What measures are planned in the new hydrocarbons code to ensure better integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Etienne Dieudonné Ngoubou, Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons from The Report: Gabon 2014
Articles & Analysis | Despite its vast potential, hydroelectric generation still takes second from The Report: Gabon 2014
Having a large hydroelectric generation base is a boon to Gabon, giving it low-cost renewable energy. It is hydrocarbons, however, that continue to power most of the country’s plants. According to the most recent statistics available from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), from 2011, non-renewable thermal energy sources top hydroelectricity, which produced...
Articles & Analysis | Entrepreneurial efforts get a boost from microfinanciers from The Report: Gabon 2014
In partnership with the International Finance Corporation, the Banque Gabonaise de Développement (BGD) launched a “Toolkit for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)” in November 2013. The toolkit has an informational website for SME entrepreneurs with sections addressing all areas of business establishment, management and growth. The project also involves trainings...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Serge Thierry Mickoto, Managing Director, Gabonese Strategic Investment Fund (FGIS) from The Report: Gabon 2014
What are the short- and mid-term strategic sectors identified by the FGIS at a national level?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Nina Abouna, Director-General, Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Exports from The Report: Gabon 2014
What will be the main functions of the planned single service window and how will it benefit international investors?
Articles & Analysis | The country’s sound economy is an example for sub-Saharan Africa from The Report: Gabon 2014
Classified by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country, Gabon enjoys an average per capita income – estimated at €8950 in 2013 – that is far higher than the sub-Saharan Africa developing country average of €1212. Oil revenues have sustained the economy, accounting for 56% of total revenues and 80% of total exports by value, according...