• Togo ranks first in economics at the 22nd CAMES Aggregation Contest.
• Eleven Togolese scholar-researchers secure admissions across four sections.
• Nearly 200 candidates from 12 countries competed, with only 86 admitted.

Togo secured the top ranking in economics at the 22nd CAMES Aggregation Contest, according to results released on Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Dakar.

Djahini-afawoubo Dossè Mawussi, a scholar-researcher at the University of Lomé, led the economics category ahead of candidates from roughly ten African countries. He joined three other Togolese economists on the admissions list: Batakà Hodabalo of the University of Kara, who placed ninth; and Dandonnougbo Yevessé of the University of Lomé and Sanoussi Yacobou of the University of Kara, who both ranked nineteenth in a tie.

The country also recorded strong results outside economics. In public law, Kodjo Essé Kokou Joseph Junior and Wella Mazamesso, both from the University of Lomé, were admitted in second and fourth place, respectively.

In private law, three Togolese scholars earned admissions. The University of Kara’s Awoki Kougnontèma ranked fourth, while the University of Lomé’s Avegnon Koffi Edem and Folly Messan Agbo placed fifth and sixth. In management sciences, Gafa Yao and Adelessossi Kokou from the University of Kara also joined the list of admitted candidates, ranked joint third and seventh.

Togo ultimately counted eleven admitted scholar-researchers across public law, private law, management, and economics. The results confirm a notable improvement in the country’s performance at the CAMES contest. The selection process unfolded in two stages: a remote evaluation of academic titles and published work, followed by in-person examinations in Dakar. Nearly 200 candidates from twelve countries took part.

The contest admitted 86 candidates across all sections this year, highlighting its selectivity. The laureates now obtain the rank of “senior lecturer,” a qualification delivered within the CAMES academic space. The regional body gathers nineteen member states and requires the title for university-level teaching supervision and research.

M.F. Vahid Codjia