Useful information

The cost of a stay in Togo:

• A return ticket from Paris Lomé from 700€ to 1200€ depending on the period
• Yellow fever vaccine (mandatory) 60€
• Malaria preventive treatment (recommended) 60€ for 1 month
• Visa 55€ for 1 month
• An air-conditioned hotel from 30€ to 100€ per night according to the standard
• An apartment with caretaker, furnished and air-conditioned 300€ to 500€ per month
• A street restaurant 2.50€ dish + drink
• A western cuisine restaurant 10€ to 20€ dish + drink
• A personal taxi to cross Lomé, 15€

Gozem: Mobile application allowing you to order a taxi or have a hamburger delivered.

What is the dowry?

The dowry is an important tradition and very mostly applied in Africa, it is constituted various objects as well as a sum of cash, the list and amount of which are determined by the family of the bride-to-be, it is negotiable and must reasonably constitute a symbolic, wrongly perceived as the sale of the woman, the dowry actually symbolizes the capacity of the future married to care for his future family. Dowry is also a traditional bond that unites and honours both families.