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A European cybersecurity firm, Asseco Group, and the government of Togo established a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-TG) whose mission is to protect the Togolese cyberspace. This was announced on 3rd of February by Cina Lawson, minister for the digital economy and digital transformation.
In effect, the purpose of the CERT consists in“identifying, analyzing, and tackling...
The ministry of trade and local consumption promotion is training market women of Lomé’s Grand marché, teaching them rules for community life and accountability.
The workshop which ends today, regroups the members of the SEFECTO (Solidarité pour l'Épanouissement des Femmes Commerçantes du Togo) association.
Through the initiative, the government wishes to help these women...
Togolese authorities have initiated works to update the 2021 edition of the Municipal Development Plans (PDC) as part of the decentralization process ongoing in the country for some years now.
Municipal and regional experts in decentralization are in a two-day meeting to perfect and validate the first assessment of the plans concerned.
The assessment was launched on December 17, 2020, by the...
The government is hiring power developers to carry out electrification works in all regions of the country except the Maritime. The related international tender was launched by Mila Aziablé, minister of energy and mine. The closing date for bid submission is March 22, 2021.
Winning bidders will provide and set up medium-tension and low-tension equipment in the regions...
Last Wednesday, Moov-Africa announced it would deploy a submarine cable from Casablanca to Togo.
According to Abdellah Tabhiret, managing director of Moov-Africa, who disclosed the information, “This cable will develop and improve international coverage and connectivity, especially national connectivity”. “It has a great capacity which will allow internet users to surf properly”,...
From 3MW now, Togo seeks to boost its clean energy production to 200MW by 2030.
This should enable the country to achieve its goal of getting half of its energy mix from renewable sources. And while many solar power projects are underway in this framework, solar energy is not the only resource Togo relies on to achieve its objective. According to public authorities, hydropower is also an...
In Togo, 96% of the population has access to mobile phones. This, according to the 2021 Digital Report recently released by We Are Social and Hootsuite, explains the increasing access to the internet and greater presence of Togolese on social media.
Based on the report, there were 124,000 new internet users in the country in 2019-2020. Overall, the number of internet users in the country...
The government of Togo intends to boost productivity and yields in its roots and tubers sector, in the coming agricultural campaign. To this end, the Togolese Ministry of Agriculture organized last week a practical training for about a hundred actors active in this sector.
The participants, who came from the Maritime, Plateaux, Central, and Kara regions, were taught techniques of...
On Jan 29, the Togolese Agency for Electrification and Renewable Energies (AT2ER) released the list of 129 communities it had picked to benefit from the first phase of the mini-solar networks electrification project.
This is a new milestone for the project which should cover 317 rural communities in Togo. 11,000 kW of installed power and 480 km of distribution network will be deployed for some...
So far, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed around CFA265 billion in Togo. The figure was disclosed by the resident representative of the Bank, George Bohoussou, whose three-year term in the country has come to an end.
“The current portfolio, in terms of commitment, between the AfDB and Togo, is about 265 billion FCFA (...) and we expect it to increase because there are projects...
Ecobank will financially back young entrepreneurs in Togo, providing CFA150 million.
The financing will be provided in accord with a partnership agreement signed between the lender and the Togolese Ministry of grassroots development, youth, and youth employment. The convention was signed on January 28, 2021.
“This agreement will lay the foundation for collaboration between Ecobank...
Togo is the second-best country regarding response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa and the 15th worldwide.
This is the conclusion of a global survey conducted by Lowy institute, a Think tank that looked into the issue. The study covered 98 countries for which data was available; for over 36 weeks that followed every country’s 100th confirmed Covid-19 case.
The performance...
The Autonomous District of Greater Lomé (DAGL) is boosting the capacities of its agents in public management. Around 20 of them are participating in a training workshop on the program budget and the multi-year programming of revenues and expenditures held this week in Kpalimé.
According to the DAGL, this workshop, which will be followed by more, "aims to modernize the DAGL’s operations" as...
The companies in charge of maintenance and construction work under the Rural Road Support Program (PAPR) and the Annual Mechanized Maintenance Program for Rural Roads (PAEMePR) are behind schedule.
According to the minister of rural roads, Kanfitine Tchede Issa, who called the firms “black sheep,” the two projects concerned should have been completed respectively in 12-14 months and...
Anyone in Togo involved in a business, financial, or any other transaction must identify their business partner or partners. Failure to do so is sanctionable by a fine amounting to 50% of the transaction’s value. The penalty is set by the 2021 Tax Procedure Book.
When the beneficiary of a shady transaction is not identified, parties involved will equally share the payment of the tax associated...
To reward good taxpayers, the Togolese Tax Authority (OTR) decided to issue them tax discharge certificates valid for a year. The documents enable responsible taxpayers to easily complete specific formalities, concerning submission to tenders for example.
Other taxpayers, those less disciplined, will receive by default a tax regularity certificate, valid for three months. They will thus...