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The Mother and Child Hospital in Bè (south suburb of Lomé) should soon be completed. The Togolese Minister and secretary-general of the Government, Sandra Ablamba Johnson, visited the site last weekend, taking stock of the work’s progress.
According to district chief, Mawuko Déla Aklassou, the works are 95% complete. They should be finished before the set deadline, according to Yawo Agbessi...
Togo produced around 64,000 tons of ginger per year on average in the past few years. According to the Ministry of Agriculture which disclosed the figure, most of the output comes from the Plateaux and Centrale regions, with an average yield of 10 to 20 tons per hectare of fresh rhizomes. In total, nearly 10,000 agricultural households are involved in its cultivation, mainly in these two regions...
The people of Agou and Blitta (respectively 66km and 266km away from Lome) recently welcomed new drinking water facilities. The facilities, which fall under the government’s water supply system reinforcement and extension project, were handed over last weekend by the Minister responsible for village hydraulics, Damehame Yark.
In Agou, specifically in Gadzepe, the infrastructure consists of...
Togo’s poultry output reached 35.7 million heads in 2023. The figure was disclosed in the recently released Citizen's Budget of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Year on year, the figure is up by 8%. Indeed, in 2022, the country produced 33.12 million heads.
The Plateaux region mainly contributed to the increase, with a production of 12 million heads last year (35% of the total). The...
The Support Fund for Youth-led Businesses of Togo (FAIEJ) claims to have created 26,309 sustainable jobs from its launch in 2012 to the end of March 2024. Over the same period, the Fund said it loaned out CFA8.63 billion.
The Fund further noted that it financed over 6,000 projects and trained nearly 36,000 people (35,822). Also, it claims to have sensitized around 140,000 young people and...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock recently launched an agricultural mechanization program, in partnership with the Moroccan Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP Africa).
Overall, 120 participants will take part in the program. They will be equipped with skills and tools to help them be more productive and earn more.
The participants will be divided into two groups. One group will...
A new initiative to support SMEs was launched in Togo on March 30, 2024. Known as the Togo Business Angels Network (TOGOBAN), the initiative was launched by Rose Kayi-Mivedor, Minister of Trade and Local Consumption.
The project aims to provide business owners with funding, and training to grow their projects.
Togoban is the local branch of the African Business Angels Network...
On March 31, 2024, President Faure Gnassingbé requested a second reading of the revised constitution adopted on March 25.
Gnassingbé "today requested the President of the National Assembly to proceed with a second reading of the adopted law." According to a statement from the Presidency, the request is driven by the "interest the text sparked since its adoption."
Approved with 89 votes...
Togo and Luxembourg signed a letter of intent focused on their cooperation in the coming years. The latter was signed in Lomé, on March 28, by the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Dussey, and Luxembourg's Minister of Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Xavier Bettel. Bettel stopped in Togo as part of a West African tour.
The letter of intent paves the way for stronger cooperation...
By the end of this year, 70% of the Togolese territory should have electricity. The Ministry of Finance recently published a Citizen’s Budget report where the forecast was. The projection, however, came from the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
According to the document, Togo recorded an electrification rate of 66%, 63%, and 59% in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. To achieve its 70% goal this...
Niger could become the fifth country to strike a free-roaming partnership with Togo. Last week, a delegation from Niger’s telecom watchdog discussed the possibility with its Togolese counterpart. The delegation was in Lomé until March 26.
The partnership could, according to the two sides, “make it easier for the people (of both countries, ed. note) to use telecom services when moving...
Togo produced 2,406,614 tons of tubers in 2023, up from 2,238,529 tons in 2022. The output thus rose by 7.5% year-on-year according to the data from the Ministry of Agriculture.
In detail, over half of last year’s tuber output (1,433,955 tons) came from the Plateaux and Centrale regions. The two regions produced 720,228 tons and 705,735 tons, respectively. The remainder of the production...
Dongaco Togo, a subsidiary of Dongaco, has set up its operations at the Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA). The firm holds a license for producing Coca-Cola products in Togo.
"We will be exploiting all Coca-Cola products. Specifically, for Coca-Cola at the PIA today, we have 7 hectares," stated Thiam Lamine Amadou, the company's CEO. "We have two projects here, and the first one concerns...
Togo President, Faure Gnassingbé, inaugurated an integrated poultry farming at Avétonou (Agou prefecture), about 100 km from Lomé. The facility spans 660 hectares.
The project is led by Porteo-Graine, a subsidiary of the Porteo Group. The facility will include a poultry area covering 162 ha. The remaining space will accommodate the Agricultural Research Technical Institute (ITRA), the...
Togo has implemented for the first time a green budget. The budget stands at CFA118.2 billion per year and represents 5.41% of the national budget for 2024, which stands at CFA2,179 billion.
The forecast green budget will help sustain measures to mitigate climate change and protect the environment. In detail, CFA96 billion will be allocated to climate change mitigation, and CFA22 billion...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) recently announced it has approved new financial commitments totaling CFA169.483 billion. The Bank approved the facilities during its 141st board of directors meeting in Dakar.
The financings include a CFA5 billion refinancing line for African Lease Togo. These financings are primarily distributed across the financial sector but also in...