Coastal protection Togo

The Global Gateway Coastal Protection Togo project is listed at a €20 million investment under the Energy pillar, designated as Funded/Committed (Phase 3 of 5). The EU describes it as a grant arrangement with Togo's Ministry of Finance, channelled through the World Bank-led West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) programme. As with all EU-sourced project descriptions, this framing should be treated as promotional unless corroborated by independent reporting. The strongest available evidence comes from EU financial records held in the IATI Datastore. A closely matched entry covers the rehabilitation of the Lomé-Cotonou road (Phase 2) and associated coastal protection works spanning Benin and Togo (IATI ID: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2017-PCC-386607). That record, which carries high match confidence, shows a committed amount of €21 million against disbursements of approximately €16 million as of its active period running from June 2018 through April 2026. If this record corresponds to the project in question, it would suggest that a substantial share of financing has already been transferred, though the overlap between the road rehabilitation component and the coastal protection component is not disaggregated in the available data. The coastal works described in that record include the construction of 28 groynes and sand replenishment between Avépozo and Aného, which aligns geographically and thematically with the project as described. The EIB database returned a record related to stabilisation and counter-extremism efforts in northern Togo, which does not appear to relate to this project and should be disregarded for the purposes of this assessment. Independent news coverage is entirely absent for this specific project. None of the news items retrieved address Togo's coastal protection infrastructure, the WACA programme in Togo, or EU-financed coastal works along the Lomé-Cotonou corridor. The closest relevant regional context is a broader EU humanitarian commitment of €235 million for West and Central Africa announced in April 2026, but this does not speak to the status of this individual project.