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Togo’s Ministry of Agriculture has initiated a plan to invest in organic agricultural productions. The plan will be leaned on the country’s existing strategy to develop the concerned sectors, which have been found to be investment niches.
On January 31, the ministry should host a meeting with actors engaged in these sectors. These include direct actors, goods and services suppliers,...
At end-June 2019, Togo totaled 3% of all e-money transfers recorded in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). According to the BCEAO which disclosed the figure, in the first and second quarters of 2019, e-money transfers recorded by the whole Union amounted to XOF156.12 billion and XOF143.58 billion, respectively.
Proportionally, Togo was ahead of Guinea Bissau (0.99% of...
In Togo, the Femmes Vaillantes of Anié, a cooperative of 12 women producing premium parboiled, was given an upgraded parboiler by the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP). The latter also trained the women in the production of premium quality parboiled rice.
“In the past, we parboiled rice by directly pouring unhusked rice into a pot filled with water, a technique that led to...
Water supply and oil-gas equipment manufacturer, Hydrimpex, has expanded its activities to Africa, with a first office in Lomé.
The French SME plans to soon follow up with its first showroom and warehouse in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which Togo is part of.
Hydrimpex could provide equipment for water supply, drills, irrigation, sanitation, pumps, and various...
The port of Lomé just set a new record for its container traffic, passing 1.5 million TEU in 2019. The year before that, the infrastructure had recorded a container traffic of 1.4 million TEU.
In 2019, the volume of goods that transited through the port was 22.610 million tons, against 22.117 million in 2018.
The figures were disclosed today, January 28, 2020, by Fogan Adegnan,...
Lomé-based pan-African lender Ecobank has launched a sandbox. This is an IT security system enabling its partners and fintechs, across all 33 African countries where the bank operates, to access and develop apps through its App Programming Interface (API).
The move, according to the bank, will promote its e-banking segment. It follows the appointment last year of a new Group Senior Fintech...
Yesterday, the minister of agriculture, Noel Bataka, officially launched a 10-day agribusiness training in Dapaong (621 km north of Lomé).
Named Camp du futur Togo 2020 (2020 Togo Camp of the future), the training targets more than 20,000 youths and women, across 13 specific prefectures (including Dapaong). It aims to boost the capacities of participants by leveraging modern management...
In Togo, all business that still owe taxes and duties must settle their dues by January 31, 2020. The deadline was set by the tax office, Office Togolais des Recettes (OTR), according to a recent statement released by the institution.
The tax office threatens to publish, on its website, the names of firms that will fail to pay what they owe within the set period.
The concerned...
Togo’s minister of environment, David Wonou Olatokou, has officially launched a major waste management project in Aneho, today.
This is a three-year project that costs more than XOF450 million. It is part of the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project - WACA-ResiP.
In detail, ECOSAN toilets will be built in 127 homes in Aneho; 2,300 homes will subscribe to a solid waste...
Orabank has launched a call for manifestation of interests to select three microfinance institutions that will financially support agricultural entrepreneurs.
The tender which will close on January 31, 2020, comes in support of the Project to Improve Employment and Insertion of Youths in Profiting Sectors (PAEIJ-SP).
Selected microfinance institutions will finance entrepreneurs based in Tchamba...
In 2019, the soybeans sector was the first job provider of Togo’s agricultural industry. This sector is followed by sesame and pineapple.
The information was disclosed by public authorities at the 12th National Forum for Farmers recently held in Kara (412km from Lomé).
According to these authorities, the soybeans, rice, maize, and sesame sectors captured the most funds during the previous...
The European Union and France injected about XOF12 billion in a project to fight human trafficking in nations of the Gulf of Guinea. Six countries are concerned by the initiative, including Togo, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria.
A workshop was organized yesterday in Lomé to discuss terms of collaboration for its implementation.
According to Alessandro Rabiossi, the regional...
UK’s independent power producer, Globeleq, will soon develop a renewable energy project in Togo. The firm signed early last month a joint development agreement with the Togolese government for the project.
The project could be a pure hydropower plant, a combined hydropower-solar power plant, or a solar power plant with large capacity battery storage. It should generate between 24MW and...
Over the past decade, wealth created by Togo’s agricultural sector has doubled. This was reported by the minister of agriculture and fishery, Noel Bataka, at the opening of the 12th national forum for Togolese farmers (FNPT), yesterday.
Indeed, from XOF640.6 billion in 2010, agricultural GDP soared to XOF13,354.4 billion in 2019. This is nearly 40% of the Togolese economy.
The...
From 30 points in 2018, Togo scored 29 points in the Transparency International Corruption index for 2019. This occurs after maintaining its score at 32 points in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Revealing an average score of 32 points for sub-Saharan Africa over the period reviewed, the German NGO denounces “inaction against corruption” in this region. It should be noted however that in Togo, many...
The 12th national farmer forum was launched on January 23, 2020, by the minister of agriculture, Noël Bataka.
The forum is hosted at the Palais des Congrès. Its main focus is agricultural transformation.
“No more subsistence farming,” declared Bataka after summing up the country’s performances in agriculture in recent years.
The minister also urged the president...