How many Lines of Credit has India given Togo?

According to the MEA brief of April 2026, India has extended seven Lines of Credit worth around US $183 million bilaterally to Togo, mainly for electrification, power transmission, agriculture and health equipment.

What is the Fazao-Malfakassa project?

It is a US $1 million project funded through the India-UN Development Partnership Fund and implemented by UNESCO, which supported livelihoods in 22 villages around the Fazao-Malfakassa National Park. A further US $2 million was approved on 18 April 2024 for 37 more villages.

India and Togo: development partnership and cooperation

This article covers India's development partnership with Togo: Lines of Credit, projects funded through the India-UN Development Partnership Fund, grants and humanitarian aid, training under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, and cooperation in defence, solar energy, agriculture and health. It is based on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brief of April 2026.

Lines of Credit

According to the MEA brief of April 2026, India has extended seven Lines of Credit (LOCs) worth around US $183 million bilaterally to Togo. The projects implemented, signed or approved under them are:

Rural Electrification Project, in 2011
farming and cultivation of rice, maize and sorghum, in 2012
supply and installation of equipment for health facilities
rural electrification to cover 150 localities, in 2016
setting up of a 161 KV power transmission line, in 2016
a project to support the electrification of 350 villages through the deployment of solar photovoltaic systems, in June 2021
electric power distribution network rehabilitation and extension

India-UN Development Partnership Fund

On 15 July 2019, a project to promote biodiversity-friendly livelihoods in the Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (North-Togo), funded by the Government of India through the India-UN Development Partnership Fund for US $1 million, was launched in Lomé. Implemented by UNESCO and completed in October 2022, it set up a biosphere reserve around the park.

The project aimed at preserving biodiversity and addressing deforestation, land degradation and declining agricultural production. It helped establish alternative livelihoods for beneficiaries in 22 villages around the park, equipping rural communities for activities such as the development of Shea butter, sheep and goat breeding and beekeeping. On 18 April 2024, a further Government of India grant of US $2 million from the same fund was approved to strengthen the resilience of the remaining local communities, in 37 villages around the park.

Grants and humanitarian assistance

India has provided economic assistance to Togo in the form of tractors (60), a water pump, a sewing machine, an ambulance, transport vehicles and a corn-grinding machine, among other items. At the request of the Togolese Government, India's grant assistance has also included:

the supply of indelible ink in 2002 for elections held in Togo
humanitarian assistance in the form of medicines for victims of the floods in 2008
US $100,000 towards the AU Maritime Security Summit in Lomé in October 2016, after a request made by the Togolese Foreign Minister to the External Affairs Minister on the margins of IAFS-III in October 2015

Training under ITEC

India offers training in human resource development under the ITEC programme. The brief states that 368 officials from Togo have been trained under the ITEC (civilian) programme in the last 15 years. Under special and customised courses, 22 officials from various Ministries, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received training during 2024-2025.

Defence cooperation

Until 2020, the brief says, India-Togo defence cooperation was limited to capacity building. Seven Togolese defence personnel took part in courses between 2018-19 and 2019-20, namely UNSLOC, UNCAP-III, UNMCOC and CUNPK. The brief states that capacity building has since intensified as Togo has been using defence slots under ITEC: since FY 2021-22, Togolese defence personnel have utilised a total of 43 ITEC (defence) slots.

Togolese service chiefs have also attended Indian defence events:

Navy Chief Captain Kossi Mayo visited India from 25 February to 1 March 2022 for MILAN 2022 and met the Chief of Naval Staff of India on its margins.
Chief of Army Staff Colonel Kassawa Kolemega visited India from 18 to 22 October 2022 for DefExpo.
A delegation led by Lt. Col. Yao Banja took part in the Chiefs' Conclave on the margins of AFINDEX in March 2023.

Solar energy

Several of the Lines of Credit listed above finance electrification, including through solar photovoltaic systems. Togo is also active in the International Solar Alliance (ISA):

Minister of Mines and Energy Mr Marc Dederiwe Ably Bidamon led a delegation to the 1st General Assembly of the ISA in New Delhi on 2-5 October 2018.
A four-member delegation from the ISA and NTPC visited Lomé on 18-20 March 2022 and met the head of AT2ER, Togo's national focal point for the ISA, and the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
A three-member delegation led by the Director General of the ISA, Dr. Ajay Mathur, visited Lomé on 3-5 July 2023 for the "Infrastructure for Africa" Forum hosted by Africa50 with the Government of Togo.

Agriculture

India and Togo signed an MoU between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Togolese Institute of Agronomic Research (ITRA) for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Education on 11 September 2025. Before that, a delegation led by the Director General of ITRA, Dr. Douti, attended the CII Enclave on 20-22 August 2024 to discuss collaboration with ICAR. A 3-member delegation led by an Additional Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Research and Education visited Togo in December 2013.

Health

Mr. Mustafa Mijiyawa, Minister of Health and Social Protection, attended the Fourth India-Africa Health Forum in Mumbai on 16 March 2018.
Two officials from Togo's Ministry of Health, Dr Malou Koboyo and Prof. Diallo Aboudoulatif, attended the inaugural ceremony of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar on 19 April 2022 and the World Summit of Investment and Innovation of AYUSH in Ahmedabad on 21-22 April 2022.
In the second edition of the Policymakers' Visit to India, organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from 16 to 19 June 2025, two Togolese delegates took part: Dr. Mamessile Assih, Director General of the Central Procurement Agency for Essential (CAMEG), and Dr. Koboyo Malou, Head of the Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia Division.

Water and sanitation

Mr. Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni, Minister of Water Sanitation and Village Hydraulics, led a five-member delegation to the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention in New Delhi from 29 September to 2 October 2018.