Economy and Finance

The awarding of the contract to Gai Enterprise has been approved by cabinet in January 2019. President Adama Barrow considered the project a fulfillment of his promises made during a tour of Banjul in the summer of last year. Gambian…

By Sanna Camara The Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service has emphasized the need for reform to the country’s debt management and government revenue raising strategy, in a bid to consolidate efficient fiscal policy…

On 1 October 2018, the government through the Finance Ministry imposed temporary travel restrictions on all government-funded trips except for essential statutory meetings. The Government of The Gambia has lifted the temporary travel…

State House, Banjul, 7th February 2019 - The Public is hereby informed that the Office of the Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Office of the President, will organize a high-level government retreat for Permanent Secretaries and…

The Gambian navy plays a crucial role in monitoring Gambian waters for foreign vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The navy has arrested at least three vessels for IUU in the country’s waters in 2018.  …

By Sanna Camara The Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, January 31, 2019, was resided over by President Adama Barrow. It deliberated and approved, among other things a paper on an ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project worth $66…

Journalism trainers from Aljazeera Media Institute in Doha have arrived in Banjul on Sunday morning and as part of a 5-day engagement in the country. The idea behind these engagements is to find ways of strengthening the Gambian media…

According to an Afrobarometer survey released in June 2018, almost half of Gambians say the level of corruption in the country has decreased in the past 12 months. The Gambia is the 93 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries,…

The General Public and all Procuring Organizations are hereby informed that cabinet has endorsed The Ministry of Information and Communications Memorandum for The Gambia Printing and Publishing  corporation to given exclusivity in the…

State House, Banjul, 17th January, 2019 – The Public is hereby informed that His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, alongside His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, will on Monday…