Located on the equator, Gabon is at the heart of the world’s second-largest rainforest. The country has an abundance of natural resources and is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, at around 250,000 barrels per day. Gabon is also Africa’s second-largest manganese producer and contains significant iron ore deposits along with uranium, gold, rare earth minerals and diamonds....
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Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Gabon 2013
Long viewed as a bastion of stability in the Central African region, thanks in part to large hydrocarbon revenues that have helped it maintain one of the highest levels of per capita income in the region, Gabon has been able to leverage its diplomatic clout throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Algeria 2012
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Chapter | Capital markets from The Report: Ghana 2013
While Ghana benefits from a roster of financial actors, the country’s capital markets are modest compared to continental exchanges in Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos and Casablanca. The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has just 36 equities and one exchange-traded fund listed on its equities exchange alongside a bond market dominated by government securities. In recent years the requirements for listing have...
Outperformance remains the key feature of Ghana’s economy, seven years after the discovery of oil prompted new optimism in the country, which was then celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence. In real terms, GDP grew by 7.9% in 2012. This follows revised GDP growth of 15% in 2011, which was largely driven by the start of commercial oil production at the Jubilee field. Ghana is also the...