Lomé Port Climbs Lloyd’s List 2025, Solidifying Regional Lead

(Togo First) - The Autonomous Port of Lomé (PAL) has solidified its standing among global port platforms, moving up one spot to rank 92nd in the 2025 classification by Lloyd’s List, the world reference for maritime transport. With traffic of 2.06...

African banks are aiming for DR Congo’s growth opportunity

Africa’s leading banking groups are targeting DR Congo, enticed by one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies and the promise of a lucrative mining sector, despite the ongoing conflict in the country’s east. Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria,...

Togo Showcases Reform Success in Washington After Selection for G20 Compact with Africa “Select List”

Togo remains among 14 African nations selected for the new Compact with Africa 2.0. The World Bank’s 2024 Business Ready report ranks Togo among the world’s 50 top reforming economies. Private sector contributes 76.8% of Togo’s GDP and 98% of...

France backs 55 MW battery for Togo

The AFD and GEAPP have committed $200,000 to support a battery storage project in Togo. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The funding will back a 55 MW battery...

TogoTech: Fifteen Startups Unite to Expand Togo’s Digital Economy

Fifteen Togolese startups formed the collective TogoTech to strengthen the national tech ecosystem and improve access to funding. The group, representing over CFA2 billion ($3.2 million) in combined revenue and more than 100 direct jobs, will...

EBID grants €50 million credit line to boost human capital development in Togo

This article was produced with the support of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved a €50 million line of credit to Planet One Education Togo to strengthen technical and...

Permissible Lawlessness: Recidivism of Unconstitutional Changes of Government and International Law

Bola A. Akinterinwa One major reason that might have informed the choice of the theme of the 46th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law, holding on Tuesday, 21st and Wednesday, 22nd October, 2025 at the Nigerian Institute...

Lomé Hosts 121st Session of CIMA Insurance Regulator

(Togo First) - Togo is hosting this week the 121st ordinary session of the Regional Insurance Supervisory Commission (CRCA), the regulatory body of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA). The meetings, which began on Monday,...

Afghan Allies File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Barring of Their Families

This week seven Afghans and their families challenged the Trump administration in court over its broad application of the president’s “travel ban” to bar the families of Afghan asylees already in the country. A federal lawsuit was filed in the the...

Togo Provides Financial Support to Twenty Young Entrepreneurs in Savanes Region

Twenty entrepreneurs in northern Togo will each receive between 50,000 and CFA1 million ($80–$1,600) in funding. The initiative is part of the third edition of the “Carrefour Jeunes” regional forum organized by the Council of Young Entrepreneurs...

Bishkek city business center to be concentrated in Leninsky district

Bishkek City Hall presented the city’s General Plan until 2050 to the city’s residents and announced the start of public hearings on the project. They will be held on December 24-25 across city districts. The document, among other things, contains...

Togo, Mali, Niger owe Nigeria N29.1bn electricity bills in 6 months

International customers that get their power supply failed to pay the sum of $19.84m (N29.18bn) from the $34.71m (51bn) bills issued to them from January to June of 2025, analysis of quarterly reports by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...

NBA Rosters Feature Record 135 International Players from Record-Tying 43 Countries across Six Continents

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) today announced that a record 135 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six continents are on opening-night rosters for the 2025-26 season. Among the record 135...

National Basketball Association (NBA) Rosters Feature Record 135 International Players From Record-Tying 43 Countries Across Six Continents

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) NEW YORK, United States of America, October 22, 2025/APO Group/ -- Opening-Night Rosters Feature More Than 55 Players Who Were Either Born in Africa or Have at Least One Parent from Africa Fifth Consecutive...

Togolese authorities threaten greater online speech censorship

The Administrative Center of Economic and Financial Services in Lomé, the capital of Togo. Image by Jean Sovon. Used with permission. In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social...

Abuakwa South MP calls for health laws to tackle Africa’s inequality crisis

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has called on African lawmakers to take bold legislative steps to close the continent’s widening healthcare gap and make access to quality health services a fundamental right for every...

Takoradi-Cape Coast road dualisation starts - President cuts sod

The dualisation of the Takoradi-Cape Coast section of the National Highway One (N1) is set to begin after President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod for the commencement of construction works. The sod-cutting ceremony yesterday, which took place at...

Dr. Kingsley Agyemang Urges African Lawmakers to End Health Injustice

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has urged African lawmakers to take decisive legislative action to bridge the continent’s widening healthcare gap and ensure that access to quality health services becomes a...

President Tinubu Returns To Abuja After Counterterrorism Meeting In Rome

President Bola Tinubu returns to Abuja on Saturday after participating in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting in Rome, Italy. The Aqaba Process is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by His Majesty King Abdullah II of...

KANEKALON™ GEM BRAID ADORNS AT THE 2025 NASHCO NATIONAL HAIR CREATIVITY COMPETITION

Celebrating artistry, innovation, and the beauty of African hair culture.The 2025 NASHCO National Hair Creativity Competition kicked off in grand style, and this year, it was all about brilliance, literally. Adorning the hands of the nation’s most...