#Gabon: Guédon and Kebet-Koulibaly "strategies for the electricity supply of Gabon"

 

Director International Finance Corporation (IFC) for West Africa and Central Africa was received on September 16 by the Minister of Energy.

With the aim to discuss with the Gabonese authorities a set of projects requiring the intervention of the structure it to the load, the director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for West Africa and the Central Africa went deviser, September 16, the Minister of Energy, along with the resident representative of the World Bank in Gabon. "We basically talked about electricity. Including strategies to secure the power supply of Gabon, and study the evolution of the energy supply industry in particular, "said the host of the Minister of Energy and Water Resources at the end of its audience. Saran Kebet-Koulibaly wanted to reiterate the commitment of the IFC in private sector development in Gabon after it had concluded in November 2013, a partnership with the Gabonese Development Bank (BGD) in the program on the "toolkit for SMEs."

During the discussion, it was a matter of "the contribution of long-term financing that seems important and necessary in the development of a number of works for the production of electricity." Works that, according to the host of Desire Guedon should allow Gabon to "ensure the growth of the electric park compared to the demand." Similarly, she has found the private and the public in the field of energy could well coexist and complement each other. Especially since, she has remarked, "the legal framework in Gabon, in the electricity sector, allows the installation of other operators that would develop the production of electricity."

Director of IFC makes its first visit to Gabon since taking office, is expected to meet other officials during his stay. Affiliate of the World Bank, IFC is the largest global development assistance institution whose activities are exclusively the private sector.

The World Bank Group is one of the main partners of Gabon. The new framework of strategic partnership established between 2012-2016 Gabon and the financial institution is a portfolio of approximately $ 300 million and covers activities in the fields of telecommunications, energy, transport, institutional reforms and diversifying sources of growth.

                                                                                    Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Review Gabon