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(Togo First) - Yesterday, April 24, President Gnassingbé inaugurated, in the presence of the Chinese ambassador, the new administrative services center ...

(Togo First) - On Wednesday, April 24, Togo's parliament gave its approval for the country's adhesion to the agreement to create the Africa Trade Insurance ...

Togo launched April 23 in Siké-Afidegnon, in the Yoto prefecture, the pilot stage of the “Tomorrow Connected Community” project, a project inspired.

Togo's new fishing port, in Gbetsogbe-Baguida (about 10km from Lomé), is officially operational. It was inaugurated by President Gnassingbé.

NGO the Finnish Refugee Council announced on Wednesday that this year's recipients of its Refugee of The Year accolade are 18-year-old Rand Mohamad ...

Last Friday, Togo raised XOF77 billion through a fungible Treasury bond issuance. This is almost four times the amount initially sought and.

A handful of angry fans in Lome, chanting exit songs for Head coach Claude Le Roy who failed to qualify the Hawks for the upcoming AFCON in Egypt.

(Togo First) - Coastal degradation cost Togo $310 million in 2017. This was disclosed in a World Bank report on the hazard's impacts in West Africa, especially in ...

(Togo First) - Less than a quarter (20%) of the Togolese population uses mobile internet, recent data from the Global System for Mobile Communications ...

The second phase of the expansion of the national road n°1 (RN1) will be showcased during the Togo-EU forum which will be held in Lomé next June.

In 2017, there were 38.13 million mobile money transactions in Togo. This figure which is almost twice that recorded in 2016 corresponded to an.

Deadline for the submission of projects to attract European investors during the coming Togo-EU forum is April 30, 2019. According the event's.

Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Olympia Lyra changed its destination to Togo from Southwold, UK, Reuters reports. The VLCC, which has a capacity of.

(Togo First) - On Monday, the website dedicated to the EU-Togo economic forum was officially launched by the committee in charge of organizing the event.

In Togo, a protest movement calling for the ouster of President Faure Gnassingbe has waned in intensity. Many of the protests turned deadly with security ...

(Togo First) - Togo's chamber of industry and commerce will take all the necessary steps for the seamless contribution of the country's private sector to the ...

(Togo First) - Out of 979 listed projects, 250 have been selected to be financed by the Culture Promotion Fund (FAC) this year. Just like last, the projects which ...

(Togo First) - The posts and telecommunications regulatory authority (ART&P) has launched a public call to interest for the establishment of an e-transaction trust ...

Father William Ryan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, has been serving the people of Togo, Africa, since 2006, when he opened a mission parish ...

(Togo First) - From over 80% at end-2016, Togo's public debt was below 70% at the end of March 2019. This was declared by Sani Yaya, minister of economy ...

On April 25, President Gnassingbé inaugurated in Gbatopé (Zio prefecture), a pineapple processing factory. Baptized Jus Délice, the facility will.

From Today to Thursday, the University of Lomé will host open houses to get students interested in maritime professions. This is in a context where.

(Togo First) - Togo's growth rate could slightly exceed 5% in 2019. The figure was revealed during a press conference held April 2, 2019 and closing of the ...

The University of Lomé is currently hosting the “10000 Codeurs Togo” meeting. The event's theme is “digital professions: a path leading to the.

12 April 2019: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN's (FAO) Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and the Government of Togo have launched a ...

(Togo First) - Togolese nationals living outside the country sent home more than $500 million in 2018. This is revealed in the latest update of the World Bank on ...

Leveraging a successful bond issuance recorded last Friday, Togo seeks to raise a total of CFA95 billion on UMOA securities market during five more.

(Togo First) - On Tuesday, April 16, Oragroup officially listed 20% (13,883,006 shares) of its capital on the BRVM stock market. This is after getting approval from ...

(Togo First) - Almost all 97 reforms projected in relation to the country's public finances have been carried out or are underway. This was revealed on Monday ...

In this edition, you'll listen to awesome music from Mali, Liberia Sierra Leone, Malawi, Guinea, Togo, Egypt, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria. I've also got two special ...

French group Africar, leading small car ads network in Africa revealed March 27 that it would launch in Togo Carasigbe.com, the first-ever online car.

In 2018, Togo was within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the country that recorded the highest increase in money deposits at.

