China announced the cancellation of 23 interest-free loans granted to 17 African countries. Among the beneficiaries, we also find Togo, of which 24% of the total stock of its debt is Chinese, according to figures from a study published last June by Green Finance & Development Center.
Fily Sissoko, the new Resident representative of the World Bank in Togo, officially took office this week and was received on Tuesday by the Prime Minister, Victoire Dogbé. The Ivorian thus succeeds Hawa Cissé Wagué, who arrived at the end of her mission on July 1, 2022.
A control team from the Togolese Ministry of Commerce intercepted in the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in Aflao near the border with Ghana, a shipment of 40 tons of maize intended for export.
In Togo, the application of the tax on motor vehicles (TVM) is suspended as of April 11, 2022. The government announced on Monday.
After the approval of an initial financing of $100 million (approximately FCFA 60 billion) intended to support inclusive growth, Togo will benefit from further support from the World Bank.
Togo took part on March 26 and 27 in the ministerial meeting of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8). Representing Togo, the SG of the Presidency, Sandra Johnson focused her intervention on sustainable growth, the effects of security and health crises on financing flows, domestic debt and resource mobilization in Africa.
Togo is taking part in the meeting of African countries which is underway in Kigali, Rwanda, for the 33rd plenary session of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).
Togo has been taking part since Monday in the second edition of the intra-African trade fair in Durban, the government announced.
The Togolese capital has been hosting the continental conference on women in the maritime sector since Monday. The event, which is in its 3rd edition, is co-organized by the Togolese Republic and the Association of Women in the Maritime Sector in Africa (WIMAFRICA).
The Togolese Investment Promotion Minister Rose Kayi Mivedor has been making an official visit to Rwanda since Monday.
