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The Gambia’s biggest tax payers are financially struggling as businesses grind to a halt due to the escalating number of coronavirus cases in the country. This has posed devastating consequences on the country’s economy with a potential loss of two billion dalasi in tax revenue. In December 2019, the government’s projected tax revenue for 2020…

While the majority of Gambian women continue to struggle to make a breakthrough in the elite world of leadership and business due to unequal opportunities availed to them as compared to their male counterparts, a few successful ones have started changing the game for the vulnerable. In Gambia, women are largely undervalued due to the entrenched…

The pandemic has devastated the livelihoods of street vendors, disrupting their ability to do their jobs and leaving many in a fight for survival. On 6th July, the government announced a nationwide three-week Curfew with less than a 1000 cases registered at the time. The government announced that essential workers including food vendors would…

At a time when coronavirus dominates the headlines and government’s attention more than anything else, farming communities have taken a pause to redirect the thinking of the authorities towards the provision of subsidies and incentives in order to get better yields to support the life after the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmers believed that all focus…

Ninety-five percent of Gambia’s population belonging to the Islamic faith are gearing up to observe the annual Edu-ul-adha commonly called Tobaski next week Friday. This is one of the most anticipated joyous day on Muslim calendar across the Muslim world. But this year’s celebration of the day has already seen some changes that will affect the day…

The Gambia power giant, NAWEC is showing its all-time most inconsistencies in the electricity supply to its consumers creating rifts between the tailoring service providers and their customers at the most needed time. July 31st has been officially declared the Muslims’ Eid-ul-adha commonly called Tobaski in The Gambia. On this day, people…

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved Monday a $43 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for The Gambia’s Electricity Restoration and Modernisation Project (GERMP). The grant is also expected to improve access to water. The additional financing was made available through reallocation of IDA18 balance,…

President Adama Barrow has told his colleague Heads of State and Government that The Gambia remains committed to achieving the goals of the ECOWAS single currency, the ECO.   He gave this assurance at a virtual meeting organised for Member States of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) this morning. The Gambian leader said while the ECOWAS…

The World Bank and The Gambia have signed $35 million on Monday to strengthen fiscal management for better public service delivery.  According to the World Bank, the fiscal management development project will support the government’s National Development Plan for 2018-2021 by restoring fiscal discipline, improving public sector efficiency,…

The Gambia is a popular tourism destination in the West African sub-region, attracting more than two hundred and nineteen thousand (219,000) tourists in the 2018 - 2019 tourists season according to authorities. The sector also creates more than one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) jobs for the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled nationals…