Gabon: AFC invests in Special Economic Zone

Lagos-based Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced plans to invest up to $140m in the Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ). The GSEZ, created in 2010 to accelerate Gabon’s economic diversification, is a joint venture vehicle between the government and Singapore agri-business company Olam International. The venture has a portfolio of infrastructure projects spanning a variety of sectors, including a mineral terminal, a general logistics terminal, and other special infrastructure projects. GSEZ also owns and operates the Nkok Special Economic Zone and the Port Gentil Special Economic Zone. The GSEZ projects form part of the government’s Emerging Gabon Strategy