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Gabon

A nation of 2.6 million with forest over nine tenths of its land, which returned to the Eurobond market in 2026 while it audits a public debt of 70% or more of GDP.

Perfect Nations values what Gabon owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Gabon at a glance

  • 2.6mPeopleWorld Bank, 2025
  • Furthest from reach · Education79.8%of young people in Gabon do not complete lower secondary school, on 1995 dataWorld Bank, 1995
  • 3Instruments and investments on recordCapital already committed
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What we do for Gabon

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Gabon toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 91.4%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Nine tenths of the land under standing forest: carbon that can be priced into cheaper debt.

  • 67,469 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Among the most fresh water per person in Africa.

  • 18.5%Of GDP from natural resource rents, 2021

    The Ground

    Oil and manganese earn today; the task is to turn the rent into lasting assets.

  • 33%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Power from water and sun already flows; every new connection can be clean.

  • 2.6mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    36.2% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Nine tenths forest, borrowing at 9.375%.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Gabon owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • $920MSeven-year Eurobond at a 9.375% coupon, above a $750 million target, closed 30 July 2026Daba Finance, 2026
  • 70.9%Public debt, share of GDP, 2024, projected by the IMF to reach 94.3% in 2027allAfrica, 2026
  • $150MAdditional World Bank programme for water, sanitation and electricity, signed 16 April 2026Financial Afrik, 2026
  • XAF 336bnA further Eurobond raised in October 2026EcoMatin, 2026

Capital already committed

  • PrivateIssuedEurobond due 2033$920M

    International capital markets · Seven years · 9.375% coupon

    Gabon’s return to the Eurobond market, larger than its $750 million target.

    Investors

    Source
  • MultilateralSignedWater, sanitation and electricity programme$150M

    Additional financing · Signed 16 April 2026

    Support for sectors of high social sensitivity.

    World Bank

    Source
  • PrivateIssuedEurobond, October 2026XAF 336bn

    International capital markets

    A second international issue in 2026.

    Investors

    Source

The Gabon Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Laure Ondo, Nation Steward of Gabon

Laure OndoNation Steward of Gabon · SI Researcher

Already working in Gabon.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Gabon, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Gabon are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Gabon, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Gabon in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Gabon: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Gabon.WATER88.6%SHELTER61.2%ENERGY93%FOOD–EDUCATION20.2HEALTH48LIVELIHOOD66.6%
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Education · furthest from reach20.2% of young people complete lower secondary school; 1995, datedWorld Bank, 1995

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The price of Perfect Gabon

To be set with Gabon, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Gabon, each year.

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  • FoodNot measuredNo FAO measure of food insecurity is published for GabonFAO
  • Water88.6%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter61.2%City dwellers outside slums; 38.8% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy93%93% cook with clean fuels and technology; 95.1% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education20.220.2% of young people complete lower secondary school; 1995, datedWorld Bank, 1995
  • Health48WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood66.6%Above the national poverty line; 33.4% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2017

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Gabon. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Gabon

All Solutions

  • The Solution for GabonEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge79.8% Of young people in Gabon do not complete lower secondary school, on 1995 data. World Bank, 1995
    • 02The dealProgram-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. World Bank, project P169380
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsGabon

Dear Gabon,

You are almost entirely forest, and you hold more fresh water per person than almost any nation in Africa.

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Yet you borrow at more than nine percent. The forest that cools the planet should lower the price of your capital, not sit outside your balance sheet.

“Your forest cools the planet. Let it lower the price of your debt.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Gabon ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Gabon, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Gabon, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Gabonese and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Gabon into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Gabon, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Gabon.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Gabon already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Gabon.

    Become a Co-designer

The Gabon ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Gabon with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. Daba Finance, 2 August 2026; allAfrica, 4 August 2026 (IMF projections); Capmad, 6 September 2026; EcoMatin, 15 October 2026.
  4. Financial Afrik: World Bank programme of 16 April 2026; debt audit of June 2026; World Bank public finance review of 29 September 2026 (debt above 80% of GDP in 2025, provisional).
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