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Official announcements and decisions from the government, regional institutions and Gabon's partners.
On 4 June 2025, the Council of Ministers adopted five bills creating strategic funds, and the head of state asked for the termination of the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement with the European Union to be initiated.
According to Gabonreview, the Council of Ministers of 30 May 2025 announced a ban on broiler chicken imports from 1 January 2027 in order to develop national production.
According to Gabonreview, the Council of Ministers of 30 May 2025 decided to ban exports of unprocessed manganese from 1 January 2029, with a three-year transition period for operators.
The Council of Ministers of 27 March 2025 welcomed the signing of agreements under which Gabon Oil Company acquires the assets of Tullow Oil and SMP Afrique, approved the Medusa submarine cable project and adopted the creation of a price stabilisation fund.
Meeting in Malabo on 24 March 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Central African States cut the tender interest rate by 50 basis points.
Meeting on 6 March 2025, the Council of Ministers adopted a bill that defines three investment regimes, creates an investor approval and organises the steering of investment policy.
According to SEEG's interim administrator, Karpowership's floating power plant will supply 70 MW to Greater Libreville for 1.8 billion CFA francs a month, while an EDF audit had put the cost of renewing the power system at 475 billion CFA francs.
The European Union (EU) delegation in Gabon brought together more than 200 participants on 30 January 2025 to present its cooperation offer and discuss the country's investment priorities.
The Gabonese State and the Prometal group signed an agreement in Libreville on 18 February 2025 providing, according to Gabonreview, for 150 billion CFA francs of investment over five years in the Nkok special investment zone.
The Council of Ministers of 20 February 2025 examined a draft ordinance authorising a 131,191,400,000 CFA franc loan from Afreximbank and welcomed the agreement with the Turkish group Karpowership to inject 70 MW into the Greater Libreville grid.
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