NEWS UPDATE FOR WOOD & FURNITURE INDUSTRY GABON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE SA , A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF GABON, OLAM INTERNATIONAL- SINGAPORE AND AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION , HAS DEVELOPED A TIMBER FOCUSED MULTIPRODUCT SEZ WITH AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT USD 400 MILLION IN GABON(WEST CENTRAL AFRICA ) SPREADOVER AN AREA OF 1126 HA AT A PLACE CALLED NKOK, ABOUT 20 KM FROM CAPITAL CITY OF LIBREVILLE, THIS SEZ IS 80% OCCUPIED AND IS RANKED AS THE BEST WOODWORKING SEZ IN AFRICA