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Official announcements and decisions from the government, regional institutions and Gabon's partners.
Presented on 19 October 2025 to the National Assembly's finance committee, the Ministry of Digital Economy's 2026 budget request stands at 82 billion CFA francs, against 32 billion in 2024, an increase of more than 150%.
Meeting on 29 September 2025, the BEAC Monetary Policy Committee kept its policy rates unchanged, as CEMAC growth is expected to slow to 2.6% in 2025.
Meeting on 8 September 2025 under the chairmanship of Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the Council of Ministers adopted the 2026 finance bill, which sets the state budget at 7,233.3 billion CFA francs and relies on zero-based budgeting.
Examined by the Council of Ministers on 12 August 2025, the draft 2023 budget settlement law shows a surplus of 1,320.6 billion CFA francs on budget operations, but a low execution rate for investment financed from own resources.
The Council of Ministers of 12 August 2025 created the Gabon Central Purchasing Company (CEAG), barred foreign operators from several small commercial activities and examined an ordinance authorising a 138.7 million euro World Bank loan for urban development.
On 29 July 2025, Tullow Oil announced the completion of the sale of its Gabonese subsidiary to Gabon Oil Company for 307 million dollars, with the company leaving its Gabonese licences after 21 years.
On 4 July 2025, the government, GSEZ Airport SA and Afreximbank signed a term sheet to finance the new Libreville international airport at Andem, for a total of 290 million euros (190 billion CFA francs).
Meeting in Yaounde on 30 June 2025, the BEAC Monetary Policy Committee left its tender rate at 4.50%, while forecasting a slowdown in CEMAC growth to 2.4% in 2025.
The report, released in Libreville on 26 June 2025, reports growth of 2.9% in 2024 and assesses the country's national wealth, including the value of services provided by its forests.
Faced with a revenue shortfall of more than 1,000 billion CFA francs over three years, the Council of Ministers of 20 June 2025 suspended all new tax and customs exemptions for three months and set out the obligation for companies to own their head office.
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