AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoWomen in Transport: Togo’s Chamber of Commerce (CCI-Togo) has launched its Femmes-Actions project in Lomé, training an initial group of 10 women for transport, logistics and cargo-handling roles, with plans to scale to 250; the programme includes classroom and hands-on instruction plus a three-month work placement. Local Business & Jobs: CCI-Togo also mapped research needs across seven business sectors and flagged shared priorities like financing, standards and market access, while ADTPME opened recruitment for three senior executive posts to strengthen MSME support. Roadmap Update: The government has begun a final stakeholder review of the 2026–2031 roadmap, built around “Protect, Unite and Transform,” with feedback on coordination, monitoring and municipal autonomy. Agriculture Finance Push: Finance Minister Georges Barcola urged banks to expand lending to agriculture and MSMEs, citing a sharp rise in agriculture loans in the first half of 2026. Health Security: West African lab scientists meeting in Lomé called for stronger disease outbreak detection and diagnostic capacity, warning that weakening health systems could leave the region unprepared. Regional Shock: Iran claimed it struck a Togo-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as tensions and shipping risks continue.
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