Africa Togo WAEMU-securities agency said the country's first issue on the regional money market for Q4 2021 was successful, raising CFA55 billion - nearly US$95.000.000; the bonds will have a maturity of 15 years and will finance the economic recovery
Africa Togo Local company Kya-Energy Group, with funds provided by the US Agency for Cooperation, will develop the project to electrify 20 health centers using off-grid solar technology to provide lighting, power refrigerators for vaccines, sterilizers, etc
Africa Togo The majority of tomato concentrate packages collected on the Togolese market - 10 out of 16 - contain excessive levels of lead, according to a study carried out by the Organisation for Food and Local Development and the Togolese Consumers Association
Africa Togo The Fourth World Summit for Girls kicks off today in Lomé; the two-day event features workshops, roundtables, conferences and training with young girls and women's rights advocates
Africa Togo Textile company ITC Rmg will install 750 flat knitting machines in the Adetikope industrial platform, creating a world-class knitwear operation within its industrial zone unit 'Togo Clothing Company', directly involving 2000 workers
Africa Togo UNDP Togo wishes to have a framework for cooperation with the Togolese private sector to serve as a platform to address the problems and design solutions
Africa Togo The Islamic Development Bank has approved a US$20,15 million loan for a rural electrification project involving mini solar panels for sustainable electricity supply to people far from the existing grids
Africa Togo The country plans to launch its "Electricity for All" project next year; in this framework, the country's Minister of Energy and Mines recently met with his Ivorian counterpart to learn more about Côte d'Ivoire's experience
Africa Togo Prime Minister Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé is among Africa’s top 100 most influential women in the Avance Media’s annual ranking of influential women in Africa and its diaspora
Africa Togo Since it was set up in 2012, the FAIEJ - an support fund for young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 - has lent money to to 3.600 start-ups, helping to create 12.792 jobs and train 22.832 people
Africa Togo Two new digital portals have been launched: one that helps on the administrative procedures to follow to invest in the country and one to promote investment and free trade zones
Africa Togo Lomé hosted a two-day OECD international conference on grassroots development, a meeting focused on public policies for the benefit of grassroots populations, being social inclusion one of the pillars of the country's government roadmap
Africa Togo The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Local Consumption has launched national consultations on women's involvement in intra-African trade, to provide women with a platform to express their needs and interests