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KEY DATES
17 August 1960 Declaration of independence. Gabon joins the United Nations. Accession of Mr Léon Mba to Gabon’s Supreme Office. 28 November 1967 Death of President Léon Mba. His successor is named as Mr Albert Bernard Bongo. 1973, 1979, 1986 Re-election of President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba under a [...]
Key indicators
Geography Gabon is a country in Central African bordered to the North by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, to the East and South by the Congo and by the Atlantic Ocean to the West. Its territory covers an area of 267,668 km2, and the equator runs through it. 85% of Gabon [...]
THE TIMBER SECTOR
The country’s forest, an indispensable potential for the regional ecosystem, is a real economic asset for Gabon. The second largest forestry potential in Africa, it covers 200,000 square kilometres, or 85% of the land surface, with more than 400 tree species identified. The ecological value of the forest in Gabon [...]
THE NATURAL RESOURCE SECTOR
There are considerable investment opportunities in Gabon, due to the exceptional diversity of the country’s natural resources and to President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s determination to diversify the industrial economy. Gas, timber, oil, manganese, iron, gold, silver, diamonds, niobium, phosphates, lead, zinc, baryte and talc… are all part of the main [...]
THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN
The National Infrastructure Master Plan comprises 21 major projects, for a total investment over 6 years currently estimated at XAF5,913 billion (US$11.831 billion). This is a global development strategy aimed at providing Gabon with the requisite infrastructure across the country for the socio-economic development of the interior and a real [...]
