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Togo plans to organize capacity-building sessions in port and maritime logistics for 60 actors of the blue economy. To this end, it is recruiting a specialized firm, via the Presidency of the Republic.
The project, financed by the World Bank through the Project to Support the Competitiveness of Logistics Services for Trade, will boost capacities of authorized customs agents and brokers on...
In Togo, technical visit formalities are now subject to payment of the Motor Vehicle Tax (TVM). This was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR) and the Directorate of Road and Rail Transport (DTRF).
“Technical inspection formalities are now subject to a systematic control of the receipt attesting of the TVM’s payment,” reads the communiqué co-signed by...
In Togo, SMEs and SMIs consuming between 120 and 150kVA of power will not pay to get connected to the public grid. This falls under the government’s efforts to improve the country’s business climate.
In a statement it recently released, the Togolese power utility declared that “the cost for connection to the medium tension network of the public grid has been made free for SMEs and...
The ministry for development planning and cooperation is looking for a developer to create a mobile app to accelerate the digitalization of services provided by the national water company (Togolaise des Eaux or TDE).
The move aligns with the digitization strategy of the water utility. The latter recently adopted mobile money to ease the payment of bills by customers. The platform in question...
More than half of the Togolese population (51%) said they are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. This was revealed in the results of a survey conducted by Afrobarometer and published on March 3, 2021.
Led by the Center For Research & Opinion Polls (CROP), the study covered a sample population of 1,200 Togolese citizens. It was carried out between December 2020 and January 2021. In...
A year into the pandemic’s emergence in Togo, a majority of the Togolese population (72%) say they are satisfied with the way the government handled the crisis. This is the conclusion of a recent survey carried out by Afrobarometer.
According to the study, 3 out of 10 of those surveyed (29%) said the government helped them cope amid the pandemic. However, among those, a majority (58%) claimed...
Togo will benefit from Morocco’s expertise to launch its Social and Economic Council (CES). Last Monday, a work session between a delegation of the CES and the Moroccan Social, Economic, and Environmental Council (CESE) took place in the framework.
The Moroccan delegation was led by Younes Benakki, secretary-general of the CESE and secretary of the African Union of Economic and Social...
The Togolese Ministry of Primary, Secondary, Technical, and Handicraft Education will provide the Kara Science High School with a multimedia and housing center. The project has been entrusted to NAD BTP, a Togolese construction company.
NAD BTP is the provisional winner of this contract which aligns with the digital transition initiated by the State in the education system, as well as its...
The State disbursed around CFA830 million for the people of Cinkassé, Kpendjal, West Kpendal, Oti, South Oti, Tandjouaré and Tône (Savannah region), under the Novissi cash transfer scheme. The latter was resumed about 10 days ago.
The money was distributed to 1140,000 people - 84,346 women and 59,675 men. Each woman received CFA6,125 while each man CFA5,250 - thus making over 516...
Togo is working on a new employment policy, an updated version of the former policy which was adopted in 2018.
To this end, the Togolese authorities organized a two-day workshop to equip and boost the capacities of members of the national committee monitoring the employment strategy. Participating in the event are also various experts and executives engaged in the monitoring of this...
Lomé presently hosts a territorial branding workshop on the theme “Territorial intelligence: methods and tools to support Togolese municipalities.”
Started on March 1, the event will close on March 4th. Its main host is Guy Gweth, president of the African Centre for Competitive Intelligence (ACCI) and also the representative of the Federal association of German SMEs in Togo, Benin, Gabon,...
With over CFA240 billion of investments attracted since its creation, the Togolese free trade area exports about CFA242 billion worth of goods and services yearly, according to the Presidency.
Goods and services exported range from agro-food products to pharmaceuticals, banking software, beekeeping products, horticultural products, vehicle batteries, latest print products, etc. Companies...
Shelter-Afrique and the Togolese government will build 3,000 low-cost housing units in Lomé. This is in a context where the housing deficit in the Togolese capital surged over the past decade, due to population growth and accelerated urbanization.
The project will be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP). The related agreement was recently inked in Nairobi, Kenya, by...
Last year, the Compagnie d’Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET) paid 1.51 billion naira (CFA2.16 billion) for power bought from Nigeria.
Doing so, Togo somehow calmed tensions with Abuja which threatened, repeatedly, to cut its supply.
It should be noted that so far, Lomé is the only one to have cleared part of the debt it owed the West African giant - contrary to Benin and...
In the framework of the Debt Relief Service Initiative (ISSD), the Paris Club suspended Togo’s debt repayment until June 30, 2021. The news was disclosed in a statement released by the Club on February 11, 2021.
This is a six-month extension granted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is conditioned by Togo’s commitment to “dedicate the resources freed by this initiative to...
Togo is the first country in the ECOWAS region and the 7th in sub-Saharan Africa to promote women both in business as well as in top public positions. This was revealed in the recently-published World Bank Women, Business and Law 2021 report.
With a score of 84.4 points, Togo came 7th over 10 in the SSA region, ahead of Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mozambique. Togo’s performance is...