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Gambia embarks on developing a National Financial Inclusion Strategy
Banjul, The Gambia –December 10, 2019: Financial inclusion is a critical enabler to reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The World Bank, working in conjunction with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and the United…
Gambians can address widening inequalities in transformative capabilities
Gambia makes progress in human development
By Aissata De
This week, Gambians joined the rest of the World in launching the Global Human Development Report examining inequalities in human development in the 21st century. The Human…
Equipment and valuable records of Fisheries Ministry burnt to ashes
By Sally Jobe
On Monday, about a million worth of office equipment and valuables including paper records have gone up in flames at the Ministry of Fisheries.
The fire incident which was blamed on poor electrical wiring started at around…
‘We want Gambian artists to compete on the world stage’
State House, Banjul, 29th October 2019 - On the margins of the ongoing President’s Meet the People tour, President Adama Barrow has granted audience to a popular Gambian singer, Jizzle, for the successful launching of his album at a…
New party Citizens’ Alliance launched
Dr Ismaila Ceesay, a Gambian political commentator and critic of the coalition Government is the interim secretary general of the Citizens’ Alliance, a new political party launched on November 29, at the Paradise Suite Hotel.
The new…
Lawmakers urges Finance Minister to curtail expenditure, reduce borrowing
Suwaibou Touray, the representative of the Wuli East constituency, has urged the Finance Minister Mamburay Njie to curtail spending to ensure public debt is brought down to a manageable level.
Gambia is in a debt distress and in the 2020…
The launching of Citizens’ Alliance Party
The pubic is hereby invited to a press conference to learn about the new Citizens’ Alliance Party and its plans for the Gambian people.
Citizens’ Alliance - 11/27/2019 (Press Release) – Since gaining independence 54 years ago, and…
‘Uninterrupted electricity supply for Farafenni and environs soon’
By State House
Kaur, Central River Region, 20th November 2019 - Farafenni and other communities in North Bank within a 50 miles radius will soon benefit from an uninterrupted 24-hour electricity supply, President Barrow told supporters…
Pres. Barrow promises Nuimi new road, an electricity plant
Niumi, North Bank Region, 19th November 2019 - President Adama Barrow has unveiled to the people of Niumi in the North Bank Region that the Hakalong road – the only
highway that connects most of Upper Niumi to the rest of the region— will…
Is Banjul project being paid in the 2020 budget?
On Monday, Gambia’s finance minister Mamburay Njie will be presenting before lawmakers the budget estimates for 2020 fiscal year. The estimate seen by Kerr Fatou is 24, 472, 615, 000, about eight hundred million dalasis less than the 2019…