Gambia: 'GIEPA Act Inadequately Addresses MSME, Export Promotion'

The current business Act and Regulation by the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) are deemed to be more focused on attracting investment than on promoting the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and encouraging exportation.

This lapse in the 2010 Act and 2012 Regulation of GIEPA was highlighted yesterday by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Employment and Regional Integration (MoTIE) at a one-day Stakeholder Review of the GIEPA Act and Regulation, at the Paradise Suites Hotel, where members of both the public and private sector converged to review the amendment bill submitted to GIEPA by the consultant, Amie Bensouda, a legal expert.

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