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Official announcements and decisions from the government, regional institutions and Gabon's partners.
Greater Libreville experienced a new butane gas shortage from late July 2026, the second of the year after one in early January, which Sikafinance attributes to structural raw material supply constraints at the Gabonese Refining Company rather than a one-off incident.
According to the Directorate General of the Economy and Fiscal Policy, cited by Gabonmediatime, extractive activity contracted 2.9% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter, with oil production down 4% and marketed natural gas collapsing 44.9%.
On 30 July 2026, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced a 920 million dollar international bond issue with a seven-year maturity, intended to finance development projects.
In its first year of operation, the Strategic Fund for Manganese Transformation is set to collect 739.09 million CFA francs in 2026, below the initial forecast of 1.4 billion CFA francs set in the original finance law.
Signed on 20 July 2026 in Paris, the memorandum of understanding between Eramet, Eramet Comilog and the Gabonese government provides for the study of three industrial projects to process up to 700,000 tonnes of manganese ore a year by end-2031.
According to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2026, cited by Gabonmediatime, Gabon received 379 million dollars of foreign direct investment in 2025, against 310 million in 2024.
According to Directorate General of Debt data reported by Gabonreview, public debt stood at 8,780 billion CFA francs at 31 December 2025, up 1,647 billion in a year.
On 29 June 2026 in Yaounde, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) eased monetary policy, with effects for Gabon and the other members of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
The Council of Ministers of 25 June 2026 examined the creation of two separate companies for water and electricity, the ratification of an economic partnership agreement with the United Arab Emirates and the implementation of the High Council for Investment roadmap.
On 1 June 2026, the minister for universal access to water and energy, Philippe Tonangoye, officially launched the feasibility studies for the Booue hydroelectric dam in Ogooue-Ivindo province, during a field visit with representatives of Gabon Power Company and the World Bank.
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