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Business 18/10/2021

Paris, Rome and Madrid compete to digitise healthcare system

The World's Bank's project to digitise the Gabonese healthcare system, initiated in 2016, has turned into a race between IT companies Atos (France), Sivsa (Spain) and Dedalus (Italy). [...]

Diplomacy 15/10/2021

Touadéra and Bongo challenge UN investigation into MINUSCA

The dismissal, on 15 September, of the Gabonese troops posted in Bangui under the direction of the UN was a major shock. One month on, Gabonese diplomats have demanded an explanation from New York, with the backing of the Central African government. [...]

Oil & gas Oil & gas 15/10/2021

Assala battles disgruntled ex-employee and ONEP trade union

Carlyle Group's Assala is counter-attacking to try to see off a legal complaint from an aggrieved former executive and to keep an angry union at bay. [...]

Gabonese Minister of the Environment Lee White (left), with President Ali Bongo, 28 September 2021. © @PresidentABO/Twitter

Inner circles

Diplomacy 08/10/2021

Eco-diplomat Lee White marshals his green warriors on eve of COP26

Diplomacy 30/09/2021

Noureddin Bongo lands his diplomatic passport just before leaving office

One week before stepping down as the general coordinator of presidential affairs, Noureddin Bongo, the son of President Ali Bongo, obtained a diplomatic passport by decree on 6 September. [...]

Business Defence 28/09/2021

Defaulting Libreville leaves chopper languishing in Eurotradia and Heli Technique's hands

Due to a lack of cash, the delivery to Libreville of a helicopter upgraded by Heli Technique has been blocked for three years. The aircraft was purchased through Eurotradia, a consultancy firm now integrated into the ADIT group. [...]

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Politics 21/09/2021

Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

President Ali Bongo's eldest son is about to embark on a more directly political career, after two years spent as presidential affairs coordinator. [...]

Nourredin Bongo and Ali Bongo. © Twitter Account Noureddin Bongo

Business Defence 20/09/2021

State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

Gabonese waters are facing an increasing number of pirate attacks and authorities are currently negotiating with major businesses to create a public-private fund to buy equipment. French naval shipyard Piriou is already on the front lines to sell its patrol boats. [...]

Spotlight Diplomacy 17/09/2021

Bongo's high-stakes carbon gamble ahead of COP26

Before the next round of climate negotiations, Gabon is attempting to revise the United Nation's method of calculating a country's carbon footprint with the goal of quickly selling its emission permits. [...]

Moukalaba National Park, Gabon. © Quentin Hulo/Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Business Defence 14/09/2021

Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Despite Gabon's limited defence budget, the French military supplier wants to make a last-ditch bid to upgrade several of the air force's helicopters after its shareholder Airbus failed to lock in a contract earlier this year. [...]

Oil & gas 14/09/2021

Perenco makes core staff changes to roll out mass investment plan

The country's largest oil producer has an ambitious development plan linked to its takeover of the Cap Lopez terminal from TotalEnergies in late July. To take on the task, the junior oil firm will be bringing in new management. [...]

Adrien Broche (Perenco) with oil minister Vincent de Paul Massassa. © Facebook/@PetroleGOUVGA

Politics 08/09/2021

Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

A creditor of both N'Djamena and Brazzaville, the oil trading giant is facing two very different situations. In Chad, which is seeking debt relief under the terms of the G20's "common framework", Glencore will have to accept the terms negotiated by the country's sovereign creditors. [...]

Running story Oil & gas

The oil companies' quiet retreat from the Gulf of Guinea

Long considered an oil Eldorado thanks to the presence within the region of Africa's two leading oil producers, Nigeria and Angola, the Gulf of Guinea is declining. The inexorable rundown in its output -few if any new discoveries have been made recently in Gabon, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea - and the fall in oil prices brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic have speeded up the retreat from the region in which the oil majors have been engaged for some years already. [...]

An ExxonMobil FPSO off the coast Nigeria. © ExxonMobil/DR

Business Defence 03/09/2021

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

In July, Prague embarked on a major tour of West and Central African defence ministries to promote Czech Republic's military know-how. Once dominated by French interests, competition in this region is becoming increasingly international. [...]

Business 01/09/2021

Customs investigation speeds up

The investigation launched this summer by Gabon's police intelligence service on customs declarations compliancy is now getting help from other services. [...]

Business 30/08/2021

The DGR tackles port customs fraud after coming under fire in Brice Laccruche investigation

The gendarmerie's intelligence service, the DGR, which has carried out most of the recent investigations involving senior Gabonese figures suspected of embezzlement, is currently carrying out a major drive against customs fraud at Gabonese ports. [...]

Oil & gas 27/08/2021

Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

Norwegian company BW Energy has halted production on the Dussafu block in Gabon for the past week due to a fire which broke out on 18 August on the Adolo FPSO unit operated by the parent company BW Offshore, partially damaging the installation. [...]

Oil & gas 25/08/2021

Assala takes on mining execs in leadership shake-up

Carlyle offshoot Assala Energy has successively brought in three mining veterans in the hopes they will help with its cost-cutting measures. [...]

Business Defence 20/08/2021

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

In winning a new round for its contract to provide security to the UN mission MINUSCA, Croisement SA, a subsidiary of Burkinabe businessman Arouna Nikiema's holding company BBS, has secured its presence in Central African Republic on top of an active network in West Africa. [...]

Arouna Nikiema, président de Croisement SA. © FNA Foundation

Spotlight Diplomacy 18/08/2021

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Paris, Rome and Madrid compete to digitise healthcare system

Touadéra and Bongo challenge UN investigation into MINUSCA

Assala battles disgruntled ex-employee and ONEP trade union

Eco-diplomat Lee White marshals his green warriors on eve of COP26

Noureddin Bongo lands his diplomatic passport just before leaving office

Defaulting Libreville leaves chopper languishing in Eurotradia and Heli Technique's hands

Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

Bongo's high-stakes carbon gamble ahead of COP26

Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Perenco makes core staff changes to roll out mass investment plan

Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

The oil companies' quiet retreat from the Gulf of Guinea

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Customs investigation speeds up

The DGR tackles port customs fraud after coming under fire in Brice Laccruche investigation

Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

Assala takes on mining execs in leadership shake-up

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Who will be the new French ambassador in Libreville?

Total, Perenco, and Assala tackle the inflammatory issue of employee vaccination

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

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Paris, Rome and Madrid compete to digitise healthcare system

Touadéra and Bongo challenge UN investigation into MINUSCA

Assala battles disgruntled ex-employee and ONEP trade union

Eco-diplomat Lee White marshals his green warriors on eve of COP26

Noureddin Bongo lands his diplomatic passport just before leaving office

Defaulting Libreville leaves chopper languishing in Eurotradia and Heli Technique's hands

Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

Bongo's high-stakes carbon gamble ahead of COP26

Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Perenco makes core staff changes to roll out mass investment plan

Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

The oil companies' quiet retreat from the Gulf of Guinea

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Customs investigation speeds up

The DGR tackles port customs fraud after coming under fire in Brice Laccruche investigation

Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

Assala takes on mining execs in leadership shake-up

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Who will be the new French ambassador in Libreville?

Total, Perenco, and Assala tackle the inflammatory issue of employee vaccination

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

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