According to the final communiqué of the Council of Ministers of Thursday 29 January 2026, published by Gabonmediatime, the head of state welcomed the favourable response of financial markets to the announcement by the Minister of the Economy that talks would soon open on a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and urged him to take the steps needed to put it in place. The vice-president of the government reviewed the presidential measures under way: the flat-rate housing tax, the Gabon Central Purchasing Company, mass production of land titles, the fisheries agreement with the European Union, and the bans on broiler chicken imports from 2027 and raw manganese exports from 2029. He also mentioned constraints linked to the State's cash-flow pressures in a social climate marked by strikes.
The Council adopted a draft ordinance setting the rules for digital payments, in line with the provisions of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), which organises the gradual migration of government bodies and public institutions to such payments and aims at financial inclusion and business competitiveness. A decree also sets out how public investment is to be managed, so that projects are aligned with national priorities and the country's real financial capacity, and to restore the confidence of technical and financial partners.
Two texts also introduce, by way of derogation, shorter land publicity periods for large-scale land regularisation operations. An ordinance on electronic archiving was also adopted, and the Council took note of the effective digitalisation of road transport documents.
