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RURAL YOUTH AWARDS 2019: GYIN Gambia receives over 200 applicants for 10 awards categories’
By Mamadou Edrisa Njie
As the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia chapter’s planned 3rd Edition of the Rural Youth Awards 2019 drew closer, the National Organizing Committee (NOC) have received about two hundred and five (205)…
Six in every ten Gambian consider emigrating—Report
Contrary to the notion that migrants are simply a country’s most impoverished citizens, youth and education are far more strongly correlated with interest in emigration than poverty, according to the report.
A research conducted by…
Book review: A Date with Destiny by Demba Ali Jawo
It is said that a person, in writing about himself or herself, writes about his or her age, its trials and tribulations, triumphs and glories, and wishes and aspirations for the future. The book ‘A Date with Destiny’ is therefore not only…
The World Bank education sector support program launch
The Gambia, February 27, 2019 - The World Bank Country Office in The Gambia and Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education launched today the Education Sector Support Program to support school-aged children’s access to Early Childhood…
Pres. Barrow’s statement at 11th convocation ceremony of UTG
Your Excellency, the Vice President and Minister for Women’s Affairs
Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly
His Lordship, the Chief Justice
Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service
Hon. Minister of Higher Education, Research,…
GPU welcomes lifting of education levy on print media
Banjul – January 31, 2019: The Gambia Press Union has learnt with delight the move by the Government of The Gambia to lift national education levy on the print media.
On Monday November 26, 2018, the Minister for Finance and Economic…
Gambia gets first rural teacher training college
President Adama Barrow returns to Banjul on Tuesday following a brief rural tour
President Adama Barrow has laid a foundation stone for the first teacher training college in rural Gambia, the Gambia College School of Education Campus in…
President Barrow conferred doctorate degree for “excellent statesmanship”
Gambia's first president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara will also be conferred the honorary degree next week.
President Adama Barrow has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree for distinguishing himself as an “excellent statesman” who has…
Bright Stars Entertainment oozes bright Spark in Gambia’s creative sector
By Famara Fofana
The quartet of Bu Garta B, Bu Guda B, Kujalify and Papa Jerry on Saturday November 17, 2018 cemented their name in the annals of The Gambia’s creative industry with a string of comedy acts that left hundreds of people in…
Gee releases a new EP titled ‘GEEbril’
Known predominantly as a rapper, the EP is a defining moment in his career as he showcases his singing skills like never before. A personal yet relatable compilation of love songs, ‘GEEbril’ reflects on his life’s journey with matters of…