The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published its 2025 country report. According to the document, Gabon needs to mobilize around 1.18 billion dollars per year to finance its structural transformation and reach, by 2030, the level of the most efficient developing countries

The financing needs identified by the ADB mainly cover infrastructure, which represents 72.2% of the estimated total. The energy and education sectors represent 12% and 11.1% of needs respectively. Gabon has a particularly low rate of fiscal pressure, with an average of 11.9% between 2015 and 2024, in clear difference with countries such as Namibia (30.5%), South Africa (24.9%) and Botswana (22.9%

Faced with these challenges, the Gabonese government recently launched an investment plan of 10,000 billion CFA francs ($17.7 billion), with the ambition of stimulating double-digit economic growth. According to Henri Claude Oyima, Gabonese minister in charge of Economy and Finance, “a growth of 2 or 3% is no longer sufficient in the face of the growth rate of the population, inflation and social needs. Our ambition is clear: to achieve growth of 10% in the medium term.”