Thirteen Gabonese university teachers and researchers have been awarded in different grades of the International Order of Academic Palms by Bertrand Mbatchi, Grand Chancellor.
Knight's rank
- Loembe Paul-Marie, Professor of Neurosurgery;
- Mba-Owono Charles, Professor of Law;
- Moukaga Hugues, Full Professor of History;
- James Jean Claude, Senior Lecturer in Law;
- Nganga Kouya Donatien, Lecturer in Engineering Science and Technology;
- Bignoumba Guy-Serge, Lecturer in Sea Geography;
- Eyeang Eugénie, Lecturer in Language Didactics;
- Bouyou-Akotet Marielle Karine marries Loembe, Professor of Parasitology-Mycology;
- Bourobou Bourobou Henri Paul, Research Master in Biology/Botany/Ecology, CENAREST ;
- Obiang Ludovic, Research Director of African Literature/Poetics and Black African Literary Identity in Modern Languages, CENAREST.
Officer rank
- Ndoume Essingone Hervé, Associate Senior Lecturer in Management;
- Mavoungou Jacques François, Senior Researcher in Medical Entomology, Parasitology Ecology;
- Ngou-Milama Edouard, Full Professor in Medical Biochemistry, University of Health Sciences, president of the jury of the medical aggregation competition.
These promotions, granted in recognition of actions benefiting higher education and research in Africa and elsewhere in general, were announced in the margins of the closing ceremony of the 19th competition for the aggregation of human medicine, pharmacy, odontostomatology, veterinary medicine and animal production, which was held in Libreville from 5 to 14 November 2018.