June 17, 2022
Gambia: Intelligence Chief Says Gambia's Cyberspace Remains Challenging
Ousman Sowe, the director general of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) has stated that the country remains calm and peaceful, saying cyber bullying and hatred remain and issues… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Gambia: Atlas Operations Manager Testifies in Gam-Petroleum Trial
The operations manager of Atlas Oil Company Ltd., Dodou Njie, has appeared at the High Court of The Gambia in Banjul to give evidence in the Gam-Petroleum case Read more »
West Africa: Expert Committee Meets in Preparation for Launching of Eco
The regional workshop of the expert committee on the harmonization of regulatory and supervisory frameworks of banking and microfinance institutions in ECOWAS Member States in… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Gambia: New State of the Art Multipurpose Complex to Boost Country's Entertainment
Solomelo's Music Venue, a new state-of-the-art multipurpose complex that aims at boosting the country's entertainment and avail young people the opportunity to showcase their… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Gambia: Finance Minister Presides Over Launching of ASYCUDA World System
The minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy Keita, has presided over the launching of the GRA ASYCUDA World automated system held at the GRA's ground on Monday 20 June… Read more »
Gambia: BAC Hands Over Brikama Road Contract to Gigo Construction
The Brikama Area Council (BAC) in partnership with the National Road Authority (NRA) on Saturday awarded the construction of its feeder road to Gigo Construction company. Read more »
Gambia: Barrow Meets IFAD Vice President On Strengthening Agriculture Sector
According to the State House of The Gambia, President Adama Barrow Thursday, June 16th, received Mr. Donald Brown, Associate Vice President of the International Fund for… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Gambia: Intelligence Chief Says Gambia's Cyberspace Remains Challenging
Ousman Sowe, the director general of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) has stated that the country remains calm and peaceful, saying cyber bullying and hatred remain and issues… Read more »
Gambia: Gambia Set to Introduce eLMIS
In a move to promote electronic data management system and to adapt to the fast-changing dynamics in information storage, the Ministry of Health is currently on course to… Read more »
Gambia: New State of the Art Multipurpose Complex to Boost Country's Entertainment
Solomelo's Music Venue, a new state-of-the-art multipurpose complex that aims at boosting the country's entertainment and avail young people the opportunity to showcase their… Read more »
Gambia: BAC Signs Over 9 Million Construction Contract With GIGO Company
The Brikama Area Council (BAC) has signed D9,994,900 road construction agreement with GIGO Construction Company. Read more »
June 16, 2022
Egypt: Egypt Gives Govt it Equipment Worth U.S.$150k
The Egyptian government through its Embassy in Banjul has donated the IT equipment to the government of the Gambia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of their… Read more »
Gambia: Research Shows Most Hate Speech in the Country Occurs On Social Media
Patrick Mc Carthy, the UN peace and development advisor to The Gambia who represented the resident Coordinator at the commencement of the 3-day training of youth leaders on Media… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Gambia: National Environmental Agency Cleans Oil Spill in Kunkujang #AfricaClimateCrisis
State agencies have begun mass clean-up exercise at the river banks of Kunkujang Jattaya after a vessel, MT ST Stura spilled oil into the area riverside. Read more »
Gambia: Fisheries Minister Visits Majilac Fishing Investment
The minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters on Monday visited the Majilac Fishing Investment Company limited to get firsthand information about the… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Gambia: WB Says Gambia Needs Scale Resilience to Respond to Shocks
The World Bank's Gambia Economic Update report has indicated that creating scale-space will be important to support counter-cyclical policies in the face of external shocks. Read more »
June 13, 2022
Gambia: IMF Approves U.S.$6.72 Million Disbursement for Gambia
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for The Gambia which enables… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Gambia: 75 Youth Trained On Entrepreneurship, Performing Art Skills
In an effort to build capacity in the area of dancing, singing, modeling and script writing, Flex Fusion Entertainment in collaboration with The Gambia Union of Theater (GAMUT) has… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Gambia: Gambia's Inflation Expected to Reach 8 Percent - WB Report
According to the World Bank (WB) report on The Gambia's Economic Update, inflation is projected to increase and reach 8% in 2022, as global supply disruptions and high commodity… Read more »
Gambia: Petroleum Ministry Validates Feed-in-Tariff and Net Metering Scheme
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in partnership with stakeholders recently validated the Feed in Tariff and Net Metering (FITs) scheme at the Tamala Hotel. Read more »
Gambia: World Bank Expects Gambia's GDP to Grow By 6.2 Percent in 2023 - Report
The World Bank report on The Gambia Economic Update (GMB EU) indicates that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is expected to rise to 6.2% in 2023 (3.3% per capita)… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Gambia: DK Telecom Expands Services to West Coast Region
In their bid to provide affordable and accessible information and communication services to the populace, DK Telecom Ltd is on verge of meeting that vision with the inauguration of… Read more »
Gambia: BCC Launches Digital Revenue Collection Project
Banjul City Council (BCC) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) last Thursday launched a Digital Revenue Collection project called: 'Smart Cities Pilot… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Gambia: GRA Top Officials Partake in Data Analysis Regional Training
Top officials of The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) led by the Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe over the weekend returned from Dakar after successfully attending a 4-day Data… Read more »
Gambia: NEA, GMA Report Oil Spill At Gam Petroleum Facilities in Mandinaring
The National Environment Agency (NEA), The Gambia Maritime Administration and other stakeholder institutions has reported an incidence of Heavy Fuel Oil Read more »