President Ali Bongo Inaugurates Moanda School of Mining and Metallurgy, Haut-Ogooué Province

Published: July 13, 2016 |

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The President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, alongside the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, Patrice Trovoada, recently inaugurated the Moanda School of Mining and Metallurgy (known as E3M) in the Haut-Ogooué province.

“This school responds to the need for greater diversification in our economy. To achieve this goal we need establishments that can provide training for our engineers and senior technicians. This institute will help boost the performance of the Moanda Metallurgical Complex. Whether it’s for the production of manganese or iron, we need more human resources,” said Ondimba.

As the first institution of its kind in the subregion, the school will also enable Gabon to promote exchanges with the Central African subregion and beyond.

The result of a public-private partnership between the Gabonese government, the Ogooué Mining Company (COMILOG), and the University of Nancy, the E3M is testament to the president’s determination to provide Gabonese and other African students with a modern, well-adapted infrastructure for their professional training. The appointed spokesperson for African youth has sought to translate this ambition into tangible results, particularly via his “Equal Opportunities” program, a major priority of which is ensuring access to professional training at new regional training centers and technical schools for tomorrow’s African leaders.

As the first institution of its kind in the sub-region, the school will also enable Gabon to promote exchanges with the Central African sub-region and beyond, as the school will be accessible to students across the continent who wish to develop their skills in the field of mining and metallurgy.

Occupying a 40-hectare site the school consists of futuristic-looking administrative and teaching buildings, a dormitory, a library, a language laboratory, an IT room and a 150-seat lecture hall, in addition to two technical halls, a canteen and sports facilities. Over time the E3M school will enable the training of many engineers from Gabon as well as from the continent as a whole, in order to meet the growing needs of the mining industry.

The construction of the E3M school is part of a general plan to industrialize different strands of the economy including mining, petroleum and forestry, supported in each case by a specialized school dedicated to training future engineers, such as the Port-Gentil Petroleum and Gas Institute or the Wood Industry School being constructed in Booué.

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