Official announcements, development programmes, reports and multimedia on the Gabonese economy, summarised and linked to their original source.
Official press releases
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.
Publications and reports
This August 2025 synthesis report brings together the forest ecosystem accounts compiled for six Central African countries, including Gabon, and values the annual services these forests provide at US$1.15 trillion in 2020.
Official press releases
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.
Official press releases
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).
Official press releases
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.
Publications and reports
The 2025 edition of the World Bank's economic update estimates Gabon's growth at 2.9 percent in 2024 and devotes its special topic to national wealth, which reached US$105 billion in 2020 according to the report.
Official press releases
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.
Official press releases
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.
Publications and reports
The World Bank's eighth CEMAC economic barometer estimates Gabon's growth at 2.9 percent in 2024, the fiscal deficit at 3.7 percent of GDP and public debt at 72.5 percent of GDP, above the regional convergence criterion.
Development programmes
The Gabon urban development project will finance climate-resilient urban infrastructure and flood protection works in secondary cities including Oyem, Lambaréné and Franceville.
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