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Ghana and Nigeria just reported their first cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, which was first identified in South Africa.
Nigeria, the most populated country of the continent, made the announcement on December 1st. It confirmed three cases, among travelers who came from SA last week. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed the information in a statement.
On the same day,...
Togo’s Prime Minister, Victoire Dogbé, is meeting her Gabonese counterpart, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, today. The meeting which takes place in Lomé will be prolonged to December 3. The Gabonese official was invited by Dogbé to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation and friendship between Gabon and Togo, official sources indicate.
"This visit will be an opportunity to study...
A delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) met with the Togolese Prime Minister. The meeting which took place in Lomé aimed at reviewing the MCC’s threshold program in Togo.
Other significant participants present included Sani Yaya (Togo’s minister of economy), Cina Lawson (minister for the digital economy), Payadowa Boukpessi (minister for territorial administration),...
Togo has updated its Covid health pass and urges current holders to download the new version, in order to use it in the European Union (EU) and other African countries.
The news was disclosed by the ministry for posts and digital economy which is behind the technology.
The pass, which is available for download on a dedicated website, was recently recognized by the EU and the African Union...
Proparco, the French development finance institution, recently said it is committed to backing Togo in implementing its development projects. A delegation from the institution expressed its support to President Faure Gnassingbé yesterday, in Lomé.
The Proparco delegation is presently taking part in the Rencontres Africa forum which was recently started in Lomé.
"I had the opportunity...
The Togolese Tax Policy Unit (UPF) - a technical team that assists the Minister of Economy and Finance in the mobilization of domestic resources - has been working since November 30 on its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. A methodological framing meeting for the elaboration of this document was opened for this purpose, in Lomé.
"At the end of the process, which officially begins today, it is expected...
The National Assembly has been working since Tuesday, November 30, on Togo's 2022 budget bill. The assessment was launched by the President of the National Assembly, Yawa Djigbodi Tsègan, in the presence of some government representatives, namely the Minister of Economy and Finance, Sani Yaya, and the Minister in charge of relations with the institutions of the Republic, Christian...
The Rencontres Africa forum opened today in Lomé. On this occasion, Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé, Togo’s PM, presented to investors five major assets that make her country the perfect place for investments.
Tomégah-Dogbé gave her speech during a panel on climate business. Another eminent figure present on this panel was Lionel Zinsou, former Prime Minister of Benin and founder of Southbridge....
Togo’s national health insurance institute (INAM) was selected to steer the universal healthcare (AMU) project that has been in the pipeline for some months now. A decree was adopted to this end by the council of ministers that gathered last Saturday.
"The second draft decree entrusts the management of universal health insurance (AMU) to the National Institute of Health Insurance (INAM)," says...
The fourth edition of Togo Top Impact (2021) was launched last Saturday. The event, which celebrates a winning Togo, is promoted by the National organization for excellence and integral development (ONEDI-Togo). Held every year, it gives awards to figures or entities that have marked that particular year.
The theme picked for this year is “Fiscal Citizenship and Development: Assuming Your Role...
The council of ministers of Togo set up last Saturday, a new fund, called Tinga, to “facilitate access for electricity to low-income households”. The project aligns with the government’s goal to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030.
In effect, the fund will provide repayable loans to households seeking electricity. "Our goal is to provide all citizens, regardless of their...
In Togo, people over 40 years old are to get the third dose of Covid vaccines. This was decided last Saturday, during the Council of Ministers.
“Due to the emergence of new waves and new variants, the council instructed the Minister of Health to accelerate the vaccination campaign and to administer the third dose to people over forty years,” reads the council’s statement....
The Togolese government will speed up the implementation of social projects for populations. The commitment was made last Friday after the second government seminar held in Kara, northern Togo.
The officials present at the seminar assessed the implementation of the 2020–2025 government roadmap, with a focus on key projects such as the universal health insurance program, universal access...
Germany offered Togo 633,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines on November 25, 2021. The batch, which was provided under the Covax initiative, is the second that Germany gives Togo. It was received by the country's health authorities at the Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport (AIGE).
According to Wotobe Kokou, secretary-general of the Togolese ministry of health, the new doses...
The European Union (EU) will allocate CFA9.5 billion to the PERECUT - a Togolese program aimed at boosting access to electricity in urban areas. The grant agreement was signed on November 23 in Lomé by Sani Yaya, Togo's Minister of Economy and Finance, and Rémy Rioux, Director General of the French Development Agency (AFD), on behalf of the EU.
Adding this facility, the EU has so far...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) will soon get a €150 million (CFA98 billion) credit facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The funds will support the private sector in WAEMU’s eight-member States which are covered by the BOAD. The latter made the announcement last Tuesday after its 126th board meeting.
"This facility aims to support private sector companies in the...