Beyond Real Estate Companies
Our content explores the real estate sector beyond traditional property companies, analyzing investment strategies, urban development, asset management, real estate funds, and emerging market dynamics. This section deciphers trends in commercial and residential real estate, innovation in property management, as well as opportunities and risks related to real estate assets.
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CAR: Debt-to-GDP Ratio Climbs to 62.21% in Q3 2026
Although the country remains below the 70% community ceiling set by CEMAC, the indicator marks a 3.5-percentage-point increase from the 58.67% recorded a year earlier, revealing a pace of debt accumulation that outstrips real growth dynamics (3% in 2025).
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Congo: Suspension of Pointe-Noire Port Director General at Center of Top-Level State Dispute
The Congolese state is navigating a period of acute tension following the suspension for gross misconduct of the Director General of the Autonomous Port of Pointe-Noire (PAPN), Séraphin Bhalat. Announced on November 2, 2026, by the Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation, and the Merchant Marine, Josué Rodrigue Ngouonimba, the measure was immediately challenged the following day by Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, illustrating a fracture in the government chain of command.
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Côte d'Ivoire: Solibra Records 360 Million Liters in Beverage Sales in H1 2026
The Société de limonaderies et boissons rafraîchissantes d'Afrique (Solibra), the Ivorian subsidiary of the Castel Group and a benchmark stock on the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM), closed the first half of fiscal year 2026 with distributed volumes of 360 million liters of beverages.
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WAEMU: Mobile Money Surpasses 200,000 Billion CFA Francs
According to the "Financial Inclusion Dashboard" published on October 20, 2026 by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), the volume of transactions conducted via electronic money reached an unprecedented 219,151 billion CFA francs at the end of the 2025 fiscal year. This performance, up 39.7% year-on-year, confirms the preponderant role of mobile telephony in the alternative banking of the region's populations.
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Clinker: Gabon Relaunches Production with 145 Billion CFA Franc Plant
On October 20, 2026, the Vice President of the Government, Hermann Immongault, presided over the official groundbreaking ceremony for an integrated industrial complex in Malibé, in the municipality of Akanda (Estuaire province); an investment led by the Chinese company Hope Global Investment, as part of the Mondah Green Beach program.
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Energy: Chad Negotiates Nigerian LNG to Power Farcha Plant
To address delays in commissioning the Farcha thermal power plant (40 MW) in N'Djamena, the Chadian government is urgently seeking fuel supply solutions. From October 15 to 18, 2026, an official delegation led by the Minister of Water and Energy, Passalé Kanabé Marcelin, traveled to Nigeria to audit the industrial facilities of the private group Greenville LNG. The discussions aim to secure a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply for this strategic infrastructure built by Sonelgaz International, a subsidiary of the Algerian state-owned operator.
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Congo: Fuel Shortages Weaken Businesses
In its economic outlook note for the second quarter of 2026, the Directorate General for the Economy (DGE) paints an alarming picture of the impact of fuel shortages on the private sector.
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Chad: 67% Drop in Sugar Production Drags Down Agri-Food Industry
The Harmonized Industrial Production Index (IHPI), published by the National Institute of Statistics, Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED), reveals a sharp deterioration in manufacturing performance in Chad.
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Hausse des prix des carburants : Grogne à Bangui !
Face à l'envolée des cours des produits pétroliers sur les marchés internationaux et à l'alourdissement de la charge budgétaire des compensations, le gouvernement centrafricain a révisé à la hausse la grille des prix des carburants à la pompe. Le prix du litre d'essence s'établit désormais à 1 150 FCFA (1,75 euro), tandis que celui du gazole atteint 1 400 FCFA (2,13 euros).
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International Financial Market: Gabon Prepares to Raise $580 Million
The country confirms its return to global financial markets through the preparation of a large-scale new bond issuance. According to information reported by specialized financial agencies, Libreville aims to raise these funds, with a final maturity set at eight years.
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CAR: Fuel Prices Revised Upward
The respite was short-lived for Central African consumers. Less than a year and a half after a previous increase, the government has once again raised fuel prices at the pump, ranging from 100 to 350 FCFA.
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Bangui Financial Days: How to Transform a Financial System Still Geared Toward Liquidity Preservation into a True Engine of Production, Investment, and Employment?
The Central African capital hosted, on October 1, 2026, at the Ledger Plaza Hotel, under the impetus of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the opening sessions of the 2026 edition of the Bangui Financial Days, the subregional finance summit. This high-level platform brings together bankers, investors, insurers, regulators, and entrepreneurs around a shared urgency: redefining the role of financial institutions to stimulate the productive transformation of CEMAC economies.
