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Progress of development programmes and projects: financing, agreements and works.
Meeting on 18 September 2026 in Port-Gentil, the Council of Ministers authorised the signing of a 129.7 million euro financing agreement, about 85.078 billion CFA francs, with the World Bank for the PASBAP project, according to Gabonreview.
A working group bringing together eighteen public and private administrations and organisations, created by decree on 18 May 2026, has been tasked with designing the future foreign trade single window, according to Ecomatin.
Held on 27 June 2026 at the Cite de la Democratie in Libreville, the Gabon Economic Forum 2026 was for the first time organised and financed independently by the Business Federation of Gabon (FEG), under the theme of strong enterprises for sustainable growth and shared prosperity.
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Aliona Cebotari visited Libreville from 25 February to 6 March 2026 for technical discussions on recent economic and policy developments.
According to a sectoral briefing note reported by Gabonmediatime on 2 March 2026, the composite index of Gabon's wood industries rose 7% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter, driven in particular by a 28.6% surge in plywood production.
According to a briefing note from the Directorate General of Economy and Fiscal Policy, reported by Gabonmediatime on 26 February 2026, Gabon's extractive activity contracted 1.2% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter, with oil and gas declining while manganese production grew 8.6%.
During a site visit by Public Works Minister Edgard Moukoumbi, contractor AOM Gabon reported that works on the Grand Libreville bypass road were more than 34% complete, a 53-kilometre route linking the Abaga junction in Akanda to Owendo.
The IBSA Fund, the Gabonese state and UNDP opened a call for projects in the cassava sector on 10 December 2025, aimed at 130 beneficiaries in the Estuaire, Haut-Ogooué and Ngounié provinces, running until 4 January 2026.
Signed in Libreville on 24 November 2025, the programme agreement mobilises 203 million euros, including a 173 million euro AFD loan and a 30 million euro European Union grant.
Abebe Aemro Selassie, director of the IMF's Africa department, on a working visit to Libreville, was received in audience on 5 November 2025 by President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema.
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