Gabon 24

Gabon 24 is Gabon’s first continuous 24-hour news television channel and the country’s principal state rolling-news channel, launched on 24 May 2016. Conceived as a national and international news service under the slogan “Voir le Gabon autrement,” the channel covers Gabonese, pan-African and international news and presents itself as a bilingual French–English broadcaster, with satellite and digital distribution. Gabon 24 is attached to the Presidency of the Republic and is headquartered in the purpose-built Maison Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Libreville.

Media assets

Television: Gabon 24

Ownership and governance

Gabon 24 was launched on 24 May 2016 as the first continuous-news channel in Gabon, born within Groupe Gabon Télévisions and inaugurated in the presence of then-President Ali Bongo Ondimba. The channel became institutionally separate from Groupe Gabon Télévisions in May 2018 and has since been attached to the Presidency of the Republic; it launched an English-language desk in October 2019 as part of a repositioning toward a bilingual, pan-African audience.

The channel’s Director General is Leatitia Carole Agowi Ngalibika, a journalist who began her career at the pan-African radio station Africa N°1 (now Africa Radio). She was named Director General at the Council of Ministers of 19 October 2023, with the handover taking place on 25 October 2023, succeeding the channel’s previous French director, Laure Bigourd. On 16 August 2025, Gabon 24 moved into its purpose-built headquarters, the Maison Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a modern multi-storey (R+5) media building in Libreville.

Gabon 24 operates within the orbit of the Ministry of Communication and Media, led by Germain Biahodjow, appointed Minister in the government formed on 1 January 2026. Gabon’s political system is dominated by President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who took power in the coup d’état of 30 August 2023, won the presidential election of 12 April 2025, and presides over a presidential system established by the new constitution adopted by referendum in November 2024. Gabon 24’s studios and programming are used for official communication, including government press conferences.

Source of funding and budget

Gabon 24 appears structurally dependent on public financing. At the August 2025 inauguration of its new headquarters, reporting described the Director General’s appeal to the President for sustained support to enable the channel’s roughly 250 professionals to carry out their mission, underscoring its reliance on state backing. No standalone audited financial statements for Gabon 24 have been made publicly available, and the channel does not publish a detailed breakdown of its revenue or state allocation.

Editorial independence

Gabon 24 functions as a state news channel attached to the Presidency of the Republic. Although the channel emphasises the institutional and managerial autonomy it has acquired since separating from Groupe Gabon Télévisions, this does not amount to independence from the executive, given its attachment to the Presidency: its studios host government press conferences, and its output foregrounds official activity and the promotion of a positive national image. Gabonese media commentary has long characterised the channel’s main news bulletins as closely tied to the government and ruling camp, and State Media Monitor review indicates that its coverage is closely aligned with the government’s communication agenda. No statutory editorial-independence guarantee or effective independent oversight mechanism protecting the channel’s editorial autonomy from the executive was identified.

AI and digital policy

Gabon 24 maintains a substantial digital presence, with live streaming on YouTube, distribution across social-media platforms, and satellite carriage that extends its reach across Africa and into Europe. Its 2025 move to a purpose-built headquarters was presented by the authorities as part of a wider modernisation of Gabon’s public communication tools.

No publicly available Gabon 24 policy on AI-generated content, synthetic-media disclosure, or content provenance frameworks such as C2PA was identified. Gabon’s media-regulatory framework does not currently include sector-specific provisions governing AI-generated audiovisual content, deepfakes, or synthetic-media authentication standards.

May 2026