Business in Togo

The aims of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Togolese Republic” are the following:

1. To analyze the Togolese Economy and Global Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in the Togolese Republic
3. To explore the Togolese trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Togolese Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Togolese market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Togo” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: African Business, World Trade.

Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Business in West Africa.

Languages: or Togo Togo Togo.

1. Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Togo”: 1
2. Duration: one week

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

1. Autonomous Port of Lomé
2. Togo Free Zone
3. Access to the Dakar-Lagos Corridor

Togolese Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Togo and the West African Economic Area
2. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
3. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
4. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
5. African Continental Free-Trade Area
6. The U.S.-Togo
   1. AGOA (U.S.)
   2. US-WAEMU Agreement
7. EU-Togo
   1. GSP
   2. Africa-EU Partnership
8. OHADA
9. Islamic Trade Preferential System
10. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)

1. WTO
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
   2. GATS
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Rotterdam Rules

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union
   1. AU Convention on Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
   3. Africa Agriculture Development Programme
3. African Development Bank
4. China-Africa Cooperation
5. Africa-India Cooperation
6. Africa-BRICS
7. Africa-Japan Cooperation
8. Africa-South America Summit

1. OIC
2. Afro-Arab Cooperation
3. BADEA

1. WB
2. WTO
3. IMF
4. UN

1. The Togolese Republic enjoys a strategic position in the West African region
2. Togolese Population: 7.6 million people
3. Area of Togo: 56,785 km²
4. Capital of Togo: Lomé (1,570,283 people)
   1. Sokodé: 123,000 inhabitants (second largest city)
   2. Kara: 106,000 inhabitants
   3. Atakpamé: 84,000 inhabitants
   4. Kpalimé: 101,000 inhabitants
   5. Dapaong: 34,000 inhabitants
5. Official language of Togo: French
6. Togolese Independence: 1960 (France)
7. Togo shares borders with Burkina Faso, Benin, and Ghana

More information about Togo (EENI African Business Portal).

Main religions in Togo:

1. Christianity
2. Islam (20% of the Togolese population, 1.1 million)
3. African Traditional Religions

Togo belongs to the West African Economic Area.

1. The two pillars of the Togolese economy are the agricultural sector (cotton, coffee, and cocoa) and the phosphate industry
2. Togo is self-sufficient in agricultural export products
3. The Port of Lomé is one of the largest in West Africa and one of the safest and the most efficient port in the Gulf of Guinea
4. Togolese Agriculture: 65% of the labour force
5. Cotton, coffee, and cocoa represent 40% of total Togolese exports
6. Top Togolese trade partners: Burkina Faso, Ghana, the Netherlands, Benin, Mali, and Ivory Coast
7. Most dynamic Togolese sectors: retail, transportation, and communications
8. Togo is the fourth larger phosphate producer in the World
9. Togolese Currency: Franc CFA
10. Togolese GDP growth: 6.0%
    1. Primary sector: 52% of the GDP
    2. Services: 32% of the GDP
11. Inflation in Togo: 2.3%

Togo Telecom is a corporation created by the split of the OPTT two State-owned companies. It is governed by Act No. 90-26 of December 4, 1990, to reform the legal and institutional framework for the Public Enterprises. It has a legal personality and financial autonomy, with a capital of 4 billion CFA francs.

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