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Togo's power utility, Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET), and the cement producer Cimtogo - subsidiary of the HeidelbergCement Group - have issued two separate press releases denouncing scams featuring their brands.
The CEET said some ill-intended individuals have been, supposedly on its behalf, promising people it will launch or accelerate the process to get them connected to the grid,...
Togo is extending the State of Health Emergency, for the fourth consecutive time since it was first declared by President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on April 2, 2020, to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The decision was approved by the national assembly after a request was submitted by PM Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé on March 16, 2021.
"We remain concerned about protecting our people and we urge...
The Togolese government plans to map out its fishing areas to boost industrial fishing. This was disclosed by Kokou Edem Tengue, minister of fishing and maritime economy.
The move is part of a larger project to modernize sea fishing in Togo. In the framework of the latter, the authorities are seeking a firm to conduct related feasibility studies.
The same project should identify the...
With support from the German cooperation GIZ, the Togolese National Administration School (ENA) will spend CFA 800 million on a strategic plan covering the 2022-2025 period to boost the performances of public officers.
The strategy, submitted for approval on March 15, revolves around three major axes, notably: improving the governance of the ENA, improving teaching methods, and seeking...
The government of Togo will organize general assemblies in the husbandry sector. These assemblies will gather all actors engaged in the sector to reflect on reforms likely to boost the country’s output, and especially tackle the 45% deficit in meat products at the national level.
Indeed, the country records a shortfall in this area despite production in sub-sectors like poultry and small...
Last week, Togocom’s MD, Paulin Alazard, revealed that the operator has deployed its 5G technology at the International Port of Lomé, in the Administrative Area, and Adétikopé’s Industrial Platform. This was during a session where the group presented the various actions it undertook to improve its services over the past 10 months.
Besides this revelation, Alazard noted that its...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently published its 2021 Africa economic outlook report. Titled “From Debt Resolution to Growth: the Road Ahead for Africa,” the 200-page document dives into the issue of debt and assesses the performances of African economies amid the ongoing pandemic.
Togo, according to the report’s authors, should record a rapid economic recovery. They state...
After recently making the headlines, Ghislain Awaga, the young Togolese who made a fortune with trading is “facing some economic difficulties” with his company Global Trade Corporation (GTC).
The firm, for some months now, has stopped paying its investors. A situation which its promoter, Awaga himself, attributes to the company’s migration towards the real economy.
The young...
Last week, in Notsè (Plateaux region), local communities established the Intermunicipal Association for the Development of the Plateaux region (AIDAP). The association’s purpose is the concerted management of agro-pastoral infrastructures and the planification of joint actions to develop the region.
“We came here to assess and adopt rules that will set up the association of...
Togo’s telecom regulator, ARCEP, plans to update the postal regulation in place in the country.
In effect, the regulator launched a process to recruit a consultant to perform this task. The process will close on March 19, 2021.
The current regulation, it should be noted, dates from 1999. This is in a context where the Postal Office keeps diversifying its activities. Indeed, in...
Three Togolese were among the Top 10 bearers of the most innovative AI projects drawn by the jury of the World Africa Startups Summit (WASS) which will be held from April 8 to 10, 2021, in Lomé.
Out of 50 projects submitted by candidates from eight countries, Dobbee Pay, Solimi Fintech, and Artybe, which are respectively spearheaded by the Togolese Kokou Nouvor, Egbidi Matina, and Nouhova...
After two successful issues, Togo plans to raise by March 19, CFA20 billion on the regional financial market.
This time, Lomé will issue public treasury bonds, which will mature over seven years. According to the UMOA-securities, the bonds (recovery bonds) have a nominal value of CFA10,000 each and an interest rate of 6.3% per year.
Let it be noted that Togo mobilized CFA62 billion...
In Togo, the UNDP office backs the ongoing decentralization launched in the country. Indeed, the UN agency recently donated IT equipment and office furniture for 60 local communities.
The donation, worth CFA190 million, should enable beneficiaries to better operate while improving the quality of public services provided to populations.
During the ceremony for the provision of the...
The government of Togo will audit its economic development policies and plans. This will be done by the OECD’s development center.
Last Friday, PM Dogbé launched the Examination of Economic Transformation Policies in Togo (EPTE) as the authorities called the initiative.
The latter should improve governance and reinforce partnerships for economic transformation in the...
On March 18, 2021, Sandra Ablamba Johnson will participate in a virtual roundtable themed ‘The private sector, a driving force for recovery.’ The event will take place in the framework of the CIAN’s 2021 Africa Forum.
Mrs. Johnson, who is the General Secretary of the Presidency and Chairman of the Committee Steering Togo’s Business Climate Cell (CCA), will on this occasion talk...
The World Bank has approved $70 million (CFA38.5 billion) to enable Togo to take an important step towards expanding health coverage to its entire population, which until now was reserved for public servants.
In a press release sent to Togo First, the Bretton Woods institution says that it wants, through this support, "to help Togo lay the foundations for Universal Health Coverage...