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Gabon scores 61/100 (Grade C), ranking 7th of 54 African markets and up 1 point since Jan 2026. Its strongest pillar is Power Infrastructure at 87 of 100, with three of five pillars rated green. Its largest drag is Connectivity & Fibre, at 44 of 100.
Each pillar carries its own strength out of 100, banded red, amber or green. Arrows mark movement since the previous snapshot.
The composite out of 100 is the weighted sum of these five pillars. A pillar’s figure is its own strength out of 100, measured against the most that pillar could contribute, which is what the red, amber and green bands read against. Full method
Each axis is a pillar as a share of its own maximum, so a balanced market reads as a regular pentagon and a lopsided one as a spike. Hover a point for the exact figure.
Composite readiness across the last six snapshots. Every snapshot is rescored under the current methodology (v1), so points are comparable even as weights evolve.
| Snapshot | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | 58 | C · Emerging |
| Jul 2024 | 58 | C · Emerging |
| Jan 2025 | 59 | C · Emerging |
| Jul 2025 | 60 | C · Emerging |
| Jan 2026 | 60 | C · Emerging |
| Jul 2026 | 61 | C · Emerging |
Coverage and digital success stories for Gabon, newest first. Stories published elsewhere link out to the publisher. Everything here is qualitative context; none of it affects the grade.
ST Digital opened a sovereign Tier III facility in the Nkok Special Economic Zone near Libreville, with about 1MW of power, 92 racks and capacity for roughly 3,000 servers, on an investment of 8bn CFA francs. Around 95% of data generated in Gabon has been hosted abroad, and the ICT ministry signed an MoU giving startups discounted access.
Work began at Nkok, 27km from Libreville, on a facility built with pan-African operator ST Digital to offer sovereign cloud to finance, healthcare and education. The stated aim was to keep regulated data inside national borders rather than in European or South African facilities.
ACE Gabon agreed to act as landing party for the Medusa system at Port-Gentil, taking on operations and maintenance across the cable’s expected 25-year life and holding rights on the trunk. Medusa extends a Mediterranean system that already touches Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia into West Africa.