Cybercity of Mandji Island : Objectives and advantages
• The Cybercity of Mandji Island will be the ultimate ecosystem for the development and
promotion of the Digital Economy through the installation of offshore companies specialized in
Information
and
Communication
Technology
(ICT).
• Located in the Free Trade Zone of Mandji Island and connected to a Broadband submarine fibber
optic network, the CMI will be the largest "ICT Hub" of the Central Africa Region.
• The ICT companies operating in the CMI will be exempted from taxes during the first 10 years.
From the 11th year of operation, they will be subjected to income tax at 10%.
• easy and fast Registration of ICT companies via a One Stop Shop;
• no restriction on funds transfer;
• Strong legal and regulatory framework on Internet Governance (personal data protection,
protection of Intellectual Property, Fight against Cybercrime, etc.).
• ICT companies eligible in the CMI will stimulate the employment of Gabonese Citizen and ensure
the transfer of competencies to them in order to allow these future “Technopreneurs” to create
their own Start-Ups in the regional IT Parks.
• The potential candidates eligible in the CMI are the Outsourcing Companies, Cloud Computing
Providers, Call Centers, Software Publishers, Web Agencies, Hosting companies, Media
production companies, etc.