Togo, UN spearhead African Cybersecurity Centre to cement Lomé Declaration

Locally developed Togo VOYAGE website aims to simplify and streamline entire visa and health check application process.

Resource forms part of the company’s US$1bn investment in Africa’s digital transformation.

Officials say if the private sector alone controls project, they would require ROI and therefore internet prices would increase.

Culmination of cybersecurity summit in Togo, organised by the country and UNECA.

Cable is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2022.

Countries are progressing with letters of exchange to launch project.

Project within the framework of the West African Regional Programme for the Development of Communications Infrastructure (WARCIP)

Industry regulator ARCEP confirms operator will face sanctions.

The operator has been issued with a provisional licence to provide 5G “on full scale” according to authorities.

Franco-Malagasy Paulin Alazard as chief executive officer. He replaces outgoing CEO Atcha-Dedji Affoh.

The country's first datacentre will be located in the capital city Lome.

Telco targets 200,000 4G users by end 2018.