Economy and Finance

Press release A Special Cabinet Meeting convened on Tuesday 5th November 2019 discussed and approved the 2020 budget estimates as well as the government’s development plans and priorities, including a National Health Insurance Scheme…

The Gambia Import and Export Promotion Agency has failed its reporting obligations to the National Assembly oversight body, Public Enterprise Committee. By the Gambian law, the institution is supposed to submit its audited account and…

The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has failed its obligations to submit it audited financial statement and activity report to the National Assembly oversight body. The public institution is supposed to submit its…

Press release President Adama Barrow on Thursday, 31st October 2019 presided over the 8th Cabinet at the State House in Banjul.  The following issues were discussed: The Cabinet discussed a Cabinet Paper presented by the Minister of…

The Turkish embassy in Gambia commemorated the country’s founding today at Ocean Bay Hotel, Cape Point. Turkey was founded on the 29th of October 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The Turkish ambassador to the Gambia,…

Gambian leader Adama Barrow has ordered an investigation into a gas explosion in Kanifing Industrial Area that consumed millions of dalasis worth of goods. The incident happened on Sunday evening after fire caught a gar tanker belonging…

State House, Banjul, 24th October 2019 - His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Thursday addressed the first plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit and laid out a detailed presentation of the investment opportunities that exist in…

By State House State House, Banjul, 17th October 2019 – In an unannounced visit to The Gambia Ports Authority on Thursday, October 17, 2019, President Barrow was informed that business activities at the Banjul seaport has grown from the…

By Ousman Bah, IIHT CEO How can we not talk about digital transformation in The Gambia when our nation has been absent from the global technology revolution for over 22 years? As a technology evangelist in the IT skills development…

Demir Carda, a representative of the Turkish-based renewable energy company, has told Kerr Fatou that his company is planning to build an energy plant in Gambia. A 15-member delegation of Turkish investors have arrived in the country to…