[2] In 2015 Tignokpa was a founding member of the African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation (APNODE).
[3] In 2017 Tignokpa was serving as Chairperson of Togo's Public Accounts Committee (Togo PAC),[4] and as President of the West African Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC).
[5] Demba Tignokpa was brought into the cabinet of Prime Minister Komi Sélom Klassou in a reshuffle announced on 25 January 2019.
[6] She replaced Kossi Assimaidou as Minister for Planning and Development, with an expanded portfolio including cooperation.
[8] She lost her ministerial position in Victoire Tomégah-Dogbe's cabinet of October 2020, in which the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation was attached to the Presidency of the Republic.