ECOWAS, through ROGEAP, provides tools for banks in Togo.
Capacity-building for national financial institutions: The ‘ECOWAS’ (National Bank for Economic Development and Investment), through the ‘ROGEAP’, is equipping banks in Togo.
Wednesday 12 November 2026 , PFM, a consortium commissioned by theECOWASto support the ‘ROGEAP’ initiative, has launched a capacity-building workshop for financial institutions in Lomé, Togo!
This training programme forms part of theROGEAP’s ongoing efforts to build the capacity of commercial financial institutions in the ECOWAS region ECOWAS
The aim is to enable these banks to design, manage and develop green financing solutions for the off-grid solar energy sector.
Togo is the fourth country to benefit from this regional capacity-building programme.
Over the past few months, similar training programmes have been successfully organised for banks in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, thereby helping to create a more robust financial ecosystem that supports sustainable access to energy in West Africa and the Sahel.
In Lomé, participants include representatives from Ecobank Togo, Coris Bank International Togo, Groupe Orabank Togo and BSIC-Togo SA.
Throughout this three-day workshop (11–13 November 2025), the banks invited to attend – the topics of which include:
– A presentation of the BOAD credit facility and the guarantee scheme for financial institutions and stakeholders in the solar energy sector;
– Green finance and innovative financing instruments;
– The design of credit products tailored to solar SMEs;
– Managing the risks associated with sustainable energy financing.
The experts mobilised by the PFM, and the Project Implementation Units (PIUs) set up by the Commission for theECOWAS and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) are running interactive sessions to help participating banks overcome financing constraints and develop financial products tailored to the needs of customers in the off-grid solar sector.
As a reminder, ‘ROGEAP’ is a project funded by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS), and implemented by the Commission for the ‘ECOWAS’ and the BOAD.
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