AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoEntrepreneurship: Lomé’s Afric’innov summit is bringing together 200 participants from 18 countries to rethink how incubators can support entrepreneurs as AI changes the landscape. Organisers expect to issue a “Lomé Manifesto” on financing, AI and public policy. Microfinance: Togo’s industry association has rebranded as APIM-Togo and elected Millénium Microfinance chief Romaric Lissanon Dossou as chair. The sector serves 4.69 million clients, but overdue loans have climbed to more than twice the regulatory ceiling. Public finances: Debt service will take CFAF 921.4 billion, or 34.3% of Togo’s proposed 2027 budget, with interest payments nearly matching the education ministry’s allocation. Maritime security: Togo tested responses to piracy, fires and trafficking in Lomé, deploying about 300 personnel from 24 agencies in regional drills. Finance: Afriland First Group has secured conditional approval to operate Togo’s second brokerage for the regional stock exchange. Digital divide: A new Commonwealth study notes that nearly all of Togo has 4G coverage, yet fewer than half of young people report using the internet.
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