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AFC convenes tomorrow African leaders to discuss innovative capital mobilization strategies, financial structuring expertise

Press ReleaseApril 7, 2025April 7, 202503 mins

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricAFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, is convening the 5th edition of its Country & Stakeholder Symposium (CSS) tomorrow, April 8, 2025, from 12:30 to 14:00 WAT. This year’s theme, “Making Africa’s Institutional Savings Work Better for the Continent,” will spotlight the urgent need to bridge the financing gap in…

vice president of The Gambia visits state enterprises

VP Jallow inspects institutions under his purview

Ismaila SonkoApril 5, 2025April 5, 202505 mins

His Excellency Mohammed BS Jallow, Vice President of The Gambia, accompanied by a team of officials, has embarked on a comprehensive site visit to key institutions under his purview. The sectors included the National Population Commission Secretariat (NPCS), National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), National Social Protection Agency (NSPA), National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Food Safety and…

Director at the National Assembly open day

Director of Library & Research traces parliamentary evolution in Gambia

Ismaila SonkoMarch 25, 202505 mins

The Director of Library and Research at the National Assembly of The Gambia, Alhagie M. Dumbuya, has delivered a public lecture on the historical evolution of parliamentary representation in The Gambia, highlighting the institutional development from colonial rule to the present-day National Assembly. The lecture was presented as part of activities marking the 2025 Parliamentary…

Genevieve Senghore with special needs students

Genevieve Senghore impacts lives of Special Needs Students in Gambia

Kemo JallowMarch 25, 202504 mins

A professional teacher armed with a Master’s degree based in the United Kingdom, has quietly embarked on a special mission of impacting the lives of Special Needs Students in The Gambia. Genevieve Oupae Senghore, who has walked many a classroom during her storied teaching career in The Gambia, is certainly no stranger in the arena…

Regional tourism training launched in The Gambia

ECOWAS launches Regional Tourism Training to boost economic integration

Yahya JawoMarch 19, 2025March 19, 202504 mins

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched its tourism capacity-building program in The Gambia, aimed at strengthening tourism as a driver of economic growth and regional integration. The initiative, which brings together tourism stakeholders from all 12 ECOWAS Member States, focuses on improving tourism standards, attracting investment, and fostering cross-border cooperation. It…

Minister Kinteh with UNPBF assistant secretary general

Gambia’s Gender Minister holds bilateral talks with UN Peacebuilding Fund in New York

Yahya JawoMarch 19, 2025March 19, 202505 mins

The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Welfare of The Gambia, Fatou Kinteh, has engaged in high-level bilateral discussions with Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), at the UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 69th session of the Committee on the…

African commission with CSOs on transnational crime

African Commission, CSOs brace up against transnational organised crimes

Chief EditorMarch 17, 2025March 18, 202506 mins

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and civil society organisations have had a formidable dialogue to expand collaboration and enhance awareness on transnational organised crimes and their human rights violations. Held on Friday 14 March 2025 at the International Conference Centre (OIC) in Senegambia, this strategic dialogue was facilitated and spearheaded by the…

AfDB, ECOWAS sign $12M Grant to boost rice production in West Africa

Yahya JawoMarch 12, 2025March 12, 202503 mins

In a bid to enhance regional rice production and food security in West Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission recently signed a $12 million grant agreement to implement the Rice Resilient Value Chains Development Project (REWARD) in the regional bloc. The signing ceremony was held…

Gambia signs landmark agreement with Norwegian-Gambian Mining Company

Ali JawMarch 12, 2025March 12, 202503 mins

The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, has signed a landmark mining license agreement with Norwegian-Gambian Mining Company, a subsidiary of the European Eco Minerals (EEM), to explore deep-sea mining opportunities that may be available within jurisdiction. The signing is poised to be historic if at all the prospective…

TAD hosts one-day training on climate change and renewable energy in Tumana

Yahya JawoMarch 10, 2025March 10, 202514 mins

The Tumana Agency for Development (TAD) at the weekend successfully organised a one-day training on climate change and renewable energy at its headquarters in Tinkinjo Village, Tumana District, Upper River Region (URR). The training, held under the Renewable Energy Potentials in The Gambia (REPGam) Project, aimed to educate community members and project beneficiaries from both…