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Rising incomes and improvements in providing access to internet platforms are having a positive impact on Gabon’s overall media environment. Despite its relatively small size, the market for novel media products is gaining dynamism, though the sector remains heavily dependent on a traditionally established print media segment and continues to be...

Over the past few years, with commodity prices spiralling ever higher and minerals like gold reaching record levels, many host governments have felt that they were missing out on potential windfalls from their extractive industries – much needed in an era of global belt-tightening. Among conditions of economic uncertainty, the mining sector – on the...

As the range of media outlets continues to diversify both in terms of form and content, Gabon’s advertising sector is seeing steady growth. Despite the relatively small population, rising incomes and the increasing competition in specific sectors such as telecommunications and finance are leading companies to pay more attention to their...

Unbelievable yet true, wine production has started in Gabon. While the agricultural sector currently accounts for less than 3% of GDP, with most of the output coming from cash crops including rubber, coffee and cocoa, viniculture has established a beachhead in the tropical African country. Since 2012, the Domaine d’ Assiami, owned by wine group...

The IT sector in Gabon may still be in a nascent stage, but it is expected to leap ahead in the next two years with the pending launch of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine fibre-optic cable. Under the Digital Gabon Plan, the state has committed to make the country a digital economy by 2016. While the current low level of internet...

ETIQUETTE: Business etiquette in Gabon is similar to prevailing customs in France. A handshake is appropriate for both men and women upon first meeting someone. Once a woman meets someone for the second time, two kisses on the cheek, just as in France, is the norm.