Established on December 7, 2017 by President Gnassingbé, Elavagnon's agro-development training institute (IFAD in French) is currently recruiting.

Togo has just received a $4.5 million grant from the European Union (EU). The related agreement was signed last Friday in Washington, between.

A video purporting to show a huge jet of water shooting miraculously down from the sky in Togo has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook. In fact ...

Sinapi biomedical, a Stellenbosch-based (Western Cape, South Africa) biomedical engineering firm plans on entering the West African market,

Six billion CFA. That is the value of all contracts signed by various agricultural actors (suppliers, farmers, processors and sellers) of Togo during.

The boxer and the aspiring medical student both want to pass on their positive contributions to other immigrants.

The project "Dolcetto" for cooperation in development in Togo aims to provide work opportunities to cultivate organic pineapples in Togo in the hope of averting ...

Last Saturday, a convention was signed between MIFA, SA KFB Group (Knowledge-Fusion Builders) and Banque togolaise pour le Commerce et l'Industrie.

The government plans to soon launch a campaign to identify all agricultural lands in Togo. This was disclosed yesterday, on the first day of the 11th.

Two leaders of an opposition party in Togo, the Pan-African National Party, have been detained following mass protests calling for a limit on presi...

(Togo First) - Togo's minister of posts, digital economy and technological innovations is currently in Dubai where she is attending the 9th Annual Investment ...

Only 8% Togolese would go to Europe if they had to emigrate. This was revealed in Afrobaromètre's latest survey on emigration in Africa. The survey.

The west African state of Togo has announced plans to build a 760km railway from the capital of Lomé to Cinkassé on the border with Burkina Faso, with an ...

(Togo First) - Téolis, the internet *service* provider (ISP) which recently entered the Togolese market announced that it would open up its capital only under certain ...

Togo's agency for rural electrification and renewable energies (AT2ER), is currently carrying out a sensitization campaign in Kara, in the north. On.

Liquid Telecom, subsidiary of Zimbabwean group Econet Wireless, could soon enter the Togolese market. Last Monday, the group announced in Kigali, at.

(Togo First) - From now on, Togo's Revenue Office (OTR) will issue on a quarterly basis a directory of businesses fiscally up-to-date. This was revealed at a ...

There are no e-money institutions in Togo, unlike Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. This was revealed in a report on these.

Ecobank raised $450 million during its last bond issuance on the international market. “The success of this Eurobond reflects the interest of.

Initiated April 1, 2019, the business opinion poll will close on April 30. The survey which is conducted by Togo's chamber of commerce and industry.

A total of hundred projects will be financed in the framework of the coming Togo-EU economic forum next June 13-14. The call for the projects was.

CINCINNATI, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Togo, part of TH2, a global technology-focused joint venture between U.S.-based Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) and ...

(Togo First) - On the sidelines of the World Bank's annual assembly, the Bretton Woods institution committed to support Togo's National Development Plan ...

On a beautiful Tuesday morning, HMC Ships Kingston and Shawinigan came alongside in Lomé, the capital city of Togo. No Royal Canadian Navy ship had ...

A demonstrator died Saturday in Bafilo, northern Togo, during an opposition rally for presidential term limits, the minister for security told AFP. “A group of youths ...

From now on, the national agency for food security (ANSAT) will pay grain farmers their production via bank accounts. “We have put in place a new.

(Togo First) - Yesterday, the International Employment Forum was held in Lomé. The event which was organized by Togo's national employment agency (ANPE) ...

Although there are flaws in the microcredit system, expanding credit access in Togo has been shown to alleviate poverty rates.

HeidelbergCement, world's second largest cement maker, plans to invest €25 million in its Togolese subsidiaries, Cimtogo, Scantogo and.

A Ghanaian police Chief Inspector Israel Theophilus Dotse of Mobile Force Unit in Accra who went to Lome in neighbouring Togo to buy car engine has died ...

A legal citizen from Togo was reportedly attacked in Maryland for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on Saturday, as police have taken two suspects into ...

The freedom of the press in Malta is on a downward spiral, according to the latest analysis by the Reporters Without Borders, which ranks the tiny island as the ...

The Togo international recalled an experience between the former Red Devils gaffer and the five-time Ballon d'Or winner at the Santiago Bernabeu.

