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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jim Dutton, Director-General, National Agency for Public Works from The Report: Gabon 2013
How is the government facilitating public-private partnerships (PPP) and foreign investment?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Manoj Kohli, Managing Director and CEO International, Bharti Airtel from The Report: Gabon 2013
What role can infrastructure sharing play in terms of bringing down end-user costs in African markets?
Articles & Analysis | Branching out: Efforts are under way to diversify industrial output from The Report: Gabon 2013
The domestic industrial base is small, but with a concerted government strategy intended to leverage the country's sizeable natural endowments towards higher-value-added processing, there is growth potential. Existing capacity is focused in the areas of building materials, food, beverages and limited timber and manganese processing. Currently,...
Articles & Analysis | In at the high end: Building infrastructure focused on the luxury segment is the priority from The Report: Gabon 2013
Taking advantage of its natural resources and rich scenery, Gabon is focusing on building top-notch tourism infrastructure, with the authorities working to transform the country into a regular stop on the sub-Saharan Africa travel circuit. This strategy is based on Emerging Gabon, the national plan which has prioritised conservation as an essential...
Articles & Analysis | Work in progress: Reforms under way to align degree programmes with the job market from The Report: Gabon 2013
A drive to diversify Gabon’s economy away from commodity dependency has made education a key element of the broader plans for growth. The government has adopted a development strategy based on the results of the 2010 National Education Conference, which highlighted pertinent weaknesses in the public education system. The state is primarily working...