PIA Adétikopé — Five Years On, 22 Industries and a New PPP Blueprint for Togo
The Adétikopé Industrial Platform marked a milestone in September 2026: 22 completed industrial installations, 5 more under construction, 150 hectares still available — and a September 3 national conference that formally established PPP as the cornerstone of Togo's industrial financing strategy.
Five years after its launch, the Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA) is no longer a promise — it is a functioning industrial zone with a track record, a supply chain, and a growing ecosystem of local firms that service its operations. The numbers tell a story of cautious but genuine progress: 22 industrial installations completed, 5 more under construction, and only 46.6 hectares occupied out of a total of 400 hectares in Phase 1. The remaining 150-plus hectares represent not a shortcoming but an invitation.
The PPP Conference — September 3, 2026
On September 3, the Togolese government convened a national Conference on Public-Private Partnership Contracts at the Hôtel 2 Février in Lomé. The event brought together public officials, experts, and private sector actors to establish PPP as a genuine instrument of performance — not just a financing tool. The PIA's experience was the centrepiece of the discussion.
Idiola Sandah, the PIA's Director General, articulated the model clearly: the PPP did not simply finance the PIA — it brought together, within a single project, the execution capacity of the State, the resources, expertise, and operational capacity of the private partner. The government holds 35% of PIA; ARISE IIP holds 65%. This structure secured a €145 million financing package from Afreximbank, Ecobank Togo, and BIA Togo in 2022 — a level of banking mobilisation that would not have been achievable through a purely public structure.
The Economic Chain Beyond the Platform
The most underreported dimension of PIA's impact is the supply chain it has generated outside its gates. Transport companies, maintenance firms, construction contractors, service providers, and suppliers have clustered around the platform, creating an economic multiplier that extends into Lomé's broader private sector. Togo First reports that this constellation of smaller firms is where a significant portion of PIA's economic impact is materialising — in local subcontracting, not just in headline investment figures.
Inside the platform, the sector mix has diversified: footwear (Brilante Industrie Togo), plastics, beverages, textiles through Novarea Textile, and biocarburants through Bawason Group. The addition of new textile investors is particularly significant — the PIA was originally conceived as a cotton-to-garment platform, and its textile vocation is now being realised.
What's Next — Solar, Rail, and Phase 2
The Adétikopé solar plant, being developed in partnership with the government, is set to be West Africa's largest photovoltaic facility — supplying clean energy directly to PIA's industries. A proposed standard gauge railway line from Lomé's seaport through the country's north would pass through Adétikopé, creating a logistics spine that would fundamentally change the cost structure for manufacturers on the platform. Phase 2 adds a further 716 hectares. The investment case for PIA is not fully priced today — it will be revalued when the rail and solar infrastructure comes online.