On Thursday, January 8, 2026, a hearing was held between the Minister of Commerce, SMEs and Youth Entrepreneurship, Zenaba Chaning Gninga, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). A On the occasion, the possibility of integrating the exchanges of leasing in the national financing strategy for SMEs as well as in the framework of the Global Startup Act.

Minister Zenaba Chaning Gninga, supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), plans to launch a reform profound aspects of leasing. According to the minister, the problem of access to Financing remains the main obstacle to the development of SMEs in Gabon.

Indeed, this project aims to integrate leasing not only in the national financing strategy for SMEs, but also in the future Gabonese Global Startup Act. So young people could have for their businesses flexible financing tools, to obtain productive equipment without mobilizing guarantees that are often inaccessible. He It is therefore a question of unlocking the potential of small and medium-sized businesses Gabonese women through financial innovation.

Likewise, this partnership with the private sector branch of the World Bank serves as a “label of trust”. The idea is to capitalize on the support of the SFI for mobilise other financial partners, both regional and international.