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Lomé Hosts Human Capital Regional Meetings Again

 On March 13 and 14, 2025, Togo’s capital, Lomé, will host a regional roundtable on human capital. This will be the second time the country will host the event. The first round of the Country meetings, which took place in December 2022, was also held in Lomé.  Themed “Building Human Capital for an Ambitious Togo”, the coming edition is expected to gather over 100 participants from several countries. Talks will focus on education, training, small business growth, talent management, digitalization, artificial intelligence, and corporate social policies. "The Country meetings were created to imagine and 'design' the most appropriate solutions for the players of today and tomorrow. They are genuine frameworks for exchanges and experience-sharing between decision-makers from the public, para-public, and private sectors, and students, whose aim is to foster the emergence of human capital that meets development ambitions", explained Expertise Locale, […]

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University of Lomé to Host African Conference of Physics 2025

The University of Lomé in Togo will host the African Conference of Physics from September 14 to 20, 2025. This conference brings together international researchers, educators, and decision-makers to strengthen scientific cooperation and promote physics research in Africa. The event’s organizing committee made the announcement official during a trip to Lomé on February 18, 2025. Led by Dr. Horst Severini from the University of Oklahoma, the committee met with Professor Adama Mawulé Kpodar, President of the University of Lomé, to discuss the conference details and inspect the facilities. The conference will focus on key areas like astroparticle physics, renewable energies, and medical physics. These areas are important for technological development in Africa. Hosting this event positions the University of Lomé to become a major player in scientific innovation in the region and attract more partnerships.

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Government Impose Rule on Fish and Poultry Importers to Boost Local Production

Togo has introduced a new rule for importers of fish, poultry meat, and related products. Effective February 20, 2025, importers must buy at least 10% of their requested quantity from local suppliers before they can get permission to import. This rule was announced by the Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Resources. According to the Ministry, the measure aims to support local producers, improve food security and reduce reliance on imports.  The move also aims to help local producers who do not produce enough to meet local demand and struggle to find local buyers. The government seeks to drive up local production through the recent measure. The move also aims to help better organize these industries. Similar rules were tried before for poultry imports, but they were hard to enforce.

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Germany Backs School Feeding Program in North with €11M

Togo recently received €11 million from Germany to improve feeding in schools. The funds, provided through the German Development Bank (KfW), will help the World Food Programme (WFP) feed 28,000 children in 110 schools spread across the Kara and Savanes regions. Some of these schools host refugees and displaced people. The project includes fixing school kitchens, installing better stoves, creating gardens and mills to support local farming, and teaching children, parents, and teachers about nutrition. “We're creating a system that connects local farming to school meals, which helps development,” said Dr. Moïse Ballo, WFP country director in Togo.  Commenting on the initiative, German Ambassador Dr. Claudius Fischbach emphasized its importance for food security and stability in the area. It is worth noting that Togo's Ministry of Agriculture, local groups, the FAO, and the WFP, plan to help 8,250 small farmers and 1,000 […]

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World Bank and Civil Society Organizations Discuss  Women’s Empowerment

The Togolese capital hosted this week, on February 25 and 26, the Regional Civil Society Forum on Girls' Education and Women's Economic Empowerment in West and Central Africa. Held at the 2 Février Hotel, the forum was organized by the World Bank and the Brazzaville Foundation. The event aimed to help civil society groups promote education and financial independence for women. Participants identified key actions to take, networked, and shared experiences. For civil society organizations (CSOs), it was the opportunity to discuss collaboration opportunities with World Bank officials. Committed to Women’s Empowerment Togo's efforts to empower women are timely and recognized internationally. "Today, it is impossible to conceive of the development of our continent without women, because they are in the majority," said Sandra Ablamba Johnson, Minister and Secretary General of the Presidency of the Togolese Republic, at the World Bank and […]

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Florida opens criminal investigation into Tate brothers

Florida has launched a criminal investigation into British-American influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who flew to the state last week from Romania, where they faced rape and human-trafficking charges. Florida's attorney general, James Uthmeier, said investigators have issued search warrants and subpoenas as part of a "now-active" inquiry. In the US, the brothers also face a civil suit from a woman alleging they coerced her into sex work, and then defamed her after she gave evidence to Romanian authorities. They strongly deny all the allegations against them. A former kickboxer and self-described misogynist who appeared on UK TV show Big Brother, Andrew Tate has millions of followers online. Andrew, 38, and his brother Tristan, 36, face separate charges in the UK of rape and human trafficking. They deny those allegations too. Uthmeier, a Republican, said in Tuesday's statement: "Last week, […]

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Trump says he is ‘just getting started’ in speech to US Congress

Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump came to a US Capitol controlled by his Republican Party to take a lengthy victory lap. "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started," he told the joint session of Congress. In typical Trumpian hyperbole, he said that "many" believed his to be the most successful start to a presidency in US history. He noted what he said was a change in the national mood toward "pride" and "confidence". He compared himself to George Washington, and boasted about the size of his electoral victory. The whirlwind start to his presidency offered plenty of material for Trump to cover, and he didn't shy away from it. He ticked through a lengthy list of tangible accomplishments – hundreds of executive […]

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US actor Jesse Eisenberg gets Polish citizenship

Eisenberg wrote, directed and starred in the film, about two American cousins who travel to Poland to honour their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, who was based on Eisenberg's own great aunt. He told the citizenship ceremony: "While we were filming this movie in Poland, and I was walking the streets and starting to get a little more comfortable in the country, something so obvious occurred to me, which is that my family had lived in this place for far longer than we lived in New York. "And of course, the history ended so tragically." He continued: "In addition to that tragedy of history is also the tragedy that my family didn't feel any connection any more to Poland, and that saddened me and confirmed for me that I really wanted to try to reconnect as much as possible. "And I […]

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Arab leaders approve $53bn alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan

"The Egypt plan is now an Arab plan," announced the secretary general of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit at the end of this hours-long gathering. Without referring specifically to President Trump's ideas, he underlined that "the Arab stance is to reject any displacement, whether it is voluntary or forced". Egypt had produced a detailed blueprint, with a 91-page glossy document including images of leafy neighbourhoods and grand public buildings, to counter a US scheme labelled as a "Middle East Riviera" which shocked the Arab world and beyond. What sets this new plan apart is it is not just about property development; its banners are politics and the rights of Palestinians. In his opening remarks, Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi also called for a parallel plan alongside the physical reconstruction to move towards what is known as the two state […]

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Hong Kong billionaire to sell Panama Canal ports to US firm

A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control of the major shipping route. Through a subsidiary, CK Hutchison Holding operates ports at the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entrances to the canal. It said Tuesday that it would sell its interests as part of a deal worth $22.8bn (£17.8bn). CK Hutchison, founded by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, is not owned by the Chinese government. But its base in Hong Kong means it operates under Chinese financial laws. It has operated the ports since 1997. The deal includes a total of 43 ports in 23 […]

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