A Ghanaian Chief Inspector, whose name was given as Theophilus Dotse of the Mobile Police Force in Accra, died suddenly last Thursday in Togolese ...

The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) just adopted a strategic action plan covering the 2019-2023 period. To carry out this.

Adam Jasick, tennis pro at the Lakes CC in Palm Desert, is going beyond the court to make a difference in the world. Jasick is helping provide opportunity and ...

Editor's note: If you're wondering where your regularly scheduled Big Beauty Tuesday writer has been, she's on a well-deserved vacation. Nevertheless, our ...

A man was fatally shot Monday in Southeast Washington, D.C. police said. They said Deandre Hawkins, 24, was found about 10:50 a.m. in the 5300 block of E ...

Emmanuel Adebayor has revealed that racist chanting from Arsenal fans caused his infamous celebration against them in September 2009.

In what shouldn't surprise anyone, the cost of a day at Disneyland is way more expensive than a day at Knott's Berry Farm, according to a new survey.

Nairobi - Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets ...

The centre-back was given his marching orders in the second half as the Deep Blues maintained their push for a Champions League qualification ticket.

It took Reuters journalists a few days of research to work out that the numbers coming out of Africa's vast gold trade did not add up.

The Togo's High School Athletes of the Week for the week of March 25-31: Luke Keaschall, Aptos. Mariners' junior was 5-for-11 with a home run, a triple, ...

Afiwa Yogue sells material for a living in Togo's capital, Lome, and is disillusioned with the West African country's opposition leaders. “We walked for months ...

Mariners' senior ran the sixth-fastest 100-meter dash time in the CCS this spring (11.05) and also recorded the second-best long jump (22-4) in the section at the ...

The past few months have not been comforting for advocates of dynastic succession in Africa. In Togo and Gabon, favorite sons have become focal points for ...

Deadly protests violence in Togo hit the country ahead of contested parliamentary elections on 20 December, Amnesty International said today, as it urged the ...

Eromosele Abiodun. Stakeholders in the nation's maritime sector have called on the federal government to abolish the tax on full duty paid equipment, stressing ...

But the party will need support from other legislators to secure a fourth-fifths majority for constitutional change giving President Faure Gnassingbe the chance of ...

Governance is a family business but a new generation of protesters is trying to disrupt the old order. Lomé — It seems like everyone living in Togo's capital, ...

Opposition groups boycott election after weeks of protests that killed four people in the capital Lome and other cities.

In Togo, fuel prices at pumps have slightly risen in the wake of rising prices of oil barrels on the eve of a crucial OPEC meeting in Bakou,

Lagos — An alarming rise in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso is posing a mounting threat to security in three of its coastal neighbours, according to security ...

(Togo First) - Togo finally has access to the $35 million US financing approved last April under the MCC's threshold program. The funds will be used to support ...

On New Year's Eve, Togo's Constitutional Court proclaimed the official results of the country's Dec. 20 legislative election. Twelve parties competed — plus 17 ...

In Togo, it is now possible to create a company within eight hours. This was revealed by Samuel Sanwogou, director of the business start-up.

IT IS NO mean feat for a ruling party to lose seats in an election boycotted by 14 opposition parties. Yet such is the depth of unhappiness with Faure Gnassingbé, ...

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TWO weeks ago sword-wielding soldiers flanked the red carpet as the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) filed into a fancy ...

Citing irregularities, a coalition of 14 opposition parties has called for an overhaul of the electoral commission.

TOGO: Construction of a 760 km railway from the capital Lomé to Cinkassé on the border with Burkina Faso is included in a national development plan unveiled ...

On Thursday December 6, the government banned the planned protests citing '' very high risk to public order ''.

After heavy rains hit northeastern Togo in August 2018, UNESCO led an emergency mission to the World Heritage Property of Koutammakou, to assess the ...

(Togo First) - To better identify the needs of financially vulnerable households in need of public aid, a unified social registry (RSU) is at its operationalization ...

The main opposition coalition in Togo says it will boycott December 20 general elections and call for further protests over what it alleges is "fraudulent" poll.

(Togo First) - For the first time in Togo's history, the national assembly will be presided by a woman: Yawa Tsegan Djigbodi is the new president of this assembly.

At least two people were killed in Togo when police clashed with demonstrators during a banned nationwide protest, in an explosion of tension before disputed ...