Gabon Expands Land Policy to Secondary Cities and Restructures Supply Chain to Combat High Living Costs

Gabon is expanding its national land policy to secondary cities through infrastructure development while simultaneously reorganizing its Purchasing Central to curb speculative price hikes.

Key points

• The National Real Estate Company is developing 1,350 parcels across cities including Port-Gentil, Mouila, Tchibanga, Makokou, and Ndendé.
• Government officials met to restructure the Purchasing Central following directives from President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema regarding market speculation.
• Proposed volume limitations suggest households restrict purchases to two 25-kilogram bags of rice and five one-liter bottles of oil.
• A large-scale market is planned in the PK zone of Libreville to provide direct access to regulated goods.

Why it matters

These dual initiatives aim to address territorial imbalances in real estate and ease cost-of-living pressures for citizens by reforming supply chains.