Stories
The stories behind Made & Created in Gabon
Portraits of entrepreneurs, product stories, territories and know-how: the soul of the Gabonese offer.
Featured · Meet the Makers
Jessica Allogo, from Ogooué fruit to Paris shelves
She started with a few jars of jam sold at Libreville markets. Five years later, her chutneys entered 250 Monoprix stores in France. Portrait of an entrepreneur taking Gabonese fruit around the world.
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Product Stories
The atanga, the purple fruit out to conquer world cosmetics
It is eaten grilled by the roadside in Gabon. Thierry Malibala Mbakogo turned it into an ISO-certified cosmetic oil. The story of a raw material changing its destiny.
Gabon Stories
The moabi, the thousand-virtue tree of the Gabonese forest
A giant of the canopy, the moabi has fed, healed and beautified for generations. Its butter, a treasure of forest communities, now goes into the country's natural cosmetics.