The Gambian government’s decision to relocate street vendors from Serekunda’s busy highways into the main market has triggered frustration among traders, who say the move has left them struggling to survive. The relocation, aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving pedestrian movement, has instead created fresh challenges inside the market.[Read More…]
Economy
Gambia Gov’t Puts Finishing Touches To Gamtel/Gamcel Privatisation Project
Following its failure to salvage Gamtel/Gamcel from financial doldrums and transform it into a profit-making entity, the Barrow administration is now at an advanced stage of privatising the majority shares of the company, JollofNews can authoritatively report. The Gambia’s finance and economic affairs minister Seedy Keita sometime this year admitted[Read More…]
Cement Importers Association Petitions Gambian Authorities
The Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia has dispatched a petition to relevant Gambian authorities, appealing for a review of the government’s harmful and burdensome cement tariffs. The association in the petition expressed its “deep concern” about the hike of the duty on a bag of imported cement[Read More…]
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