, it will be deployed through the Center for Resources on Social Entrepreneurship (CeRES).
“We are living in a world of...
The Togolese Fintech Semoa launched an event ticketing solution last week via its YEM and WhatsApp Dédé platforms. It was used for the first time last Friday for the Togo-Eswatini match.
The new solution lets fans buy tickets using Tmoney, Visa, and Master Card. “These CashPay services offer autonomy to organizers of cultural events, conferences, training, and others, in the management...
Forty tons of corn were seized by the Togolese Ministry of trade last Wednesday night. The seizure aligns with the government’s efforts to fight the high cost of living in Togo and secure stocks of necessities.
"In June, the government issued a regulation for the export of necessities, including corn," said Kodjo Adedze, Minister of Trade, before noting the violation. "Here you have a truck of...
Togo will issue more recovery bonds on June 10, 2022, and it will try to raise CFA25 billion. The bonds will be issued on the regional money market, UMOA-securities.
With a nominal value of CFA10,000 and an interest rate of 5.3%, the bonds will mature over 36 months
So far into the year, Togo’s public treasury raised CFA236 billion from regional investors. That is more than half of its annual...
The international airport of Lomé (AIGE) recorded a 52% year-on-year surge in passenger traffic in 2021. According to the airport’s authorities, from 460,000 in 2020, the figure jumped to 960,000.
This level is closer to that recorded in 2019: 916,000 travelers. In 2020, the traffic collapsed due to Covid-19 and related protection measures taken by the Togolese government.
The rebound...
On Friday, May 20, 2022, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced a $1.5 billion (about CFAF 920 billion) support plan for the African agricultural sector. The finance project would help African countries cope with the food crisis threatening the continent. The latter is presently deprived of more than 30 million tons of foodstuffs due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Under the...
Ethiopian Airlines launched today, June 1, a new connection to Washington via Lome.
The carrier will fly from Addis Ababa to the US capital, via Lomé, thrice a week.
“We are very pleased to launch a new passenger service connecting Lomé with Washington DC. The U.S. is one of our most important markets due to the presence of a large African community and the growing...
Canada will grant $20 million (about CFA12 billion) to four West African countries–Togo, Ghana, Liberia, and Gambia–to help them build the capacity of their national climate measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems.
The announcement was made last week by the Canadian minister of environment and climate change, Steven Guilbeault, during an official visit to Ghana. On...
"The terminal managed by BAL [Bolloré Africa Logistics, editor’s note] will remain operationally independent, with its top management in Lomé, placed under the responsibility of its CEO in Puteaux [Bolloré headquarters, editor’s note], as is currently the case. The two entities will not face but complement each other." The statement was recently disclosed by Diego Aponte, President of MSC...