The Port of Antwerp, Belgium, has announced plans to set up training for Gambian dock workers in collaboration with Antwerp Maritime Training Centre (APEC). The Port of Antwerp has already trained around130 port professionals from Banjul in Antwerp, through its specialist institute (APEC) that has been training maritime professionals from[Read More…]
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London Letter With Dida Halake: Madi Jobarteh’s Intellectual Stimulating Piece Deserves A Reply
I leave aside the contentious and contested local issues around Gunjur because I am not informed as to what exactly the actual facts are. But on a general pan-African level, Madi raises a great question: “why can’t we Africans set up our own factories and sell to the rest of[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Gunjur – A Typical African Story Repeating Itself
The FAO reported that in the past 12 years more than 117 large scale land deals totalling 2.2 million hectares were concluded in Africa. In other words, African governments have taken prime lands and natural resources from our communities and then sell those lands and natural resources to foreign investors.[Read More…]
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