The grinding cement scarcity, which hit the provincial town of Farafenni and environs, has now entered its second month, resulting in significant revenue and job losses and stalled construction projects. The conspicuous inability of Jah Oil, Salam and Gacem cement factories to catch up with the country’s soaring cement demand[Read More…]
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W/African Women Face Significant Challenges Despite Being Drivers Of Cross-border Trade – CG Darboe
The head of the Gambia’s revenue administration has highlighted that West African women are confronted with huge challenges, despite being catalyst to trans-boundary trade. The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority, Hon. Yankuba Darboe, described women as the bulwark of the West African economy, but lamented that this significant[Read More…]
Cement Palaver: Cement Importers & Agents Assoc. Writes To Trade PS
The Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia has written to the permanent secretary at the ministry of trade, seeking clarifications and demanding fair play in the cement import business among others. Below is the text of the association’s letter to PS Mod Secka: The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of[Read More…]