(JollofNews) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission have visited Banjul to assessed the impact of exogenous shocks that have hit the Gambian economy recently and initiated discussions on providing IMF support through a Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The mission which was led by Ulrich Jacoby, assistant to the director[Read More…]
Economy
Gambia Gets New Petroleum Minister
(JollofNews)– President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Monday named Fafa Sanyang as his minister of Petroleum and Energy. Fafa Sanyang has been the commissioner of Petroleum since 2006. He previously served as director of the Geological Department from 1993 to 2006. Mr Sanyang obtained BSc in Geology from the University[Read More…]
Gambia: Seven Decades of Economic Development 1950 – 1959 (Part 1)
(JollofNews) – Introduction Timothy Snyder in his epic work On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons of the Twentieth Century remarked that “If young people do not begin to make history, politicians of eternity and inevitability will destroy it. And to make history, they need to know some.” It is as a result[Read More…]