Business

The name of the UK company investing in troubled Gambian operator Comium and, importantly, promising to rid it of its outstanding debts has been revealed. It is Monty Mobile. Founded in 1998, Monty Mobile positions itself as a leading VAS and telecom solutions provider and an international SMS wholesale intermediary hub, working closely with…

The Management of Comium GSM company has indicated that their partner investors are willing to settle the arrears the company is owing to the Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA). Comium came under suspension after the company failed to settle a 65 million dalasi arrears to PURA. The company was given an ultimatum to settle the fees as of…

A Spanish seafood company, Congelados Maravilla SA has announced that it has secured a contract to establish a subsidiary company in The Gambia to directly access the raw materials it transforms and sells in the European Union market. In a statement published Tuesday, the company says "we are creating our own subsidiary of Congelados Maravilla SA…

A professor at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has announced the launch of a $1.3 million project to help bring better education, job creation, entrepreneurship, and, ultimately, sustained economic growth to The Gambia. Momodou Sallah, Professor of Teaching and Learning and the Director of the Centre for Academic Innovation at DMU, has…

Pa Salieu has overcome almost unfathomable hurdles to become one of UK rap’s brightest new stars. Channeling the legacy of his Gambian history, he’s on a mission to change the world. In October 2019, Pa Salieu was still figuring it out. Two months prior, he’d dropped his underrated third single ‘Dem A Lie,’ a track brimming with poise and…

The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors has, on September 29, 2021, approved a $25 million investment, called a Threshold Program, between MCC and the Government of The Gambia. It's a program focused on supporting The Gambia’s electricity sector, including critical policy and institutional reforms to develop more effective,…

SheTrades Gambia and the Youth Empowerment Project of the International Trade Centre have set up an innovative way to redirect the purchase of onions by hotels, restaurants, or roadside stalls to local farmers. In 2020, with borders closed and international freight routes shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, imports of many food items came to a…

18-year-old Maimuna Jawo was born in the Gambia. She went to Brazil, where she became a refugee in 2016 to live with her mother in Rio de Janeiro. Despite the Portuguese language barrier, Maimuna worked, studied, and even launched a small clothing brand. Thirteen universities in the United States and Canada have approved the request of the young,…

On Monday, the University of The Gambia conducted an orientation of 900 new students for the academic year 2021 to 2025. However, out of the 900 students, only 7 new students were inducted into journalism and digital media. Professor Pierre Gomez, The Acting Vice-Chancellor of The University, said in 2020, the enrollment of students rose to 6950…

On Friday, China’s central bank announced that all cryptocurrency transactions are illegal, citing price volatility and potential national security risks. Ten other government agencies also pledged to maintain a crackdown on all trading in the country. Banks and non-banking payment institutions in the country will be barred from providing crypto…