By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Gabonews
Young Gabonese in Beijing, mostly students, said they want to return home to set up businesses or specialise in mining, digital technology and artificial intelligence. According to Gabonews, President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema told them that the country’s development will rely on its young people and the skills they have acquired abroad, particularly in mining, oil, gas and agro-industry.
Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema met the Gabonese community in Beijing on Saturday 7 November 2026, made up of students and young professionals, urging them to return and put their skills at the service of the country's development. The meeting concluded his five-day state visit to China, according to AGP Gabon.
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Gabon's president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema signed six memorandums of understanding with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a state visit to Beijing, according to GabonActu. The agreements cover mining, training, industrial chains, infrastructure and digital technology, and the two countries strengthened their trade framework with customs duty exemption for Gabonese products.
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Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema asked China to support local manganese processing, while identifying artificial intelligence, agriculture, fishing and ecotourism as areas for cooperation. The discussions with Shanghai’s mayor took place on 3 November, according to an official Gabonese statement.
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Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema held talks in Beijing on Friday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in infrastructure, housing, industry and investment. The visit follows three days in Shanghai devoted to promoting investment, according to GabonActu.
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Gabon: Oligui Nguema unlocks CFA 4 billion for displaced familiesBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has announced an additional CFA 4 billion to complete compensation for families affected by evictions in Libreville. Each affected family will also receive a serviced plot of land and a land title in its name, according to the Gabonese presidency.
After Ahmat Chaltout’s assassination, Wagner splits Ouham between rival MPC factionsForty-eight hours after the assassination of former MPC chief of staff Ahmat Chaltout, Russian mercenaries from Wagner have imposed a division of the Ouham and Ouham-Fafa prefectures, with the tacit approval of Bangui. The mining zones, including Ab-Iref, Kota-Gbara, Mandjam-Djou and Fiêsse, go to the clan of Djido Ali, while movement founder Mahamat Alkhatim is sidelined, according to Corbeau News.The week in Africa
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