How can interest rates be lowered to aid funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Henri-Claude Oyima, Director and Chairman, BGFI Bank from The Report: Gabon 2013
Articles & Analysis | Sustainable timber: As international competition heats up, plans are under way to raise the contribution of forestry from The Report: Gabon 2013
Since 1998, Gabon has been at the forefront of global forest conservation efforts as it works to balance the priorities of ensuring the sustainability of its resource base and maximising the forestry sector’s economic contribution. One of the key pillars of the Industrial Gabon policy is to carry out more value-added processing at home – first-stage...
Articles & Analysis | Thinking long term: The sector will have to offer lasting solutions to reduce over-liquidity from The Report: Gabon 2013
While Gabon’s banking sector is one of the more developed in the Economic Community of Central African States (Communauté Économique et Moné- taire de l’Afrique Centrale, CEMAC), penetration lags behind its sub-Saharan African peers. Banking assets accounted for a mere 21% of GDP in 2012, according to the IMF, while the private sector’s ratio of...
Articles & Analysis | New players: Institutional reforms promise to improve the coherence and efficiency of the water and electricity sectors from The Report: Gabon 2013
Demand for power and water has increased in recent years, driven by growing populations in urban areas, expanding cities and the ambitious economic development plans gradually unfolding. This has put pressure on an already strained system, often resulting in power outages and water-related difficulties such as low pressure and poor quality.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Richard Attias, Executive Chairman, Richard Attias & Associates; and Founder, New York Forum Africa from The Report: Gabon 2013
What are the most common opportunities and risks connected with foreign direct investments into sub-Saharan economies?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Pierre Vandebeeck, Chairman and Managing Director, Société d’Investissement pour l’Agriculture Tropicale (Siat) from The Report: Gabon 2013
What were the main factors in listing Siat on the Central African Stock Exchange (Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobiliéres d’Afrique Centrale, BVMAC)?