Togo has joined the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050, bringing the number of countries committed to expanding nuclear power’s role in clean, secure and affordable energy systems to 39.
President of the Council of the Republic of Togo, Faure
Essozimna Gnassingbe, announced the decision during his opening keynote at
World Nuclear Symposium 2026.
"The continent has enormous development ambitions of
industrialisation, improved healthcare systems, organised agriculture, digital
infrastructure development and urbanisation. All of this requires reliable,
affordable and increasingly clean energy."
"Togo sees nuclear science and technology as part of
its broader development and energy security agenda."
Gnassingbe also highlighted the challenges facing nuclear
development in Africa, particularly financing and the need for skilled workers,
effective institutions and public confidence.
"Success of nuclear energy deployments will depend on
capable institutions, a skilled workforce, predictable regulatory systems,
public trust, strong industrial participation and financing. Financing remains
one of the most important obstacles to nuclear deployment in Africa."
Dr Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of the World Nuclear
Association, welcomed Togo’s commitment, saying, “We are honoured, to hear from
a leader whose country is positioning itself at the vanguard of the energy
transition.”
Togo will host the next Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for
Africa (NEISA) in Lomé from June 1–3, 2027.
Bilbao y León said: “I am looking forward to the new momentum in West Africa as Togo takes up the mantle to host the next Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa, and to share this vision for continental collaboration, regulatory excellence and deployment of clean energy infrastructure including nuclear.” -OGN/TradeArabia News Service
