Business

The winner of Seedstars Banjul Startup Pitching Competition in September 2019 has been selected among the top ten startups of Sub-Saharan Africa in the December Seedstars Africa Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nadji-Bi, a Gambian owned technology solution provider focusing on diversifying solar energy across the country to support…

Brikama, the administrative capital of the West Coast Region is increasingly becoming one of the fastest growing business hubs in The Gambia. The country’s second largest town also houses the Brikama Area Council (BAC) which is mandated to cover the entire region in terms of tax revenue collections for its more than 699,704 population. As per…

The European Union has announced on Thursday that it has disbursed 22 million euros to the national treasury of The Gambia as part of budget support and technical assistance programs for the successful implementation of National Development Plan (NDP). In a statement issued to the press, the aid will also cover the ongoing political and…

The Malabo Montpellier Panel, which consists of seventeen international experts in agriculture and related fields, has released a report on Tuesday in Banjul listing  the six leading African states that have made some progress in terms of providing energy accessibility to rural farmers and women. Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa…

Yunus Ceesay lived in abject poverty for 20 years in Barra, a town located at the entrance of North Bank Region from the capital, Banjul. His compound lies about 100 meters from the terminal – off the Atlantic Ocean. Poverty has visibly taken a toll on his family, with the compound left virtually open to public sight from afar due to lack of a…

The current Youth Agribusiness and Tourism Expo has been extended another three days as the Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce expresses disappointment in the absence of senior government officials from various related ministries to show solidarity with over 100 young entrepreneurs. The ministries named to The Chronicle include Ministry of Trade,…

The Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC) has launched its second edition of Youth agribusiness and tourism expo on Tuesday at the Independence Stadium in Bakau with the goal of promoting local entrepreneurs in marketing their products. Over two hundred stalls are currently being displayed, selling various home-made products including…

Over one hundred staff including a young mother, Fatoumatta K. Saidykhan were sent into an already growing unemployment category of The Gambia when the government closed down the country’s biggest newspaper, Daily Observer in 2017. While a few were accommodated in other newsrooms, several were made redundant. The closure also entirely killed their…

Isatou Lilly Ceesay, CEO of Lileo Designs, orchestrated the Multi Brand Open House initiative  with the aim of bringing Gambian women entrepreneurs under one umbrella and showcasing their brands as a way of empowering and supporting one another to excel in their respective ventures. The three-day maiden shopping event was held at Kololi and…

The World Bank has announced its approval of 131 million US Dollars to increase its support for higher education and economic transformation, for the Second Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project in Benin, The Gambia, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.  The project came through the International Development…