August 04, 2022
Gambia: PURA Empowers Consumers to Choose to Receive Unsolicited SMS
PURA at Headquarters yesterday, inaugurated the DND guideline, which seeks to empower consumers to choose or not to choose to receive SMS or value added text messages, automated… Read more »
Africa: CBG Governor Harps On Africa's Potential
To Build Robust, Resilient Economies Read more »
August 03, 2022
Gambia: NAM for Niamina Dankunku Links Poor Pensions to Poor Salary
The National Assembly Member for Niamina Dankunku Samba Jallow, has attributed the low pension payment of retirees to the poor salary scheme of the country. Read more »
August 02, 2022
Gambia: Commuters Lament Bad Feeder Roads in Farato Bojang-Kunda
Commuters using the Farato Bojang-Kunda have lamented the bad feeder road conditions in their area while calling on the government to respond to their call. Read more »
August 03, 2022
Gambia: The 2022 Annual Budget
a. A budget consists of the income (revenue and grants) on the one hand and expenditure and net-lending on the other hand. Read more »
August 01, 2022
Gambia: President Lays Foundation Stone for USET
President Adama Barrow has laid the foundation stone for the construction of the first phase of the University of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (USET). Read more »
Gambia: Gambia's 2022 Total Revenue, Grants Projected At D26.6 Billion
The Gambia's Finance Minister, Seedy Keita, has told the country's lawmakers that total revenue and grants for the revised fiscal year 2022 is projected to reach D26.6 billion. Read more »
July 25, 2022
Gambia: President Barrow Lays Foundation Stone for Five-Star Hotel
On Saturday 23rd June 2022, President Adama Barrow laid the foundation stone for Radisson Blu five star hotel in Bajilo, in the West Coast Region. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Gambia: Anger Over Demolished Salagi Market Regarding Land Allocated to NAWEC
A group of vendors and land owners at Sukuta-Salagi market on Wednesday expressed their anger and concerns over the demolished market by officials from the Department of Physical… Read more »
Gambia: Second Public Job Center Set for Operation
The Department of Labour under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, recently inaugurated the second established Job Center at a ceremony held at… Read more »
Gambia: NAWEC Power Supply Fluctuation Continues to Disrupt Businesses, Workshops
Business owners and workshops in Ebou Town and Nema Junction have lamented that their trades and works are being disrupted by the continuous fluctuation of electricity supply by… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Gambia: President Barrow Calls for Private Sector Participation in Transport Industry
As he Commissions 38 New Buses Read more »
July 12, 2022
Gambia: IMVF Concludes Agribusiness Convergence
The IMVF has recently concluded a two-day agriculture business convergence for the grantees of the IMVF under the Tekki Fii Project. Read more »
July 08, 2022
Gambia: 'Secco' Agrees to Sell Fertiliser to Palen-Wollof,
Resident Farmers Still Lament Discontentment Read more »
Gambia: MDI Loses D19.5 Million Due to Covid-19
The Management of the Management Development Institute (MDI) has indicated in its 2020 activity report that the institute lost a sum of D19.5 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Gambia: GAMTEL Owes PURA Over D57 Million Regulatory Fees
Mr. Paul F Mendy, the Finance Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has disclosed to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) that the total… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Gambia: NRA Spent Over D735 Million On Road Maintenance in 2020
Mr. Mustapha Joof, the Finance Director at the National Road Authority (NRA), has told the Finance and Public Account Committee (FPAC) that the authority spent a total of seven… Read more »
Gambia: PURA - Mobile Phone Penetration Reaches 2.7 Million Subscribers By Dec. 2020
Mr. Alieu Momodu Ngum, the Chairman of Board of Directors at the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has told the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) that mobile… Read more »
Gambia: Dramatic Increase in Fuel Prices Threatening a Dramatic Increase in Fares
Fuel prices increased several times since January 2022. The latest crises are as follows: Read more »
July 04, 2022
Gambia: SSHFC Registers Assets Growth of D700 Million in 2020
Haddy Sallah, the Director of Finance and Investment at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has said that the corporation has registered a growth in assets… Read more »
Gambia: World Bank Director of Operations to Visit U.S.$405 Million Projects in Gambia Today
The World Bank Group's Managing Director of Operations, Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, is due to visit The Gambia today and he is expected to visit the bank's financed projects in the… Read more »
Gambia: MRC Workers' Union Conducts Biennial Congress
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Workers' Union held its biennial congress on Thursday, June 30, 2022 where the outgoing executive committee presented its financial and activity… Read more »
Gambia: Commercial Drivers Call for Reduction of Fuel Price
Commercial drivers in the Greater Banjul Area have called on the Government of The Gambia to reduce the fuel price, which is reported to have risen on July 1 2022. Read more »
June 27, 2022
Gambia: Transport Ministry Identifies Sites for Weighing of Heavy Trucks
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, together with stakeholders such as Afrique Pesage, Department of Lands and Surveys, Department of Physical Planning and Housing… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Gambia: BAC Signs Road Construction Contract With Gigo Construction
As part of their mandate to provide services for the people of West Coast Region Read more »