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The Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport welcomed 325,709 passengers in the first quarter of 2024, a 6% increase from the previous year. The Directorate General of Budget and Finance (DGBF) reported this figure in its recent budget execution report.
This growth continues a positive trend since 2021, following a significant drop in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic when passenger numbers...
Joaquín Tasso Vilallonga, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Togo since 2020, has completed his mission in the country. Gwilym Jones, a British diplomat, will now lead European diplomacy in Togo.
Vilallonga announced his departure on X on August 31, 2024."Today, my mission in Togo comes to an end and I hand over to my colleague Gwilym Jones, who will take over this account in the coming days...
Togo’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation is seeking a director for the NanaTech program. This is a program that supports women entrepreneurs in the digital sector.
The hired director will monitor and evaluate current initiatives and ensure the program's continuity by creating synergies with existing efforts. He/She will also help define and implement additional...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the 2024 edition of the "Startup Innovation Challenge" last weekend in Lomé. Project submissions are open until September 18.
This competition aims to support Togolese digital startups by promoting innovative technological solutions for local challenges. The UNDP seeks projects that can significantly impact communities and industries.
At...
Togo's President, Faure Gnassingbé, is in Beijing for the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. He arrived on September 1, three days before the event’s opening.
This year's theme is "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future." Discussions will focus on security, health, economic recovery, and climate change, with...
Audiovisual regulators of WAEMU States and Guina (PRA-UEMOA-GUINEE) are gathered in Lomé for their 11th General Assembly. The roundtable kicked off yesterday and ends today. Its theme is: "Effective implementation of DTT in Platform member countries: state of play, proposals and strategies for action in the face of delay."
One of the key highlights of the meeting will be the confirmation of...
Togolese authorities plan to launch a major cleanup operation for the Gbaga channel, a natural border with Benin. Both countries will be involved.
Set to cost CFA4.7 billion, the cleanup is part of the WACA ResIP Coastal Resilience Program. The latter aims to reduce flooding risks and improve the quality of life for riverside communities.
The 30 km-long Gbaga channel faces silting,...
The "NanaTech Immersion" program was kicked off in Togo’s Central region on August 26. The program which was previously rolled out in the Greater Lomé, Kara, and Plateaux regions aims to drive women's empowerment in the ICT sector.
In the Central region, 20 women are receiving, under the program, specialized training to help them integrate digital tools into their businesses. This is to help...
The Togolese Federation of Soybean Cooperatives (Fédération Nationale des Coopératives Productrices de Soja –FNCPS-Togo) has a new president. Elected during a general meeting on August 26, Daloli Mimbouab replaced former chairman Kadzakadè Komlan. He will lead a nine-member board for a three-year term.
Under the previous president, soybean production increased from about 40,000 tonnes in...
The universities of Lomé and Kara are embarking on a process to facilitate student transfer between them. A brainstorming workshop in Lomé, ending August 28, 2024, focuses on harmonizing curricula and student mobility within Togo's public universities.
The goal is to standardize teaching unit content and establish harmonized diploma criteria. At the end of this process, the universities will...
The municipalities of Cinkassé 1 and Tandjoaré 1, northern Togo, have updated their Communal Development Plans (CDP). This decision came on August 26, 2024, in Cinkassé, located 650 km north of Lomé.
Previously, the CDPs did not address security issues but now they do. The revision incorporated insights from the National Strategy to Prevent and Combat Violent Extremism (NSPCVE).
The revised...
The Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor Foundation (SEA), in partnership with UNDP, supplied startup kits to 30 young Togolese agripreneurs last weekend. The kits were donated at the SEA’s headquarters in Lavié (140 km northwest of Lomé).
With the kits, beneficiaries will be able to start their business, and consequently create jobs.
Before receiving the kits, the agripreneurs underwent two...
A few months ago, Nigeria stopped accepting degrees issued by Togolese and Beninese universities. A move resulting from a shocking investigation.
The University of Lomé, Kara, and the Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO) are the only three Togolese universities issuing degrees recognized by the Nigerian government.
Before the recent disclosure, Nigeria had stopped accepting degrees...
Togo has made significant progress in implementing its 2025 government roadmap, launched 4 years ago. Prime Minister Victoire Dogbé presented some of the roadmap’s achievements to the National Assembly on August 23.
According to Dogbé, implementation has faced major challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change effects, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and a volatile security...
Togo's High Authority for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption (HAPLUCIA) has launched regional workshops to reduce corruption in the public procurement process. The workshops kicked off on August 26, 2024, in Lomé, during a two-day meeting themed "Role and responsibilities of members of public procurement management bodies in preventing and combating corruption in public procurement "....
A project to build five mother-and-child hospitals across Togo was announced two years ago.
Togolese Prime Minister, Victoire Tomegah Dogbé expects the project to be completed by the end of this year. She disclosed the forecast in her general policy statement to Parliament on August 23.
According to details dating from April 2022, each Togolese region will get one mother-and-child hospital....