Urbis foundation
Partner country Togo
We have been working in Togo since 2005 through our partner organisation URBIS FOUNDATION TOGO, which has its main office in Sokodé, the second largest city in Togo. Another office is located in the capital Lomé. Over the years, our team has grown to now 22 dedicated employees who are committed to promoting a socially, culturally, and ecologically just world. Click here to meet our local management team.
The Republic of Togo is situated on the coast of West Africa. Togo shares borders with Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. 7,6 million inhabitants live on a land area that would equal one sixth of Germany. The official language in Togo is French, but there exist more than 40 ethnicities with 38 individual languages.
Agriculture and the service industry are the most important sectors in the country, the latter especially in and around the capital, Lomé. Lomé is situated on the coast, whereas the more northern regions mostly rely on agriculture as main source of income.
It is amongst other factors due to this strong agricultural dependency that Togo struggles with a high poverty rate: In 2016, Togo was ranked only 166 out of 188 on the Human Development Index, an index analysing the prosperity of a country. 54% of the Togolese population lived beneath the poverty line of 2US$ a day in 2016. The need for an improvement of education opportunities is also evitable: the literacy rate is beneath 60%, with a strong disparity between genders.
Between 1967 and 2005 Eyadéma Gnassingbé ruled as President and was succeeded by his son Faure Gnassingbé. The political situation in Togo is characterised by recurring unrest and turmoil.
In summary, Togo is facing many socio-economic challenges, which complicate the country’s sustainable development.
But at the same time, Togo could benefit from its high potential, which has so far been only insufficiently exploited. This is especially true for the solar sector: with an irradiation rate of at least 1.500 kWh/m², the country presents excellent conditions for the use of solar energy. Especially young people could profit from this potential, since the solar market offers many employment possibilities.
Overall, it is our ambition to help fulfil these potentials in Togo, in order to offer people opportunities for a brighter future.
In Togo, we are therefore active in four sectors:
Team Togo
Team Togo
Our committed team at a workshop with coordinators Cornelia Dix and Katharina Immel in Sokodé, Togo.
Our Team
Soli Affo-Waloh (Kopie)
Soli est directeur de programme de la Fondation Urbis Togo et responsable de la gestion des projets de la fondation au Togo.
Chérif Kpandja
Our representative in Lomé is Chérif Kpandja. He is responsible for expanding our local network and the implementation of solar energy projects in and around the capital.
Fousseni Morou
Fousseni Morou has been with the foundation since its inception and is responsible for monitoring and evaluation.
Taofidatou Tchabi
Taofidatou manages the solar sector of the Urbis Fondation Togo.
Wahabou Moumouni
Wahabou Moumouni is our accountant and he is responsible for the financial administration of our project activities.
Farouko Mama
Farouko Mama is in charge of our social programme in Sokodé. He supervises the microcredit, kindergarten and scholarship programme. Additionally, he is responsible for our health sector.
Islam Memem
Islam Memem is the director of our vocatinal school in Sokodé and responsible for education and management.
Mazamasso Soh
Mazamasso Soh is our farm manager. Mazamasso previously worked on several training projects in sustainable agriculture and took over the management of the farm in 2020.
Awesso Eyadom
Awesso is trained as agriculture expert. He is responspible for our agricultural training programm.
Arafat Sibabi
Arafat is the assistant accountant.
Marguerite Baguissagou
Marguerite is secretary to the management.
Fousseni Ebeh
Fousseni works for our vocational school.
Kadidja Bouraïma
Kadidja is the secretary at our vocational school.
Emma Nakpan
Emma is our librarian.
Kouma Bilabina
Kouma is in charge of agriculture on our farm.
Fridosse Adjoni
Fridosse is in charge of vegetable production on our farm.
Bertrand Tagba
Bertrand is responsible for the proper management of livestock (poultry and beekeeping) at the Centre de Promotion des Initiatives Agricoles (CPIA) of the Urbis Foundation Togo.
Fousseni Arouna
Fousseni is responsible for the ruminants on our farm.
Bernadin Hainga
Bernadin is librarian and multimedia manager.
Kezie Balakiyem
Kezie is responsible for ruminants at CPIA.