Togo is leveraging its greatest geographic asset, the Port of Lomé with its natural deep-water channel capable of receiving the world's largest container vessels without dredging, to build a regional logistics and trade hub economy. The Lomé Container Terminal handled 1.6 million TEUs in 2023, making it West Africa's second-busiest. Transit cargo for Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and northern Nigeria represents approximately 60 percent of port throughput. The Plateforme Industrielle d'Adétikopé (PIA), an industrial park adjacent to Lomé's airport, provides manufacturing and logistics companies with plug-and-play infrastructure and tax incentives.
Financial Services Ambition
Togo has positioned itself as a West African financial services hub, hosting the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), the ECOWAS regional stock exchange, and several regional insurance companies. The government has introduced a FinTech regulatory sandbox attracting mobile payment startups. Lomé is also developing as a meeting point for East African and West African trading companies seeking neutral ground for deal structuring. Businesses using Togo as a West African logistics or financial hub can access contacts and regulatory information on intra-africa.com.
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