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Next Thursday, the 2020 edition of the practical business guide will be released. This will be during a roundtable organized by Focus Yakou and the Togolese Chamber for Trade and Industry (CCIT).
Prefaced by Togo’s minister of trade, industry, and local consumption, Kodjo Adedze, the updated guide compiles legal, economic, financial, and fiscal data related to the country’s business...
Togo is preparing for its very first regional elections which could take place next year. Talks in this framework are going on between the government - the ministry of territorial administration - and the various national political groups.
If effectively held, the regional polls would follow local elections held a year ago. This would mark another step forward in the country’s...
Local tomato paste company Tanko Timati and Chocotogo, which produces 100% made in Togo chocolate, will get a CFA110 million donation from the Fédération Genevoise de Coopération (FGC). The funds will help the two firms boost their activity.
The monies will help improve agroindustrial processing in Togo, thus contributing to the government’s ambition to further dynamize agriculture....
Togo plans to increase production and sales of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and boost the contribution of these resources to the national economy.
To this end, regional actors of the sector, international partners, and public authorities gathered last week in Lomé to discuss a document aimed at developing a national program to sustainably manage NTFPs. This program would help boost the...
Without giving further details, the government announced it would rethink the mode of operation of the State holding Togo Invest. The move aims to help the organization better adapt to Lomé’s ambitions under its 2020-2025 development roadmap.
Active since 2014, Togo Invest’s main mission until now was to accelerate investments in key projects. One of its main accomplishments was to...
Last Thursday, a framework agreement was signed between the Public Procurement Regulator (ARMP) and the Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG). The agreement aims to boost the capabilities of public officers involved in procurement in Togo.
In the long-range, the new partnership should make the procurement system more performant, efficient, and transparent. According to...
Between 2016 and 2018, the Community development emergency program (PUDC) led to the installation of over 10,000 solar-powered light poles in Togo.
With the poles, populations can charge their devices and connect to the internet, according to the official portal of the Togolese republic.
In the framework of the PUDC, which aims to foster growth and boost access to light, Togo...
After being warned by the ARCEP (Togo’s telecom regulator), Togocel committed to improving the quality of its mobile money service, T-Money. The former State-owned operator promised its clients it will “resolve all issues latest by December 17,” reads a statement released last Friday.
This is the first time, since the frictions between Togocel and the regulator started, that the...
Togo’s national coalition for youth employment (CNEJ) has a new steering committee.
The new committee, which has 17 members, was officially set up on December 10, 2020. The related ceremony was chaired by the minister of grassroots development, youth, and youth employment, Myriam Dossou D’almeida.
Presided by Dr. Tchasso Kpowbié Akaya, the committee will proceed to the...
Togo has joined the Covax Initiative, which is aimed at accelerating the access of African countries to Covid-19 vaccines.
Prime Minister Victoire Sidemeho Tomegah-Dogbe mentioned this during an extraordinary general assembly of the United Nations devoted to the fight against the pandemic. Held on December 3 and 4, the meeting took place virtually.
According to Tomegah-Dogbe, the...
To better secure its digital ecosystem and protect users against cybercrime, notably, Togo plans to set up a Personal Data Protection Authority (IPDCP).
A draft decree in relation to the project, which falls under the law on the protection of personal data (passed about a year ago), was discussed last Wednesday during the council of ministers held that day.
The IPDCP will carry out...
In Togo, six associations and federations of road hauliers formed the Togolese Road Hauliers Employers Organisation (FPT2R), on December 8, 2020.
Among the six that came together, there is the Union Nationale des Transporteurs Routiers du Togo (Unatrot), the Union des Syndicats des Conducteurs Routiers du Togo (Usycort), and the Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs des Transports du Togo...
Starting next April, it will be possible for anyone to get their criminal records online. The date was set during the latest council of ministers held on December 9, 2020.
The project, which aims to modernize Togolese justice, was initiated three years ago. In effect, it will enable Togolese citizens to proceed to complete application and payment procedures necessary to obtain their record...
The Togolese government is working on a plan to develop the coastline and coastal area. A draft bill on the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline was reviewed by the Council of Ministers gathered on December 08, 2020.
Beyond developing the economic and tourist potential of the coastal strip (which spans about 50km), the authorities want to improve its management.
This...
This year (2020), the West African Development Bank (BOAD) approved the disbursement of CFA652.8 billion for multiple projects in the eight WAEMU states it covers.
Among others, the regional institution injected CFA20 billion in the installation and exploitation of a cement factory by CIMCO SA, provided Togo CFA25 billion to pay part of the energy debt it owes Nigeria.
The BOAD also...
On Dec. 8, the ministers of industry and experts from the OAPI’s 17 member States gathered in Lomé for the 60th ordinary session of the entity’s administration council.
The meeting was held at the 2 Février hotel. It was chaired by Togo’s minister of trade, transport, industry, private sector development and local consumption promotion, and chairman of the OAPI’s administration...