AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPort & Rail Build-Out (Gabon): AGL and Algest Investment Bank have started construction of the Kobe-Kobe port in Gabon, a core node of the Belinga logistics corridor, with a 550-km railway planned to move high-grade iron ore to the coast for exports of over 100 million tonnes annually. Digital Infrastructure (Gabon): ST Digital says it will inaugurate Gabon’s first eco-responsible Tier III data centre on 30 June, built for colocation, cloud and AI-ready services with redundant power and cooling. Mining/Trade Economics (CEMAC): BEAC data show CEMAC agricultural export prices fell sharply in Q1 2026, down 21.8% quarter-on-quarter, led by a 24.6% cocoa price drop; meanwhile energy prices lifted the CEMAC export index in Q1 after three quarters of decline. Oil & Gas (region): Vaalco restarted production at the Baobab field on the CI-40 block offshore Côte d’Ivoire after a nine-month FPSO refurbishment, bringing four wells back online. Food Security (Gabon): Korea’s KAFACI rice aid enters phase two, shifting to drought- and stress-tolerant seed development for rain-fed farming, with Gabon among the targeted partners. Rail Finance (Gabon-linked): DR Congo acceded to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, reinforcing a framework that Gabon helped found to unlock private rolling-stock finance across the region.
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