Togo – Telecom
– The development axes of the telecommunications network

In September 2021, the Board of Directors of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) approved 20 billion FCFA in financing for the expansion and modernization of the network of the operator Togocom. The facility granted by the sub-regional institution based in Lomé will be used for the construction of 430 new mobile network sites; the upgrading of 793 sites to 4G standards; the deployment of 53 new 5G sites in five zones on an experimental basis; the connection of 613 sites to optical fiber and the extension of international access capacity from 60 Gpbs to 80 Gpbs. The work should ultimately enable the operator owned by the Agou Holding consortium (bringing together Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partner) and the Togolese State to achieve coverage of 98% of the population and 90% of the Togolese territory by 2023.

Created in 2012, the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) is the institution responsible for regulating the electronic and postal communications sector in Togo. It is an independent administrative authority. ARCEP ensures the proper functioning of networks and the behavior of the electronic communications market in the country. Thus, its project to equip itself with a BSS (Business Support System) Platform should allow for real-time monitoring of the electronic communications market, traffic and base data (subscribers, SIM cards, phones, etc.), economic data of the sector, customer satisfaction, investments made by operators, in particular. ARCEP is increasingly active in regulating the sector, as evidenced by the recent reforms and corrective procedures it has initiated with regard to the country's telephone operators.