AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoWAEMU Banking Power Shift: Lomé, though holding just 6.6% of WAEMU banking assets, hosts the region’s biggest banking holding-company base, with four Lomé firms controlling 40% of all holding-company assets (CFAF 24.13tn), outpacing Abidjan, Ouagadougou and Dakar. Constitutional Tension in Guinea-Bissau: Voters approved a new constitution giving the president stronger powers (including appointing/dismissing the prime minister and ministers and dissolving parliament) as turnout and legitimacy remain disputed after the 2025 coup. Togo’s Finance Push: Togo is raising CFAF 40bn via a retail-access bond offering (5- and 7-year tranches) to fund 2026 public investment, while reporting a 68.4% reform implementation rate by end-June. Anti-Corruption Through Education: HAPLUCIA is validating nine anti-corruption teaching manuals to roll out ethics and governance courses from bachelor level upward. Marine Protection Debate: Togo cosponsored a proposal to review commercial whaling quotas at the IWC meeting in Australia, drawing criticism from conservation groups. Health Leadership: Professor Palokinam Pitche formally assumed office as WAHO Director-General, bringing long experience from Togo’s AIDS programme. SCO+ Diplomacy: Togo’s PM Faure Gnassingbé urged a more equitable multipolar world order and UN reform at the SCO+ summit in Bishkek.
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