Togo is consulting the private sector on how to implement its 2040 Vision and 2026-2031 Government Roadmap.
Public officials, investors and development partners met in Lomé on Thursday, July 30, 2026, for a working session known as the “Deep Dive.” Discussions focused on reforms that could boost private investment and support economic transformation.
Togo’s FDI Stock Rises 27.3%
The meeting, chaired by Sandra Ablamba Johnson, Minister and Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Council, examined the main obstacles facing businesses and possible ways to improve the business environment. Discussions covered public-private partnerships, measures to attract large-scale investment and priority sectors such as agro-industry, logistics, transport and energy.
Several development partners attended, including the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group’s private-sector arm. Nathalie Kouassi Akon, the IFC’s director for the Gulf of Guinea division, represented the institution.
The IFC has supported business-climate reforms and private-sector projects in Togo. Between 2020 and 2025, it mobilized nearly $320 million in the country, mainly for infrastructure, logistics, industry and financial services.
Data presented during the session showed that Togo’s stock of foreign direct investment increased 27.3% in 2025 to $2.063 billion. Authorities also pointed to progress resulting from reforms to customs and land procedures, as well as the development of the Adétikopé Industrial Platform, now one of the country’s leading industrial hubs.
“Achieving these objectives will require structural economic change and a new growth model driven more strongly by private investment to create greater wealth and more jobs,” Johnson said at the opening of the session.
Government Seeks a Bigger Private-Sector Role
The talks come as Togo seeks to diversify its economy. In recent years, the country has expanded its logistics infrastructure, developed the Adétikopé Industrial Platform, modernized the Port of Lomé and introduced reforms intended to improve the business environment.
The government now wants businesses to invest more in productive sectors. The initiative builds on years of efforts to give the private sector a larger role in the country’s economic transformation.
“The private sector is committed to significantly increasing its investments in the priority sectors of industry, agro-industry, infrastructure, logistics, energy, digital technology and high-value-added services,” said Charles Kokouvi Gafan, president of the Association of Large Enterprises of Togo, or AGET.
The Lomé session followed a government seminar held in June that laid the groundwork for the new roadmap. It marks one of the first steps toward establishing regular dialogue between the government and businesses, with the aim of positioning the private sector as the main engine of growth and job creation and helping deliver the Togo 2040 Vision.
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