Togo
ICT Profile
Ministère de l’Economie Numérique et de la Transformation Digitale
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes
8.65M
Located on Africa’s west coast, Togo is bordered by Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso and is home to approximately 8.5 million people. The poverty level is twice as high in rural areas (58.8%) as in urban areas (26.5%).
On September 28, 2020, Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé was appointed prime minister, the first woman to hold this office in Togo. Togo held municipal elections in June 2019 for the first time in 32 years, and the UNIR secured 878 of 1,490 seats.
Rising inflation and insecurity in the Savannah region have led the government to implement emergency spending in a revised 2022 budget, including higher subsidies for fertilizers and fuel, tax exemptions, wage and pension increases in the public sector, amounting to 1.3% of GDP, and new investment spending for security purposes amounting to 2% of GDP.
West African CFA franc
36,1
Togolese Act No. 98-005 of 11 February 1998 on Telecommunications
The Act defines the responsibilities of the Minister responsible for telecommunications as well as those of the Regulatory Authority for the Postal and Telecommunication Sectors (Autorité de réglementation des secteurs de postes et de télécommunications) (ARP&T) which it established. At the same time, it introduced a licensing regime setting out requirements for the provision of telecommunication services, and established arrangements in respect of interconnection.